Nurses

Celebrate Patient Safety Awareness Week! March 9-15. Join AHA in raising awareness, celebrating successes, and sharing resources for patient safety nationwide.
In this conversation, Mindy Estes, M.D., former CEO of Saint Luke's Health System and former AHA board chair, and Roxanna Gapstur, Ph.D., R.N., CEO of WellSpan Health, discuss the strategies that enabled WellSpan to maintain high-quality care during and after the pandemic. 
Linda Burnes Bolton, former president of AHA’s American Organization for Nursing Executives (now known as the American Organization for Nursing Leadership), and chief nursing officer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, died this month at age 76. She was known for inspiring a generation…
The Basic Nursing Assistant Training Program at Northwestern Medicine is designed to help Northwestern Medicine employees in nonclinical roles transition into PCT positions by earning a certified nursing assistant certification.
East Alabama Health, like many health systems, is facing a shortage of nursing professionals. To address the problem, EAH didn’t have to look far – just to their own employees.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) named Claire M. Zangerle, DNP, R.N., as senior vice president and chief nurse executive of AHA and chief executive officer of its American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL).
A new AHA Market Scan Trailblazers report, “How to Strengthen Your Nurse Retention Strategy,” identifies common reasons why nurses leave their positions and how to build a robust nurse retention strategy.
Focus on continuous quality, improving nurse recruitment and retention, workforce education, and quality and safety for nurse retention.
With a review of evidence and extensive planning, Nemours Children’s Health created an enterprise virtual nursing model. Learn more about the process of introducing the virtual nurse, and how the incorporation of the virtual has positively contributed to outcomes related to nurse and patient…