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The AJN Podcast episodes
- Interview with Doug Olsen, author of “Denying Smokers in Healthcare” (June, 2014)Some hospitals will not employ workers who smoke, including nurses. Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with the author, who is also AJN’s contributing editor for ethics, about the ethical aspects around this issue and whether this is the best way to curb smoking.16 min
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- June 2014 Highlights
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 newborn appears on our cover this month, relating to our first CE, “Genomic Breakthroughs in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis.” Our second CE (with podcast) discusses the health care disparities faced by the LGBT population.
We have the fourth installment of our systematic reviews series focusing on study selection and critical appraisal. Our Mental Health Matters column provides an overview of clinical depression and a new treatment: transcranial direct current stimulation. And an Ethical Issues column addresses the implications of denying smokers employment in health care, and Shawn Kennedy speaks with the author in a podcast this month. In addition, there’s an AJN Reports column on whether nurses are ready for retirement, News, Reflections, Viewpoint, Drug Watch, Art of Nursing, and more.
10 min - May 2014 Highlights
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 nurse practitioner we profile appears on our cover this month with a young Haitian patient. And our first CE article assesses the epidemic in Haiti. Our second CE discusses what nurses should know about intimate partner violence in rural U.S. areas.
We have the third installment of our systematic reviews series focusing this month on search strategies. Our new Teaching for Practice series delineates the roles of adjunct clinical faculty. We have a critical care analysis article on noise in the ICU and present evidence-based strategies for nurses to decrease noise. And an AJN Reports addresses the rise in heroin use. In addition, there’s News, Reflections, a Viewpoint on power napping in the workplace, Drug Watch, Art of Nursing, and more. Happy Nurses Week!
8 min - 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)Clinical Managing Editor Karen Roush and author Tracy Evanson discuss the importance of screening all patients for intimate partner violence and the unique issues rural survivors encounter because of where they live.18 min
- Interview with Mary Lou Fisher, author of “Responding to the Cholera Epidemic in Haiti” (May, 2014)Less than a year after being was struck by a devastating earthquake, Haiti experienced a widespread cholera epidemic. Mary Lou Fisher, author of this article, discusses with AJN editor in chief Shawn Kennedy the work of Samaritan’s Purse, an NGO group, in responding to the epidemic and treating over 23,000 patients at several sites.19 min
- Interview with Janet Grady, author of “Telehealth: A Case Study in Disruptive Innovation” (April, 2014)Telehealth (using technology and communications to provide care over long distances) is gaining in use as it contributes to increasing access to care and lowering cost by promoting out-of-hospital care and reducing readmissions. But because it’s new and unfamiliar, adoption may be slow or even resisted by some. Author Janet Grady discusses with AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy the important role telehealth is playing in care and offers a view of how it can be incorporated by nurses as a new tool to provide high quality care.3 min
- April 2014 HighlightsEditor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Managing Editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the April issue of the American Journal of Nursing. A 12 year-old painted the colorful work that appears on our cover this month, tying in with our first CE on the use of guided imagery as a cognitive behavioral coping mechanism for pain in school age children with sickle cell disease. Our second CE is an original research on telehealth, and the use of new technologies that eventually become the norm. Our iNurse piece explores the online media that students and professionals use to educate themselves. We have two special features: an AJN Reports on the Boston Marathon bombings including interviews with nurses who were there, and podcasts of their stories. Another feature recognizes the April 1942 Bataan Death March and the 72 nurses held as prisoners of War in the Philippines. And of course there’s News, Safety Monitor, Reflections, Viewpoint, Drug Watch, Art of Nursing, and more.10 min
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