Celebrating Frontline Leadership in Nursing: A Testament to Compassion and Innovation.

Frontline nursing leaders who foster compassionate and innovative healthcare settings improve nurse engagement, patient outcomes, and workplace culture. These leaders play a crucial role in advancing healthcare by highlighting the need to recognize and support these essential professionals.

Honoring Nurse Educators: The Bedrock of Quality, Compassionate Care.

Celebrating the faculty and educators who profoundly impact the profession is tied to purpose. Gratitude and recognition from students, colleagues, and educational leaders can be powerful tools in maintaining not only the well-being of clinical nurses but also that of educators.

Maximizing the potential value of the nursing workforce.

This panel paper is the fifth installment in a six-part Nursing Outlook special edition based on the 2022 Emory Business Case for Nursing Summit. The 2022 summit convened national nursing, health care, and business leaders to explore possible solutions to nursing workforce crises, including the nursing shortage. Each of the summit's four panels authored a paper in this special edition on their respective topic, and this panel paper focuses on maximizing the potential value of the nursing workforce.

A Year Later: Beyond Gratitude: A Tribute to Nurse Managers.

"Not expressing gratitude is like wrapping a present and never giving it." -William Ward Regular expressions of gratitude and meaningful recognition are beginning to make a difference for nurse managers. Beyond Gratitude: A Tribute to Nurse Managers illustrates how the power of a partnership of 2 foundations can make a difference.

Meaningful Recognition: The Tie to Purpose.

Meaningful recognition is powerful and tied to purpose. As nurses, we are motivated by our ability to contribute and make a difference in our patients' lives. As leaders, we can buffer the negative effects of burnout, foster a positive work environment, and cultivate a culture of gratitude and trust by creating and sustaining a culture of recognition.

AONL Foundation Innovates to Bridge Science and Practice.

In this column, leaders from AONL discuss the AONL Foundation and its charitable mission of providing resources that create opportunities to bridge science and practice to shape the future of nursing.

Unprecedented Leadership: How Nurses Responded to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

An inquiry was posed to nurse leaders in December 2020 by the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) as the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic peaked. More than 100 responses were received and organized into themes based on problems, solutions, and unique innovations that were employed. These themes included a return to team-based care, redeployed providers, work design, space accommodation, technology applications, provider support, and the advancement of community-based partnerships.

The DIalysis Symptom COntrol-Restless Legs Syndrome (DISCO-RLS) Trial: A Protocol for a Randomized, Crossover, Placebo-Controlled Blinded Trial.

Background: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) affects approximately 30% of patients with end-stage kidney disease and is associated with impaired sleep and health-related quality of life. Medications used to treat RLS in patients receiving dialysis may have an increased risk of adverse events with dose titration, and residual RLS symptoms are common despite the use of effective treatments. Randomized controlled trials of monotherapy and combination pharmacologic therapy for RLS in hemodialysis are needed.

Academic-Practice Partnerships: Update on the National Initiative.

The American Organization of Nurse Leaders and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing have been working together since 2010 to address how academic-practice partnerships can most effectively advance the profession by preparing a well-educated workforce. This article describes the work to date and future strategic priorities.

AONL Foundation Looks to the Future: New Identity, New Mission, New Vision, New Strategic Goals.

During the 1st half of 2019 the AONL Foundation for Nursing Leadership Research and Education underwent an identity and brand change and adopted a new strategic plan, complete with a new mission and vision, to guide the foundation's work forward toward creating a sustainable research for nursing leadership research and education. This article describes the strategic planning activities and process the AONL Foundation recently undertook and highlights future goals.

A moment of reflection.

Deborah Zimmermann, DNP, RN, Chair of the Commission on Magnet® Recognition, provides reflections regarding her 8 years on the Commission. Dr Zimmermann discusses how the standards have changed and how they have positively impacted nursing practice and patient outcomes.

Implementing the Clinical Dashboard at VCUHS.

Medical errors are an enormous problem in the health care industry. With the growing prominence of electronic medical records, new tools are becoming available to reduce the risk of errors. A clinical dashboard is one tool that is being employed in health systems to reduce medical error and improve clinician communication.

Advancing the education of nurses: a call for action.

The debate over the educational preparation of RNs has raged for over a century. In New York, chief nursing officers are partnering with academic colleagues and successfully implementing a model that standardizes education requirements, supports seamless transition from associate to baccalaureate degree programs, addresses financial barriers, and identifies expected outcomes of a more educated workforce. Nursing leaders are perfectly positioned to advance the educational standards of the profession in the United States.