AJN’s Top 10 Articles in 2009
January 13, 2010
So, what were the most highly viewed articles of 2009 on AJNonline?
Here’s our Top Ten list – check them out:
1. Sex and Violence in the Media Influence Teen Behavior – duh!
2. Recognizing Sepsis in the Adult Patient - every nurse should know what to look for
3. Bullying Among Nurses – sad reminder that we might be our own worst enemy
4. Leech Therapy – it may be disconcerting, but it works wonders
5. The Marketing of Osteoporosis – how they turned a risk factor into a disease
6. The Nursing Shortage - this problem’s not going away soon
7. Understanding and Managing Burn Pain: Part 1 - it’s still misunderstood . . . and undertreated
8. Infection Control: Whose Job Is It? - unsafe nursing practices, you say?
9. Staging Pressure Ulcers: What’s the Buzz in Wound Care? – definitions matter!
10. Do Rapid Response Teams Save Lives? – well, it sounded like a neat idea . . .
–Shawn Kennedy, AJN interim editor-in-chief
Leech Therapy! Amazing how man in all his “infinte wisdom” can still be out done by a little blood sucker.
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