December 2010 Highlights
Nov 24, 2010
Show notesDecember 2010 – Episode 25 Interim editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical editor Christine Moffa present the highlights of the December issue of the American Journal of Nursing. This month features a CE article on Assessing Pain in People with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities, a photo-essay on a collaborative practice birthing center in Massachusetts, an evidence-based article on managing motion sickness, and the second in our series, Letters from Afghanistan, a column written by an army nurse serving on the battlefront. There’s also a guest editorial by Susan Hassmiller of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and an AJN Reports, both on the Institute of Medicine report on the future of nursing. Link to the podcasts with ANA CEO Marla Weston and the authors of the CE feature.
November 2010 Highlights
Oct 26, 2010
Show notesNovember 2010 – Episode 24
Interim editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical editor Christine Moffa present the highlights of the November issue of the American Journal of Nursing, which has a special focus on military families in light of Veteran’s Day, featuring an article on assisting families with deployment stress and Letter from Afghanistan, a new column written by an army nurse serving on the battlefront. Other articles include the CE feature on dietary modifications for patients with dysphagia; another installment from our very popular series, Evidence-Based Practice, Step by Step; debut of our new column on Web-based media, iNurse (this month focusing on RSS feeds); a report on hazards of handling chemotherapy drugs, plus news and more. There’s also a podcast with the spouse of a deployed soldier.
October 2010 Highlights
Sep 30, 2010
Show notesOctober 2010 – Episode 23 Interim editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical editor Christine Moffa present the highlights of the October issue of the American Journal of Nursing, including the cover, guest editorial and historical timeline celebrating the 25th anniversary of the National Institute of Nursing Research; a CE feature on original research assessing men’s awareness of male breast cancer; an article on how dragon boat racing can benefit breast cancer survivors; reports on drug resistant TB, nurses caring for wounded soldiers at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany; safe handling of hazardous drugs; an archival piece on nursing research from 1927, plus news and more. And there are two podcasts: one with NINR director Patricia Grady and one with Eileen Davis, author of the original research piece.
September 2010 Highlights
Aug 27, 2010
Show notesSeptember 2010 - Episode 22 Clinical editor Christine Moffa presents the lineup of the September issue of the American Journal of Nursing. Highlights include a CE feature on managing fecal incontinence; coverage of the possible health effects from the BP oil spill, and how recovery is progressing in the Gulf, five years post-Katrina; a report on nurse-managed health centers and their potential to provide access to care; another article in our very popular series, Evidence-Based Practice, Step by Step ; the final installment in our Putting Patients First series by Planetree; and a report of a QI project on how one hospital implemented an evidence-based program to clarify the role and preparation of charge nurses.
August 2010 Highlights
Jul 22, 2010
Show notesAugust 2010 – Episode 21 Interim editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical editor Christine Moffa present the highlights of the August issue of the American Journal of Nursing, including a CE feature on original research around parents and children who have cystic fibrosis, an article on the dangers discarded unused medications cause to the environment and what some nurses did in their communities to call attention to this; a report of a QI project on how a nurse-managed program reduced urinary catheter-associated infections; a piece on how to help new parents deal with changes in sexuality and two articles on nursing history: one about the little-known nurse who co-founded The Henry Street Settlement with Lillian Wald and a reprint of an article from AJN’s archives.
July 2010 Highlights
Jun 22, 2010
Show notesJuly 2010 – Episode 20 Interim editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical editor Christine Moffa present the highlights of the July issue of the American Journal of Nursing, including a CE feature on interventions to promote exercise in chronically ill adults, three articles focusing on managing diabetes, the final article in our series, Uniting States, Sharing Strategies, and another article in our series, Evidence-Based Practice, Step by Step. There’s also five pages of News this month, and a special report (and a podcast) on a “directly observed therapy” program for managing TB in the community.
June 2010 Highlights
May 21, 2010
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June 2010 – Episode 19 Interim editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy, clinical editor Christine Moffa and special guest Anne Woods, AJN’s publisher and the chief nurse of Lippincott Williams &Wilkins and Ovid Technologies present the highlights of the June issue of the American Journal of Nursing. There are two original research features: one, the CE feature, is a qualitative survey of nurses’ experiences with rapid response teams. The other research feature is an analysis of the foreign nurse recruitment industry which raises questions about the need for accountability in the industry. There are also articles on using the level of glycemic control to inform postop care; understanding IUDs, and an installment in our series on expanding nursing education capacity funded by the Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA) at AARP; plus news, Reflections, Drug Watch and more. There’s also two podcasts: one with Susan Shapiro, author of the article on rapid response teams and the other with Polly Pittman, author of the article on the recruitment industry.
May 2010 Highlights
Apr 26, 2010
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Editorial director and interim editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical editor Christine Moffa present the highlights of the May issue of the American Journal of Nursing.
April 2010 Highlights
Mar 19, 2010
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Editorial director and interim editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical editor Christine Moffa present the highlights of the April issue of the American Journal of Nursing. Of special note: the cover of a Canadian Red Cross nurse treating a Haitian child is part of a special photo essay of coverage of nurses participation in disaster relief following the earthquake in Haiti. There are two CE features including a systematic review on nursing handoffs and the effects of culture on pain, an installment in our series on expanding nursing education capacity funded by the Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA) at AARP; plus news, Reflections, Emergency and more. There’s also two podcasts: on with Lee Ann Riesenberg, author of the article on systematic handoffs and the other with Eugenia Miller, a nurse who volunteered in a disaster mission to Haiti.
March 2010 Highlights
Feb 23, 2010
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Shawn Kennedy, editorial director and interim editor-in-chief and clinical editor Christine Moffa present highlights of the March 2010 issue of the American Journal of Nursing, including CE articles on the ongoing HIV epidemic and one on a relatively new phenomena: aging with HIV. Other articles include the third installment in our Evidence Based Practice series from Arizona State University College of Nursing, an article on Oregon's innovative nursing education model in our series from the Center to Champion Nursing in America at AARP, AJN Reports on the problems of accessing mental health care if uninsured, a piece on how a Florida community marshalled efforts to address infant mortality, expanded News section and resources for providing health information in Spanish. On AJNonline.com this month are podcasts with the authors of the HIV article and the director of Philadelphia's 11th Street Family Health Services Center on providing integrated, patient-centered care in a nurse-managed clinic.
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