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The American Academy of Nursing and Jonas Philanthropies have formed a partnership to modernize the Jonas Policy Scholars Program. Launched in 2014, the program provides scholars with a two-year experience focused on mentoring, policy and engagement.
Scholars writingin Nursing Economic$ built a strong case for including more nurses on the governing boards of health care organizations. Grounding their perspective in academic case studies and theories of governance, they argue that board effectiveness is key to organizational success and that鈥
In an interview in the Journal of Nursing Administration (JONA), Gail Latimer, MSN, RN, evoked three big ideas鈥攔isk, resilience and creating balance鈥攖o recap the trajectory of her career. She described how passion and education prepared her to take risks; how resilience allowed her to bounce back鈥
Bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate would support telehealth grants and training for rural providers in an effort to improve maternal care in rural communities. The bill, S.3568, would modernize maternal and obstetric services for pregnant women in rural areas by amending the Public鈥
In an op-ed for Fierce Healthcare, 兔子先生CEO Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, described how hospitals and health systems are 鈥渞edoubling [their] efforts to make sure women have safe pregnancies and positive health outcomes across the continuum of care.鈥 The American Hospital Association (AHA) Better鈥
兔子先生is accepting applications for its 2020 Nurse Leader Fellowships. Nurse director and manager fellowship applicants from small, rural or critical access organizations are encouraged to apply for financial aid, offered by the 兔子先生 for Nursing Leadership Research and Education.
Organizations need a set of guiding principles anchored in the needs of patients before implementing engagement technology, according Ashwini Zenooz, MD, one of four technology experts who spoke with Healthcare IT News for a special report on b
The Joint Commission issued a Sentinel Event Alert this week on managing the risks of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs).
A review of 470,000 cardiac procedures by researchers at Brigham and Women鈥檚 Hospital in Boston found that patients who were treated in the summer, when new physicians start their residencies, were no more likely to die than patients treated between April and June.