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**The AJN Podcast**

News, views, and interviews of interest to the nursing community.

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**<em>AJN</em> editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with Michael J. Deem, author of “Nurses’ Voices Matter in Decisions About Dismissing Vaccine-Refusing Families.”** Jul 26, 2018
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*AJN* editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with author Michael J. Deem about his article, in which he argues for greater nurse involvement in practices’ decisions regarding dismissal policies.

August 2018 Highlights Jul 26, 2018

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This Month in AJN – August 2018 monthly highlights

August 2018

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy presents the highlights of the August issue of AJN. Our first CE, “Original Research: Pain in Nonverbal Children with Medical Complexity: A Two-Year Retrospective Study,” describes the signs and symptoms parents of such children find worrisome, the sources of pain in these children, and how to best assess pain in this population. Our second CE, “A Review of the Revised Sepsis Care Bundles,” discusses recent revisions to the sepsis care guidelines, including development of the new one-hour bundle, plus screening and assessment tools to identify sepsis in the ICU, in the ED, on the medical–surgical unit, and outside the hospital. The authors of our next article, “Environments and Health: Nursing Practice and Particulate Matter Exposure,” provide an overview of particulate matter exposure and health, and management strategies for practice. “Transitions: Retired Nurse Volunteers” describes the benefits of using retired nurses to complement existing hospital staff. In addition, there’s News, Reflections, Drug Watch, Art of Nursing, and more.

**AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with Maureen Cannon, coauthor of “Breast Cancer Screening: A Review of Current Guidelines.”** Jun 27, 2018
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*AJN* editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with Maureen Cannon, coauthor of “Breast Cancer Screening: A Review of Current Guidelines.”

**AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with Karen Trotochaud, Heather Fitzgerald, and Angela D. Knackstedt, authors of “Ethics Champion Programs.”** Jun 27, 2018
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*AJN* editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with authors Karen Trotochaud, Heather Fitzgerald, and Angela D. Knackstedt—all of whom lead ethics champion programs at their respective institutions—about their article, which discusses how these programs prepare nurses to function as unit-based ethics resources for colleagues as they face various ethical issues and challenges.

July 2018 Highlights Jun 27, 2018

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This Month in AJN – July 2018 monthly highlights
July 2018

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical editor Betsy Todd present the highlights of the July issue of AJN. Our first CE, “Original Research: The Efficacy and Safety of an RN-Driven Ketamine Protocol for Adjunctive Analgesia During Burn Wound Care,” describes a study that evaluated the efficacy and safety of a practice protocol allowing critical care RNs to independently administer IV ketamine for burn wound care. Our second CE, “Breast Cancer Screening: A Review of Current Guidelines,” reviews the guidelines of the American Cancer Society, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network and provides guidance to nurses as they support and educate patients. The authors of our next article, “Ethics Champion Programs,” discuss how these programs prepare nurses to function as unit-based ethics resources for colleagues as they face common ethical issues and challenges. “Cultivating Quality: Making It Stick: Developing and Testing the Difficult Intravenous Access (DIVA) Tool” reports on a QI initiative to create a simple evidence-based tool to help novice nurses predict which patients will present peripheral IV access challenges. In addition, there’s News, Reflections, Drug Watch, Art of Nursing, and more.

**AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with Erika R. Vucko, author of “Understanding the Nurse’s Role in Managing Gaucher Disease.”** May 22, 2018
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*AJN* editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with author Erika R. Vucko about her article, which reviews the epidemiology and pathophysiology of Gaucher disease—an inherited metabolic condition that can affect the spleen, liver, bone, bone marrow, and central nervous system—and discusses recent advances in screening, diagnosis, and management.

June 2018 Highlights May 22, 2018

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This Month in AJN – June 2018 monthly highlights
June 2018
Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical editor Betsy Todd present the highlights of the June issue of AJN. The authors of our first CE, "Original Research: Understanding the Hospital Experience of Older Adults with Hearing Impairment," describe a qualitative study they conducted to assess the hospital experience of hearing-impaired patients in order to formulate suggestions for improving nursing care. Our second CE, "Understanding the Nurse’s Role in Managing Gaucher Disease," discusses the epidemiology and pathophysiology of Gaucher disease as well as recent advances in screening, diagnosis, and management. Our next article, "Cultivating Quality: The Benefits of Implementing an Early Mobility Protocol in Postoperative Neurosurgical Spine Patients," presents a quality improvement initiative to establish an NP-led early mobility protocol aimed at reducing uncomplicated postsurgical spine patients’ length of hospital stay and eliminating the variability of postsurgical care. "Transition to Practice: Getting and Giving Report" outlines strategies new nurses can use and specific steps they can take to master successful handoff. In addition, there’s News, Reflections, Drug Watch, Art of Nursing, and more.

**AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with Ann B. Hamric, lead author of “Assisted Suicide/Aid in Dying: What Is the Nurse’s Role?”** Apr 26, 2018
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*AJN* editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with author Ann B. Hamric about her article, which presents the panel discussion that occurred during a policy dialogue on aid in dying (AID) at the American Academy of Nursing’s annual conference in 2016. The discussion explored the arguments for and against the growing state expansion of AID legislation, and the role of nurses in assisting patients who request AID.

**AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with Margaret Carman, lead author of “A Review of Current Practice in Transfusion Therapy.”** Apr 26, 2018
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*AJN* editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with author Margaret Carman about her article, which reviews the blood products that are commonly transfused, discusses the potential complications of transfusion—including TACO, TRALI, and TRIM—and outlines current recommendations for transfusion

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