AONL hosts Advocacy Day  kpage_drupal Jun 07, 2024 - 03:38 PM More than 230 nurse leaders from 37 states attended the American Organization for Nursing Leadership Advocacy Academy and its Advocacy Day June 2-4 in Washington, D.C. Advocates discussed the need for federal protections against workplace violence, funding for the nurse faculty and clinical site shortage and asked lawmakers not to support mandatory nurse-to-patient ratios. “Legislators want to hear from nurse leaders,” said Robyn Begley, D.N.P, RN, AHA’s chief nursing officer and AONL CEO. “Through real-world examples, they c ..read more

4 Ways to Make Nurse Managers More Impactful Matthew Diener Apr 30, 2024 - 06:15 AM The nurse manager role remains one of the most challenging in hospitals. Now a new report suggests that it may be time for executives to look more closely at how they can support these leaders to optimize their effectiveness. Nurse managers represent the highest leverage point in a hospital to impact outcomes and should factor highly into decisions and investments driven by return on investment, notes the analysis “Quantifying Nurse Manager Impact.” It was co-developed by the AHA’s American Organization for ..read more

4 Ways to Make Nurse Managers More Impactful Matthew Diener Apr 30, 2024 - 06:15 AM The nurse manager role remains one of the most challenging in hospitals. Now a new report suggests that it may be time for executives to look more closely at how they can support these leaders to optimize their effectiveness. Nurse managers represent the highest leverage point in a hospital to impact outcomes and should factor highly into decisions and investments driven by return on investment, notes the analysis “Quantifying Nurse Manager Impact.” It was co-developed by the AHA’s American Organization for ..read more

Report measures nurse managers’ impact on health system performance kpage_drupal Apr 03, 2024 - 03:12 PM Nurse managers who interact purposefully with each registered nurse on their team have lower turnover, with monthly interactions such as recognitions, check-ins or corrective actions driving a 7-percentage-point improvement in the team’s annual turnover rate, according to a new report by the American Organization for Nursing Leadership and Laudio Insights. The report also evaluates key factors influencing a nurse manager’s capacity for meaningful team engagement, such as the number of peo ..read more

AONL-AHA Models of Care Learning Community lsadowskifugit… Feb 08, 2024 - 09:38 AM Meeting Information The AONL-AHA MOC Learning Community will meet on the first Wednesday of every month from 12-1 PM Eastern Time. To join the community, please fill out the form here. Upcoming meeting dates: Mar 6, 2024 No meeting: AONL Annual Conference April 8-11, 2024 May 1, 2024 Jun 5, 2024 Jul 3, 2024 Aug 7, 2024 Sep 4, 2024 Oct 2, 2024 Nov 6, 2024 Dec 4, 2024   AONL-AHA Model of Care Learning Community Charter   Member Presentations Providence Co-Caring Model (February 9, 2024) This is a lea ..read more

Nurse leaders identify top challenges, effective solutions hnesich_drupal Jan 16, 2024 - 04:04 PM The top three challenges facing nurse leaders are staff recruitment and retention, financial resource availability and workplace violence, according to AONL Foundation’s 2024 Longitudinal Nurse Leadership Insight Study. While still an obstacle, the state of staff emotional health and well-being is at its best since July 2020. The challenge of traveling nurses and contingent workforce also has improved substantially since the summer of 2022. The five-part study examines changes in health care fro ..read more

Why Nurses on Your Board Matter dsamuels_drupal Dec 13, 2023 - 01:15 AM The push for increased diversity and inclusion on boards of governance for hospitals and health systems is a necessity for success. A 2023 AHA national survey found that boards are paying increased attention to bringing diverse viewpoints to their membership, including from one particular group — nurses. In this conversation, Ellen Brzytwa, R.N., trustee at the Cleveland Clinic, discusses her mission of bringing more nurses into board positions, and how her own experience demonstrated that more hospital boards should have ..read more

Chair File: Leadership Dialogue — Discussing Nursing Challenges and Opportunities with Mary Beth Kingston of Advocate Health dsamuels_drupal Oct 30, 2023 - 12:05 PM On today’s episode, I talk with Mary Beth Kingston, executive vice president and chief nursing officer at Advocate Health. She also is a past president of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership and current AHA board member. We discuss nursing leadership trends and strategies that can make an impact as hospitals and health systems look for new approaches to address ongoing workforce challenges. Mary Beth emphasizes that ..read more

Committee on Clinical Leadership Matthew Diener Oct 20, 2023 - 11:18 AM Tue, Sep 10, 2024, 10:00 AM Wed, Sep 11, 2024, 12:00 PM In-Person Event Topics Board Meetings Physician Leaders Nurse Leadership Search Promotion Not Promoted American Hospital Association In-Person Events No Priority Weight 0 Does this content belong in a Resource Repository? Off ..read more

Committee on Clinical Leadership Matthew Diener Oct 20, 2023 - 09:52 AM Thu, Feb 29, 2024, 10:00 AM Fri, Mar 01, 2024, 12:00 PM In-Person Event Topics Board Meetings Nurse Leadership Physician Leaders Search Promotion Not Promoted American Hospital Association In-Person Events No Priority Weight 0 Does this content belong in a Resource Repository? Off ..read more