The AJN Podcast

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.

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

Rapid response teams have been incorporated into the Joint Commission’s national patient safety goals, despite inconclusive evidence about what they achieve. Yet some nurses say they won’t work in hospitals without these teams. Interim editor-in-chief, Shawn Kennedy interviews Susan Shapiro about her article investigating how nurses who activate such teams feel about them and why it matters to their patients and hospitals.

The recruitment of foreign-educated nurses has greatly expanded in the last decade yet little is known about how the recruitment industry operates. In this interview, interim editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy talks with author Polly Pitman about her research and her conclusions that there is a need for accountability within the industry.

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.

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.

Shawn Kennedy interviews Eugenia Miller, a Florida trauma nurse who traveled to Haiti shortly after the January earthquake to assist in medical care. Miller describes her experience and how it was unlike anything she’s ever done.

Shawn Kennedy and Christine Moffa chat with Lee Ann Riesenberg, author of Nursing Handoffs about experiences with handoffs, the miscommunications that can occur and how handoffs are to patient safety.

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.

HIV infection is still an epidemic in the United States but there is a sense of complacency that now surrounds it. Interim editor-in-chief, Shawn Kennedy interviews Lyn Stevens, president, and Adele Webb, executive director and CEO of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, about their article, “Every Nurse is an HIV Nurse” in the March 2010 issue, and why the public – and nurses – cannot afford to be complacent about HIV infection.