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Content by and about the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL).
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing will raise the National Council Licensure Examination fee to $350 in the U.S. and Australia and $570 in Canada, effective Feb. 1, 2027.
Nursing schools, hospitals and clinics should collaborate to ensure enough preceptors are available to supervise nurse practitioner students for the 500 clinical hours required by accreditors, according to AONL member and consultant Tim Porter-O’Grady, EdD, RN.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans a nursing home staffing campaign to award incentives and tuition payments to nurses committing to careers in skilled nursing, prioritizing those serving in rural and underserved areas.
More than 73% of nurses hold a baccalaureate degree or higher fifteen years after the now-named National Academy of Medicine released a landmark Future of Nursing report calling for the vast majority of nurses to do so.
Nursing researcher Olga Yakusheva, PhD, says artificial intelligence policy should move beyond whether insurers can reimburse for AI and address how health systems measure and govern AI-generated economic value.
The American Hospital Association encourages member hospitals and health systems to apply for the Carolyn Boone Lewis Award for Improving Health Outcomes.
AONL CEO Claire Zangerle, DNP, RN, says health systems can improve the nurse manager position by paying attention to the managers’ span of control ─ or number of direct reports the nurse manager oversees ─ and remove responsibilities that can be automated, delegated or reassigned.
The AONL Foundation seeks proposals on responsible implementation, evaluation, governance and the scaling of healthcare technology, informatics and artificial intelligence through nursing leadership.
AONL members elected four individuals to its board of directors to serve three-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2027.
CHICAGO (Aug. 25, 2026) – The American Organization for Nursing Leadership membership elected to the AONL Board of Directors, serving three-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2027, are the following...