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Content by and about the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL).
Joint Commission-accredited hospitals and behavioral health care organizations are preparing to meet new suicide prevention standards that will take effect on July 1. The standards constitute a revision to National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) 15.01.01.
AONL members are among the American Academy of Nursing’s 231 distinguished nurse leaders, who will be inducted into the 2019 class of fellows. Fellows are selected based on their contributions to nursing theory, practice and science.
The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) is launching an on-demand continuing education course as part of the organization’s effort to combat the trafficking of children.
Abstracts from clinicians are now being accepted for the PDC Summit, a conference covering planning, design and construction of health care facilities, to be March 22-25, 2020 in San Antonio. Meeting organizers are looking for presenters with clinical perspectives in design and construction in…
On June 12, the Joint Commission and the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses marked National Time Out Day with the release of a new video urging clinicians to remain vigilant as they perform pre-surgery safety checks.
When two nurses became infected with Ebola in 2014, the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) gained attention, and the federal government appropriated funds to ensure medical facilities were prepared to take care of highly infectious patients.
Bill Novelli, MA, is perhaps best known for his role as the former CEO at AARP, but he is also a nursing champion who served on the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine) committee that produced the landmark report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, in coalition with other advocacy groups filed a lawsuit this week challenging
During its annual meeting earlier this week in Chicago, the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates adopted several new policies.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a request for information seeking new ideas to advance its Patients over Paperwork initiative, which aims to reduce administrative burdens in order to free up health system resources for the delivery of high-quality care.