The AJN Podcast

Stacy R. Nigliazzo reads her poem, “Purgatory.”

Editorial director and interim editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical editor Christine Moffa present the highlights of the September issue of the American Journal of Nursing. Of special note: Behind the Article podcasts featuring interviews with authors Judith K. Schwarz (“Stopping Eating and Drinking”) and Suzy Lockwood-Rayerman (Original Research: “Women’s Awareness of Ovarian Cancer Risks and Symptoms”).

Editor-in-chief emeritus Diana Mason interviews author Judith K. Schwarz, PhD, RN, about “Stopping Eating and Drinking,” an article in the September issue. Schwarz discusses the ethical and legal implications for nurses when patients ask for information on hastening their dying by voluntarily stopping eating and drinking.

AJN senior editor James Stubenrauch interviews Suzy Lockwood-Rayermann, PhD, MSN, RN, lead author of “Women’s Awareness of Ovarian Cancer Risks and Symptoms,” original research that appears in the September issue. Lockwood-Rayermann and colleagues analyzed data from an online survey and found that women ages 40 and older had little awareness of the symptoms and risk factors associated with ovarian cancer. In this interview, Lockwood-Rayermann details her findings and discusses nurses’ role in educating patients on ovarian cancer symptoms and risk factors.

Listen to two songs Liyana performed at the Roxbury Arts Center in Roxbury, New York.

Filmmaker Roger Williams and executive producer Elinor Burkett talk about the making of the HBO documentary iThemba: My Hope.

American Journal of Nursing’s Alison Bulman spoke with members of the Zimbabwean band, Liyana, at their January 2009 performance at the Roxbury Arts Center in Roxbury, New York.

Editorial director Shawn Kennedy and clinical editor Christine Moffa present the highlights of the August issue of AJN, including a continuing education article, Post-Breast Cancer Lymphedema: Part 2, which discusses risk reduction and management of this complication from treatment; a feature article with historic photos discussing how AJN didn’t report on the role of German nurses during the holocaust (also check out an interview with the author in our podcasts); “lessons learned” by a school of nursing who provided primary care to hurricane evacuees following Hurricane Katrina; an update on recommendations to use hemoglobin A1c levels as a diagnostic tool for diabetes; a review of a recent article evaluating the evidence behind frequency of patient turning to prevent pressure ulcers. Of special note: podcasts featuring an interview with and the music of Liyana, the young Zimbabwean musicians with disabilities who recently toured the United States.

AJN senior editor James Stubenrauch interviews Mary Deane Lagerwey, PhD, RN, author of “The Third Reich, Nursing, & AJN,” which appears the August issue. Lagerwey conducted an historical analysis of AJN’s coverage of events in Europe during the Nazi era and in the postwar years, comparing it with that of other popular and professional publications. She found that AJN failed to report on the complicity of German nurses in the Holocaust and that, in the interest of promoting international cooperation and an image of nursing unity, AJN shirked its duty to hold German nurses accountable. In the interview, she discusses the relevance of such historical analysis to the current debate on the role of nursing during wartime.

Carolyn Harrelson reads her poem, “Audrey’s Gift.”