AONE Resource Center

The vision of AONE is to shape the future of health care through innovative nursing leadership. Our various guiding principles, toolkits and positions on best practice are created with the goal of developing the AONE member as a leader in collaboration and catalyst for innovation. The AONE Resource Center contains a wealth of information to bring you to the next level in your practice.

AONE Guiding Principles for...
...Building the Hospital for the Next Generation
...Diversity in Health Care Organizations
...Elder-Friendly Hospital/Facility
...Excellence in Nurse/Physician Relationships
...The Nurse Executive to Enhance Clinical Outcomes by Leveraging Technology
...The Nurse Executive in Technology Acquisition and Implementation
...Relationships among Nursing & Support Services in the Clinical Setting
(a collaboration between AONE and ARAMARK Healthcare)
...The Role of the Nurse Executive in Patient Safety  
...The Role of the Nurse in Future Patient Care Delivery 

AONE Toolkits
AONE Toolkit for the Nurse Executive in the Acquisition and Implementation of Information Systems
AONE Toolkit for the Role of the Nurse Executive in Patient Safety   
AONE Toolkit for the Role of the Nurse in Future Patient Care Delivery

Advocacy
  - Capitol Hill 101
  - Letter to Leaders
  - Lobbying 101
  - Sample Agenda
  - Sample Letter
  - Sample Talking Points

Benchmarking
  -  Nursing Satisfaction with Support Services (NS3) Survey  
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BSN
  - BSN Level Nursing Ed Resources

Diversity
  - Diversity Resources

Geriatric  
  -  Geriatric Resources

Healthful Practice Work Environment
  - Principles and Elements of a Healthful Practice/Work Environment

International  
  - International Activities

Leadership  
  - The Business of Caring Newsletter
      (an HFMA Publication)
  -  AONE Nurse Exec Competencies
        -  Competencies Assessment Tool 
  -  HLA Competency Directory
  -  Nurse Manager Leadership Collaborative
  -  Nurse Manager Inventory Tool
  -  NMLC Learning Domain Framework

Patient Safety and Quality    
  -  BSN Level Nursing Resources..   
  -  Nursing Innovations in Patient Safety Library

Position/Policy Statements  
  -  Diversity
  -  Doctorate of Nursing Practice  
  -  Foreign Nurse Recruitment
  -  Mandatory Overtime
  -  Mandated Staffing Ratios
  -  Pre-Licensure Supervised Clinical...    
  -  Position Statement and Guiding Principles for Diversity in Health Care Organizations

Resource & Links
  - Disaster Preparedness 
  - Foreign Nurse Recruitment Best...
  - Health Care Links   
  -  HLA Competency Directory   
  -  Research Funding Opportunities
  -  Sample Job Descriptions/Org Charts

TCAB (Transforming Care at the Bedside) RW Johnson Grant   
  - General Information

Surveys 
  -  CNO Retention and Turnover Survey

Talking Points      
 - Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report... 
 - JAMA Study on Nurse Ed Levels
 - JAMA Study on Nurse Staffing...
 - JCAHO White Paper on the Nursing...

White Paper
Driving Outcomes through Executive Collaboration
(An ARAMARK Healthcare-sponsored Roundtable Discussion at the American Hospital Association - Health Forum Leadership Summit in San Diego, CA on July 25, 2008)

The Journal of Nursing Administration (JONA) Links of Interest
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
Article 4

Archives
  -Chief Nursing Officer Retention and Turnover: A Crisis Brewing? Results of a National Survey (February 2009)
  - AONE, Ballein Search Partners Release 2003 Senior Nurse Officer Survey Report  
  -  AONE Endorses the Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Person  
  -  "Healthy Work Environments: Striving for Excellence..."
  - NLN Test Information: AONE Letter, Recommendations, and Talking Points  
  - "Nurses for a Healthier Tomorrow"
  - Nursing Workforce Publications