Voice of Nursing Leadership
As health care evolves, health care systems must identify ways to support front-line nurse managers. At Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, one impactful step has been moving nurse managers to a four-day workweek.
Nursing engagement has a known association with nurse retention (Wei et al., 2023). A recent report estimated the national average cost for replacing a clinical nurse to be $56,300 (NSI, 2024), but some organizations estimate this cost to be much higher. Some health care systems are using a nurse…
Last October we lost one of the true visionaries in our profession, Karlene Kerfoot. She was brilliant and insightful, bringing a unique mix of humor, humility, compassion and strategic vision to her work as a nurse leader.
We are on the cusp of a major transformation in health care. Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to be a revolutionary innovation that will greatly impact nursing education and practice.
AONL thanks members who participated in the 2024 Needs Assessment fielded electronically in April. More than 1,170 nurse leaders shared their opinions on the future of nursing leadership, AONL’s role in solving member challenges, and the benefits and resources offered.
Nurses founding businesses? This is not the reason that most of us went into nursing in the first place. Yet nurses are good at seeing the needs of their patients. And to meet the needs they see, many nurses have found themselves in the shoes of a business owner.
Artificial intelligence (AI) in health care is growing at an exponential rate and health systems are no longer faced with a choice of if they will implement AI, but how and what to implement as part of their digital strategy.
Utilizing technology in health care can either be beneficial or problematic. It is vital that bedside nurses be engaged in the process of integrating technology into nursing practice.
Emerging technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) in health care often involve the collection, storage and analysis of large amounts of patient data. But the number of data breaches in recent years have shown health care organizations to be vulnerable.
As nursing leaders, we can play a critical role in shaping health care policy and practice, particularly at the federal level.