Ajn The American Journal Of Nursing - Behind The Article

2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the NP role with the launch of the first NP program at the University of Colorado in 1965. AJN’s editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with the authors, both at the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of Nursing History at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, about the significance of the role and future directions

AJN launches the first in a five-part series of articles that will examine various aspects of holistic nursing and integrative care. AJN editor in chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with Margo Halm, co-author of this overview of how hospitals are incorporating these therapies for patients, families and staff. Subsequent articles will focus on the most common modalities, including imagery, massage, acupressure and essential oils.

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Editor Betsy Todd present the highlights of the October issue of the American Journal of Nursing. This month’s cover celebrates AJN’s 115th anniversary with a collage showcasing archival photographs and past covers. Our first CE, “Integrative Care: The Evolving Landscape in American Hospitals,” provides an overview of some of the integrative care initiatives being introduced in hospitals throughout the U.S. and reports on findings from a survey of nursing leaders at hospitals that have implemented integrative care programs. Our second CE, “Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation,” gives an overview of the procedure, its possible complications, and best practices for nursing care. In “Intergenerational Lessons and ‘Fabulous Stories’,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation senior adviser for nursing Susan B. Hassmiller, along with two nurse historians, shares five lessons learned from interviewing her mother, Jacqueline J. Wouwenberg, a 1947 graduate of the Bellevue Hospital

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy presents the highlights of the September issue of the American Journal of Nursing. This month’s cover features the first place winner of our Faces of Caring: Nurses at Work photo contest: perianesthesia nurse Carolyn Benigno preparing a patient for surgery at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC. Our first CE, “Acute Pain Management for Inpatients with Opioid Use Disorder,” reviews current literature related to the topic of acute pain management for inpatients with OUD and dispels common myths about opioids and OUD. Our second CE, “Sexually Transmitted Infections in the United States: Overview and Update,” provides an overview of the symptoms, screening, and treatment recommendations for the most common STIs in the United States and describes the most recent relevant findings in order to inform nursing practice. The Cultivating Quality feature, “Improving Pediatric Temperature Measurement in the ED,” discusses an ED staff-led quality improveme

Author Barbra Mann Wall describes her article, which uses oral history interviews to give voice to retired African nurse leaders, who describe what nursing practice and education meant to them during and after periods of colonization in Africa from the 1950s to the 1970s. Their stories offer alternative concepts of nursing identity formation and professionalism.

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Editor Betsy Todd present the highlights of the August issue of the American Journal of Nursing. This month’s cover shows a community nurse practicing health education with residents of a small fishing village in rural Uganda.. Our first CE, an original research piece, “‘I Am a Nurse’: Oral Histories of African Nurses,” features oral histories from African nurse leaders who describe what nursing practice and education meant to them during and after periods of colonization in Africa. Our second CE, “Nurses’ Role in Preventing Prescription Opioid Diversion,” highlights the nonmedical use of opioids and how nurses play a critical role in stopping this epidemic of opioid abuse. The clinical feature, “The Evolution of Physical Activity Promotion,” describes how nurses can promote physical activity in their patients, an important health issue that many Americans fall short of. In “Safety Monitor: Misplacements of Enteral Feeding Tubes Increase After Hospitals Switch Brands

Author Renee C.B. Manworren describes how prescription opioid abuse has reached epidemic levels in the U.S. Her article explains that nurses are in a vital position to help reverse this public health crisis and provides three key interventions in which nurses play a critical role to help prevent opioid abuse.

Author Corinna Dan describes her article, which reviews the epidemiology and diagnosis of viral hepatitis. It also discusses new screening recommendations and innovations in assessment and treatment of the disease. It also outlines an updated action plan in which nurses play an important role in the coordination of care for viral hepatitis

Author Linda K. Anderson describes her article “Nursing Management of Patients with Ehlers—Danlos Syndrom, in which she provides and overview of this hereditary connective tissue disorder. She offers guidance on ways nurses can manage symptoms, recognize and prevent serious complications , and improve patients’ quality of life.

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Editor Betsy Todd present the highlights of the July issue of the American Journal of Nursing. This month’s cover shows the World Hepatitis Day logo. Our first CE, “Viral Hepatitis: New U.S Screening Recommendations, Assessment Tools, and Treatments,” reviews new screening, assessment, and treatment recommendations for viral hepatitis. Our second CE, “Nursing Management of Patients with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome,” gives an overview of this hereditary tissue disorder. The feature article “In the Community: Effective Collaboration Among Magnet Hospitals: A Win-Win for Nurses and Institutions” describes how six hospitals helped each other achieve and maintain Magnet recognition. In addition, there’s News, Reflections, Drug Watch, Art of Nursing, and more.

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Editor Betsy Todd present the highlights of the June issue of the American Journal of Nursing. This month’s cover shows nurses at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute practicing mindfulness in a healing garden. Our first CE, “Early Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube Dislodgment,” presents a real case of PEG tube dislodgement and subsequent sepsis leading to the patient’s death. Our second CE, “Epilepsy Update Part 2: Nursing Care and Evidence-Based Treatment,” addresses the most important aspects of assessing and caring for patients with epilepsy. The feature article “Cultivating Quality: Cultivating Mindfulness to Enhance Nursing Practice” describes a multifaceted mindfulness program introduced for members of a nursing team. And our “Culturally Competent Care: Using the ESFT Model in Nursing” article discusses the need for nurses to communicate effectively with diverse populations and how health care disparities can be reduced through culturally competent care.

Author Gigi Smith describes her article, the first in a two-part series on epilepsy, which discusses new research on the causes of epilepsy, new definitions that are changing the ways we evaluate the disease, and the psychosocial challenges faced by people who have it.

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Editor Betsy Todd, present the highlights of the May issue of the American Journal of Nursing. this month’s cover is a painting by artist Janis Wolf, one of the original participants in the program, Studio E, which blends art therapy and health community for people living with epilepsy. Our first CE, “Atrial Fibrillation: Updated Management Guidelines and Nursing Implications,” focuses on the prevention of thromboembolism and on symptom control, and stresses the importance of patient adherence to treatment plans in order to ensure better outcomes Our second CE, “Epilepsy Update Part 1: Refining Our Understanding of a Complex Disease,” discusses new research that has increased our understanding of epilepsy’s etiology and pathophysiology, new definitions that are changing the ways we evaluate and treat this disease, conditions that frequently present with epilepsy, and psychosocial challenges faced by people with epilepsy. Our series, “Advancing

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Editor Betsy Todd, present the highlights of the April issue of the American Journal of Nursing. On our cover this month is Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream). Our first CE, original research, examines the efficacy of a nurse-led breathing training program in reducing depression and improving quality of sleep in patients on maintenance hemodialysis. Our second CE presents the dangers of the pervasive 12-hour nursing shift that have been hotly debated in recent years. Our series, “Advancing Health Through Nursing,” examines The Institute of Medicine’s report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.  And our “Perspectives on Leadership” series presents a model for addressing conflict based on recognizing the importance of relationships and the patterns they create. “Question of Practice: Clinical Challenges in Isolation Care,” reviews the results of a 2014 study that investigated nurses’ use of PPE in the care of a live simulated

Author Linda Eanes describes the acute and chronic effects of sleep loss on nurses, strategies they can use to increase the quantity and quality of their sleep, and institutional policies that can promote adequate rest and recuperation between work shifts for nursing staff.