AONL
Content by and about the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL).
Health care scheduling is unique. There’s a distinctive art and science to managing and deploying today’s workforce that must take into account the delicate balance between the art of understanding human needs and the science of leveraging technology.
Children younger than two years and adults aged 50 years and older who received a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine five months after getting the first vaccine were less likely to be hospitalized or die, according to a study.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week revised its guidelines to clarify the need to obtain informed consent from patients before APRN students, medical students and other students perform important surgical tasks or sensitive or invasive procedures or examinations.
Nurses and physicians support patients and their loved ones reporting early patient deterioration, according to an Australian study.
With violence against emergency department workers increasing, policymakers are debating stiffer penalties for perpetrators.
Health care providers should have mandatory training requirements to better prepare them to assess, manage, report and design interventions for workplace violence prevention, according to an expert panel.
The nursing workforce is becoming more diverse and highly educated but less satisfied, according to the Health Resources and Services Administration.
A staff retention quality-improvement initiative resulted in an 82% decrease in the number of RNs who left their jobs on a neuroscience unit at Hartford (Conn.) Hospital, during their first year of employment.
An academic-practice partnership between the University of South Carolina School of Nursing and Prisma Health in Greenville is creating a pipeline of highly skilled new graduate nurses.
Nursing leaders should develop personal relationships with staff and have thoughtful conversations with them to better identify when they may be experiencing burnout, according to AONL member Jennifer Croland, DNP, RN.