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Forever Grateful: AHA Board Member Thank Yous

Members of the AHA Board of Trustees have recorded video messages to say thank you to the team members at America’s hospitals and health systems for all they have done — and continue to do — to care for patients and serve communities.

NIH to study long-term effects of COVID-19 in pregnancy

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will support a four-year follow-up study on the potential long-term effects

AHA Associate Podcast Series | First American

In this episode, Kathleen Wessel, VP of Business Management & Operations for the AHA, spoke with Alan Sikora, CEO of First American Healthcare Finance, and Derick Lorentz, Regional CFO for Managed Hospitals of Centura Health. Funding strategy is not one-size-fits-all; CFOs must consider ever-changing circumstances, such as market conditions, competing interests and long-term goals. In this dialogue, our speakers discussed financial planning strategies, including financing, replacing and upgrading equipment, and establishing organizational policies.

Unvaccinated student nurses risk difficulties graduating

Nursing students who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19 may be unable to fulfill the clinical requirements they need to graduate.

FDA: Risk of false positives from some COVID tests

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alerted clinical laboratory staff and health care providers last week of a potential for false positive results with the Abbot Alinity

AACN launches ‘Hear Us Out’ to mobilize nurse voices against COVID-19

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has launched Hear Us Out, a nationwide effort to report nurses’ reality from the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic

Pandemic widens nursing skills gap

As seasoned nurses retire from the field or leave the front lines of care, health systems filling vacant positions with early-career nurses are encountering a skills gap.

Journal article explores pandemic innovations

In December 2020, with the first wave of the pandemic afoot, AONL sent a national inquiry to nurse leaders. Responses from leaders guiding high-stakes initiatives

Nurses share observations of long-haul COVID-19 symptoms, recovery

Nurses in San Francisco, Houston, Baltimore and Fort Wayne, Ind., shared their observations of long-haul COVID patients in recent interviews with Nurse.com.

Six states boost staffing with federal aid, National Guard and military medical teams

At least six states are using federal resources to boost hospital staffing amid the latest COVID-19 wave. Alabama is using $12.3 million in CARES Act funding to hire