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Chair file: Honoring Our Hospital Teams This Week and Every Week

It’s National Hospital Week — an annual event of seven days to recognize the 5,000 hospitals, health systems and networks, as well as the more than 6 million people, who provide care to individuals and communities.

Perspective: A Week of Appreciation, Gratitude and Thanks

Two of the simplest words also carry the most meaning: “thank you.”

AHA radio ad highlights need for federal law to protect health care workers

The ad spotlights the pandemic’s toll on the nation’s health care workforce, noting that nearly 45% of nurses encountered physical violence and over two-thirds were victims of verbal abuse in early 2020. 

Chair File: Leadership Dialogue — Talking Workforce Challenges and Solutions with Debbie Hatmaker, Chief Nursing Officer of the American Nurses Association Enterprise

On this episode, I talk with Debbie Hatmaker, chief nursing officer of the American Nurses Association, the American Nurses Credentialing Center and the American Nurses Foundation.

Podcast: How shared governance and actionable data can empower nurses

On this Advancing Health podcast, Michelle Davis, assistant vice president of medical services at Unity Health, in Searcy, Ark., discusses how a shared governance model promotes partnerships and collaboration between nurses and other health care professionals, and gives bedside caregivers a voice and opportunity to help ensure patient-centric care.

White House urged to investigate price gouging by nurse staffing agencies 

Nearly 200 House members are urging White House COVID-19 Response Team Coordinator Jeffrey Zients to investigate reports that nurse staffing agencies are taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to increase their profits at the expense of patients and the hospitals that treat them.  

AHA podcast: Nurse leaders discuss COVID-19 challenges, solutions

In this podcast presented by the AHA Living Learning Network and American Organization for Nursing Leadership, Advocate Aurora Health Chief Nursing Officer Mary Beth Kingston, a member of the AHA Board of Trustees, and nurse leader Patricia Quinn, director of maternal child health at Northwell Health, discuss the latest nursing challenges and solutions during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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Blog: Nurses, not legislators, should decide appropriate nurse staffing

Patient-to-nurse staffing ratios are a static and ineffective tool that cannot guarantee a safe heath care environment, writes Mary Ann Fuchs, president of AHA’s American Organization for Nursing Leadership affiliate, responding to a recent op-ed in the New York Times.