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A Time magazine article attributes nurses’ proximity to patients as the reason the public has ranked nurses in a Gallup poll as the most trusted profession for 25 years.
AONL and 47 other members of the Nursing Community Coalition thanked congressional members for introducing the bipartisan States Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment Act (S. 1101/H.R. 2332) and encouraged passage this year.
Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center has relied on virtual nursing to reduce patient falls and catheter-associated infections, as well as to decrease travel nurse utilization.
To improve training and mentoring for nightshift nurses, Sentara Health hired virtual nurses with more than five years of experience in a variety of roles, says Amber Price, DNP, RN, senior vice president and enterprise CNO.
The American Hospital Association is accepting applications through Aug. 18 for the 2027 Quest for Quality Prize.
AONL members have until July 31st to apply for the Dr. Karlene Kerfoot Nursing Leadership in Technology Education grant.
The AONL-American Hospital Association Learning Community will host a webinar exploring how the nursing team at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center implemented a virtual nursing program to better delivery oncology care on July 1 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET.
The AONL Foundation for Nursing Leadership Research and Education released a white paper summarizing findings from its virtual care nursing leadership symposium held in November 2025.
Quality in healthcare is shaped long before metrics are reported or dashboards are reviewed. It begins in the daily decisions, priorities and expectations set by nurse leaders who understand that excellence is engineered, not accidental.
It is widely agreed that evidence-based practice (EBP) is essential to improving the safety and quality of nursing care. Despite the importance, several barriers to incorporating evidence into bedside practice exist.