AONL

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

Improving nursing engagement while struggling with staffing shortages, burnout, and unbalanced ratios of novice to experienced nurses can seem overwhelming.
An American Hospital Association podcast explores how Gillette Children’s Hospital in Saint Paul, Minn., fosters trust in COVID-19 vaccines and other necessary pediatric vaccinations as part of a larger goal of protecting families and their communities.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality announced this week it has released a blueprint for investing approximately $100 million per year on initiatives to get local health care systems closer to providing more equitable, whole-person care across a person’s lifespan.
The Department of Health and Human Services last week launched a Health Workforce Initiative.
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital in Minnesota offers an Emergency Psychiatry Assessment, Treatment and Health unit for behavioral health patients.
A family-centered, school-based intervention led by school nurses uses parents and teachers as role models for healthy eating and other behaviors could reduce childhood obesity, a study found.
Many hospitals are experimenting with acute care at-home programs, focused on treating patients at home instead of in a hospital.
The University of California, Davis, has used a holistic admission process for the past 25 years to achieve a diverse student body following the state’s ban of race-based admissions.
The best way for rural hospitals to have enough nurses and NPs is to invest in people who already live in the community, says Michele Reisinger, DNP, APRN, an assistant professor of doctoral nursing at Washburn University School of Nursing in Topeka, Kan.