AONL

Content by and about the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL).

Last month, I shared the vision for our AONL chapters entering 2026. This month, we focus on the first pillar: Chapters as Leadership Development Catalysts.
This webinar will highlight the Arizona Transition to Practice Program as a statewide strategy to strengthen nurse transition, retention and workforce capacity in rural and critical access hospitals.
The National Quality Forum released a report offering guidance on the responsible development, selection, implementation and monitoring of quality measures that use artificial intelligence methods for use in accreditation, pay-for-performance, public reporting, value-based payment and other…
The rates of parents refusing newborn hepatitis B virus vaccines more than doubled from 2018 to 2025, a JAMA Network Open study found.
Between 2010 and 2024, 718 hospitals nationwide lost obstetric services due to obstetric unit or hospital closure, according to an inaugural annual report on obstetric services in hospitals.
The American Hospital Association invites hospitals and health systems to apply for the 2027 Dick Davidson NOVA Award.
Nearly 265 nursing programs achieved first time National Council Licensure Exam pass rates at 90% or higher in 2023, 2024 and 2025, according to a Nurse.org analysis.
Nurse leaders can leverage digital communications systems as a practical, inexpensive, workforce-management tool to improve staff experience, a study found.
CommonSpirit reduced first-year RN turnover for bedside units by 43% after implementing a virtually integrated care model and redesigning its nurse residency program, according to AONL member Kathleen Sanford, DBA, RN. Sanford, the Chicago-based system’s senior executive vice president and CNO,…
AONL and the other 64 members of the Nursing Community Coalition welcomed Courtney Aklin, PhD, as director of the National Institute of Nursing.