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Content by and about the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL).

A Joint Commission study identified characteristics associated with greater staff adherence to a standardized protocol during patient handoffs from the operating room to the intensive care unit.
Leaders should implement strategies to increase nurse engagement in quality improvement to attain high-quality outcomes, a study found.
Nurses should be involved in developing and testing any artificial intelligence used in the nursing process, according to a commentary published in July in Nursing Inquiry.
Integrating a therapy dog into the classroom improves mental health support for nursing students, according to a study from the St. Louis University Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing.
More than 5.6 million women live in counties with no or limited access to maternity care services, according to research from the March of Dimes.
The Nursing Community Coalition this week thanked Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., for introducing the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2023 (H.R. 3305/S. 1606).
The Nursing Community Coalition praised the Senate Appropriations Committee for advancing its fiscal year 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education bill.
The August issue of Nurse Leader includes a summary of the second part of AONL’s Workforce Compendium.
Older nurse leaders tend to take work breaks and vacation, according to a study published in the August issue of Nurse Leader.
AONL CEO Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, told Becker’s Healthcare nurse leaders should directly address the reluctance of their staff to use well-being and mental health services.