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Content by and about the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL).
In response to the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reiterated its recommendation to health care facilities to use a hierarchy of controls to prevent infectious disease transmission.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released two memos this week with guidance for health care facilities and the state survey agencies that inspect those facilities.
Writing in Nursing Economic$, administrators at Seton Hall College of Nursing called on nurses in all settings to take action to address the opioid epidemic.
A letter from a nursing journal editor to the editor of Becker’s Hospital Review took issue with that publication’s characterization of nurse practitioners (NPs) as “midlevel” providers and criticized the implication that employing NPs at a Chicago-area immediate care clinic could place patients at…
Precepting can be an effective retention strategy for novice nurses according to Solimar Figueroa, PhD, RN, a clinical collaborator for the American Academy for Preceptor Advancement. Trained preceptors can give inexperienced nurses needed confidence and increase their competence by showing them…
The Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) issued a statement this week expressing concern over cuts to domestic and health care spending in President Trump’s proposed FY 2021 budget. With the exception of NURSE Corps, the budget eliminates all Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs, which…
A study of millennial and Gen Z nurses found they value on-the-job support, scheduling flexibility and opportunities for professional growth. The study was commissioned by HCA Healthcare in Nashville, Tenn., where millennial and Gen Z nurses now constitute a majority. AONL member Jane Englebright,…
To celebrate the Year of the Nurse and Midwife and the 200th birthday of Florence Nightingale, AONL will take part in the Nightingale Challenge, a global initiative to equip and empower the next generation of nurses.
AONL has named nine 2020 inductees into its fellow designation program, established last year. The AONL fellow designation, FAONL, recognizes a nurse leader’s sustained contributions to the specialty of nursing leadership, commitment to service and influence in shaping health care. “I look forward…
The American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) today announced the 2020 inductees into its fellow designation program. The AONL fellow designation, FAONL, recognizes a nurse leader’s sustained contributions to the specialty of nursing leadership, commitment to service and influence in…