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AONL encourages nurse leaders to set up visits with their lawmakers at their organizations or within their communities to discuss issues affecting the nursing workforce, workplace safety and patient care during the congressional recess.
Last month we focused on the first pillar of our 2026 chapter vision, Chapters as Leadership Development Catalysts and how local strategic alignment strengthens leaders at every stage. This month, we build on that foundation with the second pillar: Chapters as Engines of Strategic Advocacy.
Actionable data is essential for diagnostic stewardship, quality outcomes and earning value-based care revenue. Diagnostic accuracy can reduce the risk of hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) and 30-day readmissions, while protecting patients from unnecessary antibiotics, treatments and further…
Thirteen percent of hospital-onset sepsis cases met U.S. criteria for reportable healthcare-associated infections, underscoring a significant gap in the surveillance system, according to a JAMA Network Open study.
An increase in sudden unexpected infant deaths among Black infants has reversed years of declining racial disparities for U.S. infant deaths, a JAMA Network Open study found.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has authorized states to order updated COVID-19 vaccines through a program that provides free vaccines to more than half of U.S. children after nearly a one-month delay.
The deadline for hospitals and health systems to apply for the 2027 Dick Davidson NOVA Award is Oct. 8.
In the second part of a three-part American Hospital Association podcast, rural health leaders discuss their efforts to preserve maternal care by creating new workforce pathways and investing in training.
The American Hospital Association requested the Department of Homeland Security to exempt healthcare workers from its proposed H-1B visa fee of $103,265 for petitions subject to statutory caps.
The authors of a study finding a global shortage of more than 23 million nurses and midwives are calling for the expansion of training capacity, retention and total compensation policies for early-career workers.