Nurse Leadership
Hospital and nursing leaders today joined the AHA and its American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) subsidiary for a National Hospital Week and National Nurses Week Twitter chat recognizing the more than 5.7 million people that work in America鈥檚 hospitals and health systems.
The 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) today announced that Kris Doody, RN, CEO of Cary Medical Center in Caribou, Maine will be awarded its 2017 Board of Trustees Award.
For example, at Carolinas HealthCare System, a team led by nurses optimized the electronic health record process by reducing documentation, removing duplicate records and organizing the technology in a more user-friendly workflow. As a result, the health system eliminated 18 million clicks for鈥
The American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) will present members and others with 2017 awards for outstanding leadership during its annual meeting this week in Baltimore.
The American Organization of Nurse Executives on March 30 will present its 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award to Pamela Austin Thompson, AONE CEO emeritus. Thompson retired last July after serving 16 years as AONE CEO and as AHA senior vice president nursing and chief nursing officer since 2010.鈥
鈥淚 think one鈥檚 feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results鈥 鈥 Florence Nightingale
In 1967, a collection of nurse administrators from the AHA Council of Nursing organized themselves into an AHA personal membership group to create a鈥
David Perlstein, M.D., president and CEO for SBH Health System in Bronx, NY, will lead AHA鈥檚 Committee for Clinical Leadership in 2017. Cheryl Hoying, R.N., senior vice president of patient services at Cincinnati Children鈥檚 Hospital Medical Center, is committee chair-elect and will become chair in鈥
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center nursing leader Linda Burnes Bolton today was named the medical center鈥檚 inaugural James R. Klinenberg, M.D., and Lynn Klinenberg Linkin Chair in Nursing. 鈥淭here are very few professionals who have a sure grasp of policy and practice, who navigate Washington, D.C.,鈥
The focus of this year鈥檚 National Nurses Week, which concludes today, is 鈥淐ulture of Safety: It Starts With You.鈥 In an AHASTAT blog post today, Pamela Thompson, CEO of the American Organization of Nurse Executives, notes, 鈥淧atient safety is imbedded in all of AONE鈥檚 competencies for nursing鈥
Congratulations to all of my nursing colleagues as we celebrate National Nurses Week. It is important that we take time to pause to recognize the valuable contributions that nurses make each and every day. The focus of this year鈥檚 Nurses Week is Culture of Safety: It Starts With You.鈥