Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, CEO of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership

Articles

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.

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.

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.