Nurse Leadership

The American Organization of Nurse Executives has chosen as its next president-elect Mary Ann Fuchs, vice president of patient care and system chief nurse executive at Duke University Health System in Durham, N.C., and associate dean of clinical affairs for the Duke University School of Nursing.
Also in this weekly roundup of nursing news: off-duty nurse saves choking woman during dinner, and another nurse works day and night to help those affected by Hurricane Florence.
Also in this weekly roundup of nursing news: nurse rescues man who collapsed at church, and how nurses can keep their CPR skills sharp.
Also in this weekly roundup of nursing news: the difference that a post-discharge phone call makes, and executive moves in the field.
Plus: Nurses who experience occupational violence need added support, and executive moves in the field. 
As part of the AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative, the American Organization of Nurse Executives will host a webinar Sept. 12 at 12 p.m. ET exploring the issue of human trafficking from the perspective of a mother of a survivor.
Plus: a nurse brings a man back to life at a school volleyball game, and it may be time for nurses to learn more about genomics.
Also in this weekly roundup of nursing news: how one hospital system took nurse feedback and ran with it to help patients; 16 nurses at one hospital are pregnant at once; and a nurse helps unite a missing man with his family.
Also in this weekly roundup of nursing news: after nearly 60 years in the field, this nurse still loves her job; and new CNOs at Orange Regional Medical Center, Saint Thomas Health, and Twin Cities Community Hospital.
Also in this weekly roundup of nurse news: a nurse on a flight to Florida saves another passenger’s life, plus, executive moves in the field.