/ en Fri, 18 Apr 2025 19:05:29 -0500 Mon, 15 Jul 19 11:28:01 -0500 /legislators <p> </p> <p>The American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) is the national organization of nurses who design, facilitate and manage care. With more than 10,000 members, 兔子先生is the voice of nursing leadership in health care. 兔子先生is an affiliate of 兔子先生.</p> <h3>兔子先生Core Advocacy Principles</h3> Mon, 15 Jul 2019 11:28:01 -0500 Issue Brief /advocacy/engaged <p> </p> <p>Become an effective advocate by taking action on issues facing nurse leaders. Communicate your story, track health care legislation and become a voice for nurse leaders.</p> Wed, 10 Jul 2019 10:24:58 -0500 Issue Brief /advocacy/key-issues/promote-value-nursing <p> </p> <p>In the redesign of the health care delivery system towards one driven by a team of health care providers in a patient-centered environment, it is important nurse leaders articulate the value of nursing in improved patient outcomes, care coordination, quality, safety and delivery of cost-effective care through data-driven research.</p> <p>Congress recognition of the value of nursing is evident by the inclusion of <a href="http://innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/gne/">advanced practice nurse demonstration programs</a> within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the continued expansion of <a href="/system/files/media/file/2019/07/Nursing_Organizations_Support_%20S_Res_514_0.pdf">nurse-managed clinics</a>.</p> <p>Nurse leaders must continue advocating for funding of these programs as well as provider nondiscrimination provisions with the Medicare and Medicaid programs, ensuring parity for nurses and other classes of health care providers are able to practice to the full scope of their licensure and professional competence.</p> <p>In addition to the development of public policy, nurse leaders advocate for the development of nursing to the executive level using <a href="/resources/nurse-leader-competencies">AONL鈥檚 leadership competencies</a> and the promotion of these leadership competencies across health care settings.</p> Tue, 09 Jul 2019 09:48:12 -0500 Issue Brief /advocacy/key-issues/us-cadet-nurse-corps <p> </p> <p>Nearly 120,000 nurses honorably served in the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II, yet they are the only uniformed service members from that war who have not been recognized as veterans. Authorized by Congress and signed into law in July 1943, the United States Nurse Corps was the largest federal nurse-training program to care for America's servicemen and women.</p> <p>This legislation would provide honorable discharges, medal privileges and veteran burial benefits to nurses who served in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps.</p> Tue, 25 Jun 2019 10:19:27 -0500 Issue Brief /advocacy/key-issues/workforce-programs <p> </p> <p>The Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act would reauthorize critical Nursing Workforce Development programs through the fiscal year 2024. The nursing workforce programs that Title VIII provides are critical to strengthening the nursing field.</p> Mon, 24 Jun 2019 16:30:35 -0500 Issue Brief