The Future Is Ambient: 3 Takeaways from AONL 2026
According to Karen Mahnke, Bernthal Family chief nurse executive and VP of operations, it’s important to engage nurses early on and throughout the process of implementing ambient listening technology because it yields better system design, higher usability, and fewer workflow barriers.
The Majority of Nurses Report Feel Emotionally Exhausted at Work. Here’s What CNOs Can Do.
According to a 2026 report by Joyce University of Nursing & Health Sciences, 74% of nurses have felt emotionally exhausted multiple times a week over the course of a month. For Gen Z nurses in particular, 28% have felt burnt out from work every day.
PSQH Quick Poll 2026: Taking the Pulse of Patient Safety
As part of PSQH’s celebration of Patient Safety Awareness Week, we decided to reach out to our readers with a few questions to find out the state of patient safety efforts in 2025. The survey had a total of 127 respondents.
How AI Can Assist with Workload Balance for Nurses
At UCSF Health, the organization implemented an AI-powered tool to support nurses and give them a bird’s eye view of their units on one screen. Nurses can see patient assignments by nurse and get a better understanding of workload balance across the units.
Let’s Talk About Robotics in Nursing
As robotics technology enters the healthcare industry, CNOs must be prepared to help their nurses adjust as robotic assisted procedures and robotics-enhanced workflows become more common.
How This Hybrid Nurse Practitioner Program Is Bolstering the Workforce Pipeline
According to Dr. Megan O’Neil, program director of the Family Nurse Practitioner program at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions, NPs play an expanding role in today’s healthcare landscape.
How to Achieve Readiness for Pediatric Patients in Emergency Departments
The study, which examined 4,840 emergency departments, estimates that the lives of 2,143 children could be saved annually if there was universal high ED pediatric readiness. The annual cost of achieving high pediatric readiness in emergency departments nationwide was estimated at $207 million.
Inpatient RPM Comes Into Focus at UT Health San Antonio
UT Health San Antonio, which partnered with digital health company Nesa on the RPM platform, mapped out all the workflows in advance and visited other health systems to gain a better understanding of what it would take to equip every patient room in the new hospital with the right technology.
Tug of War: Solutions and Setbacks to the Rural Healthcare Dilemma
CNOs in both rural and urban health systems need to strategize ways to get quality care to rural patient populations, and advocate for more investment in rural healthcare when opportunities such as the Rural Healthcare Transformation (RHT) Program arise.
Improve Transfer Services by First Knowing What You Don’t Know
Partnering health system providers simply make one call to initiate a transfer. From there, trained nurses and transfer specialists coordinate every step by assessing hospital capability and capacity, supporting physician to physician conversation, and arranging transportation.