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Nurses
Setting the Record Straight: A Make-Believe Model Stokes Unfounded Fears of Team-Based Care
A recent article in Medical Care Journal paints a bleak picture of the future of healthcare, claiming hospitals intend to replace Registered Nurses (RNs) with lower-paid and less qualified staff, which the authors assert would lead to poorer quality care and skyrocketing costs. The article even suggests that hospitals want a return to a bygone era of healthcare.
Workforce, Well-Being & Resilience, Employee Health and Wellness, Behavioral Health Intervention & Issues Prevention, Suicide Prevention
Revisiting Clinician Credentialing to Support Well-being
The American Hospital Association (AHA) believes that no health care worker should experience barriers to seeking or receiving behavioral health care. Consistent with that commitment, we encourage hospitals to examine any practices impacting whether health care providers seek behavioral health care services.
Workplace Violence, Hospitals Against Violence, Wellness/Preventive Care, Access to Behavioral Health, Behavioral Health Workers
Protecting our people from workplace violence
By Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, CEO of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership , Nancy MacRae, CEO of the Emergency Nurses Association
Saturday’s senseless violence at Methodist Dallas Medical Center that took the lives of two health care workers has stunned the health care community across the country.
COVID-19: Protecting Health Care Workers, Workforce, Access to Behavioral Health, Wellness/Preventive Care, Well-Being & Resilience
Blog: Health care workers, it’s time to care for yourselves
This year has been unlike any other in our lifetimes. As health care providers, we are always ready to run toward the challenge, to become a place of refuge and heal our communities. None of this is new, but this year has stretched our ability to do this and ensure our own resiliency.
AHA Center for Health Innovation, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Access to Behavioral Health, Innovation/New Models of Care, Technology Strategy
Artificial Intelligence and the Path to Health Care Innovation
The American Hospital Association and Microsoft now offer a free, one-hour course, for continuing education credits, to guide health care teams through key considerations and specific actions for AI’s responsible and strategic implementation.
Quality & Patient Safety, Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
Blog: Wall Street Journal Article Doesn’t Give Full Picture on Safety in Hospitals
From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals have kept patients safe in the face of rapidly evolving scientific evidence and daunting resource limitations. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal on the spread of COVID-19 infections in hospitals does not give a full picture and proper context on safety in hospitals.
Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19), COVID-19: Protecting Health Care Workers, Physician Leaders, Nurse Leadership
Fostering Resilient Leadership in Times of Crisis
Now more than ever, the leadership of nurses and physicians is invaluable to the teams, organizations and patients they serve. They help those around them keep perspective, and their vision and guidance pave the road to a healthier future.
COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities, COVID-19: Organizational Preparedness and Capacity Planning
AHA responds to article in the Wall Street Journal on COVID-19 infections in hospitals
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal about coronavirus infections in hospitals speaks to the spread of this disease and the importance of taking the utmost precautions – everywhere and at all times.
Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19), COVID-19: Protecting Health Care Workers, AONL
Blog: Mental health resources available for health care heroes
Marking Mental Health Awareness Month, Robyn Begley, CEO of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership, writes that health care workers already faced burnout, addiction and suicide before COVID-19, and it’s important to tackle these issues now.
Nurses, Nurse Leadership, AONL, Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
Year of the Nurse Takes on New Meaning
When the World Health Assembly designated 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, they had no idea a pandemic would envelop the world the same year. The convergence of these events is a poignant reminder of nurses’ vital role in caring for patients, comforting families and protecting the health of the community.