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**AJN The American Journal of Nursing – Conversations**

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Latest Episodes:

Part 2 of interview with Texas nurses Vickilyn Galle, Anne Mitchell and colleague Naomi Warren. Feb 24, 2011

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Texas Nurse Whistleblowers, One Year Later – Part 2
The second in a two-part podcast (see part 1 for description).

Interview with Texas nurses Vickilyn Galle, Anne Mitchell and colleague Naomi Warren. Feb 24, 2011

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Texas Nurse Whistleblowers, One Year Later – Part 1
In this first part of a two-part interview, AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy talks with Texas nurses Vickilyn Galle, Anne Mitchell and colleague Naomi Warren about their roles and experiences as whistleblowers, when they felt patients were receiving unsafe and inappropriate care by a physician. The case involves small-town politics and collusion that resulted in arrest and criminal charges, prosecution of Anne Mitchell, and finally acquittal in February 2010 on all charges.

**Interview with ANA CEO Marla Weston** Nov 24, 2010
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Interim editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy interviews Marla Weston, CEO of the American Nurses Association, on the recommendations from the Institute of Medicine’s report, *The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health*. The interview took place on October 5th, in Washington, DC at the National Press Club, immediately after the press briefing and the release of the report.

**Interview with with Kelly Vanfossen, wife of Christopher A. Vanfossen, an army nurse and author of our new column, <em>Letters From Afghanistan</em>** Oct 26, 2010
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Interim editor-in-chief, Shawn Kennedy, speaks with Kelly Vanfossen, wife of Christopher A. Vanfossen, an army nurse and author of our new column, *Letters From Afghanistan*, about how her husband’s deployment impacts her and their four young children.

**Interview with AACN incoming president Kristine Peterson, and outgoing president Beth Hammer.** May 21, 2010
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Editorial director & interim editor-in-chief, Shawn Kennedy, interviews AACN incoming president Kristine Peterson, and outgoing president Beth Hammer at the 2010 NTI.

**Interview with Susan Hassmiller** Jan 26, 2010
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At a press conference held January 20 in Washington, DC, editorial director & interim editor-in-chief, Shawn Kennedy, interviews Susan Hassmiller, senior adviser for nursing at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, about the results of a Gallup poll commissioned by the Foundation, to find out what 1,500 opinion leaders think about nurses’ influence in health care decisions.

**Interview with Brenda Cleary** Dec 23, 2009
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Editorial director & interim editor-in-chief, Shawn Kennedy, interviews Brenda Cleary, director of the Center to Champion Nursing in America at AARP, about its collaborative work with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and government labor agencies in promoting strategies to increase education capacity of schools to prepare more nurses for the future. AJN will disseminate the work of this collaboration in a series of articles, “Uniting States, Sharing Strategies”, debuting in January 2010 and running through July.

Interview with Bernadette Melnyk & Ellen Fineout-Overholt Oct 28, 2009

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Editorial director & interim editor-in-chief, Shawn Kennedy, interviews authors Bernadette Melnyk, and Ellen Fineout-Overholt from ASU College of Nursing, about their new series, “Evidence-Based Practice, Step by Step”, debuting in November. The year-long series will be a guide for organizations to follow along to implement evidence-based practice.