The AJN Podcast

September 2014 Highlights

Contributed by Lukas

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy, Clinical Managing Editor Karen Roush, and AJN’s new clinical editor, Betsy Todd, present the highlights of the Septem...

August 2014 Highlights

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Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Managing Editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the August issue of the American Journal of Nursing. ...

Editor-in-Chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with Rohini Paul, nursing superintendent in the Department of Cardiology at Narayana Hrudayalaya Cardiac Hospital (NHCH) in Bangalore, India (now known as the Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences)

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Rohini Paul is the primary author of this month’s CE, “Sustaining Pressure Ulcer Best Practices in a High-Volume Cardiac care Environment.” As ...

Katherine DiBella Seluja reads her poem “Notes to the Evening Nurse.”

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Adam Possner reads his poem “Bed B.”

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Jessica Sexton, BSN, RN, Boston Children’s Hospital

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Interview with Jeniece Trast, author of “Diabetes and Puberty: A Glycemic Challenge” (July, 2014)

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Jeniece Trast is a clinical research nurse and certified diabetes educator in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at Children’s Ho...

July 2014 Highlights

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Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Managing Editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the July issue of the American Journal of Nursing. A ...

Deirdre O’Connor reads her poem “Déjà vu.”

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Interview with Doug Olsen, author of “Denying Smokers in Healthcare” (June, 2014)

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Some hospitals will not employ workers who smoke, including nurses. Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with the author, who is also AJN’s contribu...

Interview with Fidelindo Lim, author of “Addressing Health Care Disparities in the LGBT Population” (June, 2104)

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The health care needs of people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) are receiving attention from the IOM and AHRQ to address disparit...

June 2014 Highlights

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Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Managing Editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the June issue of the American Journal of Nursing. A ...

Interview with Mary Lou Fisher, author of “Responding to the Cholera Epidemic in Haiti” (May, 2014)

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Less than a year after being was struck by a devastating earthquake, Haiti experienced a widespread cholera epidemic. Mary Lou Fisher, author of thi...

Interview with Tracy A. Evanson from the University of North Dakota, author of “Intimate Partner Violence in Rural U.S. Areas: What Every Nurse Should Know” (May, 2014)

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Clinical Managing Editor Karen Roush and author Tracy Evanson discuss the importance of screening all patients for intimate partner violence and the ...

May 2014 Highlights

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Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Managing Editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the May issue of the American Journal of Nursing. A n...

April 2014 Highlights

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Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Managing Editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the April issue of the American Journal of Nursing. A...

Interview with Janet Grady, author of “Telehealth: A Case Study in Disruptive Innovation” (April, 2014)

Contributed by Lukas

Telehealth (using technology and communications to provide care over long distances) is gaining in use as it contributes to increasing access to care...

Recalling the Boston Marathon Bombing, One Year Later (April, 2014)

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As always, nurses rose to the occasion to provide needed care to those injured in the bombing. AJN contributing editor Gail Pisarcik Lenehan, EdD, RN,...

Katie Marenghi, BSN, RN, Massachusetts General Hospital

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Interview with Laurie Cook Heffron, author of “Original Research: Giving Sexual Assault Survivors time to Decide: An Exploration of the Use and Effects of the Nonreport Option” (March, 2014)

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It used to be that evidence of sexual assault was not collected during the initial health exam unless the assault survivor had already initiated a re...

March 2014 Highlights

Contributed by Lukas

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Managing Editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the March issue of the American Journal of Nursing. O...

February 2014 Highlights

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Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Managing Editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the February issue of the American Journal of Nursing...

Interview with Edie Brous, author of “The Case of Eric Decker”, the lead article in a new legal series, “Lessons Learned from Litigation” (February 2014).

Contributed by Lukas

Brous is a nurse and attorney, a contributing editor for AJN, and coordinates our legal column. AJN editor-in-chief discusses with Brous common prob...

Interview with Kim Sutters and Glenn Isaacson, authors of “Posttonsillectomy Pain in Children” (February, 2014)

Contributed by Lukas

Although pain following tonsillectomy varies from patient to patient, it is typically prolonged, constant and fairly severe. Editor-in-chief Shawn...

Interview with Donna Sabella, author of “Mental Illness and Violence” (January, 2014)

Contributed by Lukas

Recent mass shootings may lead the public to believe all people with mental illness can become violent. Author Donna Sabella discusses with AJN edito...

Interview with Patricia Pittman, lead author of “Original Research: Perceptions of Employment-Based Discrimination Among Newly Arrived Foreign-Educated Nurses” (January, 2014)

Contributed by Lukas

In June 2010, we published Pittman’s article on ethical recruitment of foreign-educated nurses (FENS); now, Pittman and colleagues report on a surve...

January 2014 Highlights

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Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Managing Editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the January issue of the American Journal of Nursing....

December 2013 Highlights

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Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Managing Editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the December issue of the American Journal of Nursing...

Interview with Gina Murphy, lead author of “Quiet at Night: Implementing a Nightingale Principle” (December 2013).

Contributed by Lukas

If you’ve ever been a patient in a hospital, you know how noisy it is, even at night. One unit at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center d...

Interview with Linda Eisele-Hlubocky and JoAnne Sehr, authors of “Family Pet Visitation” (December, 2013)

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Linda Eisele-Hlubocky & JoAnne Sehr Clinical Managing Editor Karen Roush speaks with the authors about their article and the implementation of the I...

Interview with Sharon Martin, author of “Original Research: Predictors of Nurses’ Intentions to Work During the 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) Pandemic” (December, 2013)

Contributed by Lukas

Should there be an influenza pandemic, hospitals will need to rely on their employees who may be fearful for their own health or spreading the illnes...

Interview with LeeAnna Spiva, lead author of “Hearing the Voices of Newly Licensed RNs: The Transition to Practice” (November, 2013)

Contributed by Lukas

Hospitals invest considerable resources in recruiting and transitioning new nurses to practice, yet many leave after their first year. This qualitati...

Interview with Suzanne Morse Buhrow, author of “Coccidioidomycosis: A Differential diagnosis for Visitors to the Southwest” (November, 2013)

Contributed by Lukas

Also known as valley fever, this fungal infection is under-diagnosed or often misdiagnosed, leading to debilitating and chronic effects. Editor-in-ch...

Lynn Kohl: “But I Was”

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November 2013 Highlights

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Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Managing Editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the November issue of the American Journal of Nursing...

Interview with Beverly Malone, CEO of the National League for Nursing

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AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy sits down with Bev Malone at the NLN Summit in September 2013, in Washington, DC. Discussion ranges from NLN’s re...

Interview with Regina Cardaci, author of “Care of Pregnant Women in the Criminal Justice System” (September, 2013)

Contributed by Lukas

Current practices in the treatment and transfer of pregnant inmates in this country may negatively affect maternal and fetal health or well-being. So...

Interview with Christine Waszynski and Patricia Veronneau, two of the authors of “Decreasing Patient Agitation Using Individualized Therapeutic Activities” (October, 2013)

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Christine Waszynski & Patricia Veronneau Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with the authors about their nurse-led project to make better use ...

Interview with Staja Booker, lead author of “Mouth Care to Reduce Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia” (October, 2013)

Contributed by Lukas

Often times, mouth care may be neglected or performed inadequately to reduce oral bacteria that may cause pneumonia. This article offers a step-by- s...

October 2013 Highlights

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Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Managing Editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the October issue of the American Journal of Nursing....

Interview with Dan Hartley, epidemiologist at the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH), August 2013.

Contributed by Lukas

AJN's editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with Dr. Hartley, who along with nurse epidemiologist Marilyn Ridenour, led a team to develop a program to...

Interview with Laurie Theeke and Jennifer Mallow, authors of “Loneliness and Quality of Life in Chronically Ill Rural Older Adults” (September, 2013)

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Jennifer Mallow (Left) & Laurie Theeke (Right) Loneliness is a contributing factor to various health problems in older adults. This pilot study of c...

September 2013 Highlights

Contributed by Lukas

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Managing Editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the September issue of the American Journal of Nursin...

August 2013 Highlights

Contributed by Lukas

Clinical managing editor Karen Roush presents the highlights of the August issue of the American Journal of Nursing. On the cover this month, a nurse ...

Interview with Dr. Jodie Gary, author of “Exploring the Concept and Use of Positive Deviance in Nursing” (August, 2013)

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Clinical managing editor Karen Roush speaks with Dr. Jodie Gary, assistant professor at Texas ANM Health Science Center College, and author of the ar...

Lynn Kohl: “Deep Inside Me”

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Interview with Barbara Johnson, co-author of “Enhancing Veteran-Centered Care” (July, 2013)

Contributed by Lukas

It’s estimated that only 25% of veterans access care through the VA Health Care System, so it’s highly likely that nurses in all settings will fi...

Interview with Doug Olsen, author of “Helping Patients Who Don’t Help Themselves” (July, 2013)

Contributed by Lukas

Nurses often encounter patients who, despite best efforts by both the nurse and the patient, are unable to follow the treatment plan and may even pur...

July 2013 Highlights

Contributed by Lukas

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical managing editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the July issue of the American Journal of Nursing. In...

From ICN 2013: Interview with ICN President Rosemary Bryant

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AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy interviewed outgoing ICN president Rosemary Bryant in Melbourne, Australia, site of the 25th Quadrennial Congress. ...

Interview with Nancy George, author of “Assessing Sleep in Adolescents Through a Better Understanding of Sleep Physiology” (June 2013)

Contributed by Lukas

Sleep patterns are fairly well-established until adolescence when physiologic and social needs interfere with sleep cycles. Adolescents typically nee...

Interview with Ruth McDermott (pictured) , Nina Kaktins, and Barbara Sattler, authors of “Fracking, the Environment, and Health” (June 2013)

Contributed by Lukas

Ruth McDermott Nina Kaktins Barbara Sattler Fracking (high volume hydraulic fracturing) releases natural gas trapped below the earth and involves a ...

June 2013 Highlights

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Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical managing editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the June issue of the American Journal of Nursing. A ...

AJN clinical managing editor Karen Roush speaks with authors of this month’s article, “Giving Back During National Nurses Week,” which describes one hospital’s charitable work in its community. (April 2013)

Contributed by Lukas

In our May issue, we celebrate Nurses Week with this podcast on a program at Salem Hospital called Nurses Give Back. These projects addressed acce...

Interview with author Laura Anderko, and Denise Choiniere, MS, RN, a former critical care nurse who is now director of sustainability, materials management, and in-house construction at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. (April 2013)

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In our April issue, we give a nod to Earth Day (April 22) and its focus on the environment. The article, “Greening the ‘Proclamation for Chang...

May 2013 Highlights

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Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical managing editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the May issue of the American Journal of Nursing. Our...

April 2013 Highlights

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Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical managing editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the April issue of the American Journal of Nursing. A...

Interview with Donna Sabella, contributing editor and author of the Mental Health Matters column, “Where’s the Health in Mental Health?” (April 2013)

Contributed by Lukas

People with mental health issues are often labeled as mentally ill even though they may be functional and even successful in other areas. Author Sabe...

Interview with Mary Vrtis, author of “Preventing and Responding to Acute Kidney Injury” (April 2013)

Contributed by Lukas

“Acute kidney injury is an independent risk factor for both prolonged length of hospital stay and in-hospital mortality.” Incidence rates among p...

Interview with Anne Katz, contributing editor and author of the Sexually Speaking column, “Sexuality in Nursing Care Facilities” (March 2013)

Contributed by Lukas

Sex in nursing homes? Why not. As author Katz explains, “we all have a fundamental need for touch and self-expression.” AJN editor in chief Shawn...

Interview with Kate Stenske KuKanich, lead author of the Original Research, “Evaluation of a Hand Hygiene Campaign in Outpatient Health Care Clinics” (March 2013)

Contributed by Lukas

While there’s been much in the literature about the importance of improving hand hygiene practices in acute care settings, there’s been little ab...

March 2013 Highlights

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Editor-in-Chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical managing editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the March issue. AJN’s cover features a lithograph ...

February 2013 Highlights

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Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical managing editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the February issue of the American Journal of Nursing...

Interview with Kathleen Fagerlund and Lisa Carney Anderson, authors of a two part research series: Perioperative Medication Withholding in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease (Jan) & The Perioperative Experience of Patients with Parkinson’s Disease (Feb)

Contributed by Lukas

Medication regimens in patients with Parkinson’s Disease may be complex, partly owing to the short one-to-two hour half-life of the primary medicat...

Interview with Rebecca Matthews, Andrea Moore and David Matthews for the In Our Community article, “Babies are Still Dying of SIDS” (February 2013).

Contributed by Lukas

The article details how a public health nurse (Matthews) teamed-up with a mother (Moore) who lost her young son to SIDS. Together, they helped change...

Interview with Donna Sabella, author of “PTSD Among Our Returning Veterans” (November 2012)

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AJN’s editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy talks with author Donna Sabella about what has become one of the hallmark illnesses among returning Iraq and Af...

Interview with Bonnie Gance-Cleveland, author of the Viewpoint, “Motivational Interviewing for Adolescent Obesity” (January 2013)

Contributed by Lukas

We know that traditional health counseling for obese children and adolescents, in which we prescribe more exercise and better eating habits, hasn’t...

Interview with Brent Robert MacWilliams, Bonnie Schmidt and Michael R. Bleich, authors of “Men in Nursing” (January 2013).

Contributed by Lukas

While growth in many other professions have seen more balance in the sexes, this has not been true for nursing. Men still represent fewer than 10% ...

January 2013 Highlights

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Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical managing editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the January issue of the American Journal of Nursing....

December 2012 Highlights

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Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical managing editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the December 2012 issue of the American Journal of Nu...

Interview with Meredeth A. Rowe, author of “Missing Incidents in Community-Dwelling People with Dementia” (December 2012)

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AJN’s editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy talks with author Meredeth Rowe about her CE feature article this month, in which she explains the difference b...

Interview with Cynthia Cahoon, author of “Depression in Older Adults” (November 2012)

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Many people erroneously consider depression to be an inevitable part of aging, but this is untrue. AJN’s editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy talks with a...

Kay E. Schwebke discusses Mary O'Brien Tyrrell

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November 2012 Highlights

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Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical managing editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the November 2012 issue of the American Journal of Nu...

Interview with Former Chief of Army Nurse Corps Brigadier General (RET) Bill Bester

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Brigadier General (RET) Bill Bester MSN, RN, NEA-BC speaks with editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy about health care for veterans returning from the wars...

Interview with Mary Anne McCabe and Eileen Toughill, authors of “Celiac Disease: A Medical Puzzle”

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AJN’s clinical managing editor Karen Roush speaks with authors Mary Anne McCabe and Eileen Toughill about their article which explores treatment...

Interview with nurse and defense lawyer, Edie Brous, author of “Legal Clinic: Common Misconceptions About Professional Licensure.”

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Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with Edie Brous, an active defense lawyer for over 30 years. Her series, debuting in October 2012, is designed ...

Kay E. Schwebke discusses Mary Breed

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October 2012 Highlights

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Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical managing editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the October 2012 issue of the American Journal of Nur...

Interview with Carolyn Jones, author/photographer of a new book of nurses’ portraits, The American Nurse (AJN This Month: On the Cover, 2012)

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Associate editor Alison Bulman interviews Carolyn Jones, who discusses her new book, The American Nurse. Rhonda Collins, MSN, RN, came up with the i...

September 2012 Highlights

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Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical managing editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the September 2012 issue of the American Journal of N...

August 2012 Highlights

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Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical managing editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the August 2012 issue of the American Journal of Nurs...

Interview with Michelle Dang, author of “Let Teens Provide Their Own Consent for the HPV Vaccine” (June 2012)

Contributed by Lukas

HPV is the most common sexually transmitted disease (STD) in the United States and the primary cause of cervical cancer. In this interview with AJN’...

Interview with Amanda Stefancyk

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Interview with Acieta Small, MSA, Director of patient care services at St. Luke’s Warren Hospital in Phillipsburg, New Jersey (Continuing Education for Patient Care Technicians: A Unit-Based, RN-Led Initiative, August, 2012)

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Clinical managing editor Karen Roush interviews Acieta Small, who discusses her implementation of a staff education program for improved patient care ...

Interview with David Benton, CEO of the International Council of Nurses, on the lack of nurses at the World Health Organization (In the News, July 2012)

Contributed by Lukas

According to the ICN, there were approximately 200 nurses working for the WHO in 1968; today that figure has dropped to eight. Further, the position ...

Interview with Eliza Newbold and Michelle Schneidermann, authors of “In Our Community: The Bridge Clinic” (July 2012)

Contributed by Lukas

Patients transitioning from hospital to outpatient primary care often have difficulty navigating the health system, making appointments, understandi...

July 2012 Highlights

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Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical managing editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the July issue of the American Journal of Nursing. Th...

Interview with Margaret Mangin, author of “You’re Being Investigated by Your State Board of Nursing” (June 2012)

Contributed by Lukas

Boards of nursing exist to protect the public, and when they receive a complaint against a nurse, they must launch an investigation. AJN’s editor i...

June 2012 Highlights

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Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical managing editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the June issue of the American Journal of Nursing. Th...

Interview with Ellen Baer, author of, “Key Ideas in Nursing’s First Century” (May 2012)

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AJN’s editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy talks with author Ellen Baer about her historical article, in which she postulates that distinct periods in nur...

Interview with Marilyn H. Oermann, co-author of “Competence in CPR,” (May 2012) and with Jo Haag, Director Global Training, ECC Programs, American Heart Association and Mary Fran Hazinski, Professor, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, and Clinical S

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Interview with Marilyn H. Oermann, co-author of “Competence in CPR,” (May 2012) and with Jo Haag, Director Global Training, ECC Programs, Ameri...

May 2012 Highlights

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Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical managing editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the May issue of the American Journal of Nursing. Thi...

April 2012 Highlights

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Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical managing editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the April issue of the American Journal of Nursing. T...

Mary O'Brien Tyrrell: “Unseen”

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Interview with Suzanne Smeltzer, author of the April research article, “Interactions of People with Disabilities and Nursing Staff” and with Lisa Iezzoni and Michael Ogg, authors of “Patient’s Perspective: Hard Lessons from a Long Hospital Stay”

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An estimated 62 million adult Americans lived with some type of disability in 2001-2005…”, explains researcher Suzanne Smeltzer in her introductio...

May 2009 Highlights

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Clinical Managing Editor, Karen Roush, talks to Kit Devine about her article on the underutilization of emergency contraception (April, 2012)

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Despite the availability of effective contraceptive methods, unintended pregnancy continues to be a significant health problem for women throughout th...

Interview with co-editors and project co-directors of the “State of the Science on Prevention and Management of Osteoarthritis” (March, 2012)

Contributed by Lukas

AJN The American Journal of Nursing Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis, with over 10% of the U.S. adult population living w...

March 2012 Highlights

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Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy present the highlights of the March issue of the American Journal of Nursing. This month features two CE offerings: orig...