AJN March Issue Highlights: A Nurse’s Guide to COVID-19, QSEN in an Amazon World, Opioid Dosing, More

“This will be nursing’s postpandemic challenge: to identify how, with all our competing organizations, unions, and special interest groups, we can come together in this pivotal moment to remodel our health system . . .”—editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy in her editorial, “Where Do We Go from Here?”

The March issue of AJN is now live. Here’s what’s new. Some articles may be free only to subscribers.

A Nurse’s Guide to COVID-19

An evidence-based review of the care of hospitalized adults with this disease, including pharmacological management, critical illness management, oxygen therapy, prone positioning, and an overview of investigational agents.

Policy and Politics: A Call to the CMS: Mandate Adequate Professional Nurse Staffing in Nursing Homes

The authors address the association between low RN staffing levels and poor health outcomes in nursing homes and urge the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to enact reform.

Special Feature: QSEN in an Amazon World

Citing Amazon as a powerful social force, the authors examine its impact on both the health care industry and the six Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies, and outline steps nurses can take to incorporate the QSEN competencies into practice. […]

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April Issue: Career Choice Regret Among Nurses, Acute Care for Dementia Patients, More

“Nursing goes beyond measurable outcomes; it extends to the relationships between nursing staff and patients and their families that help them to adjust to their new normal.”—Andrew Dwight Reed, author of the April Reflections column, “A New Normal“

In case you’d like a break from 24/7 news of COVID-19 and want to keep up with some other nursing and health care topics, the April issue of AJN is now live. Here are the highlights:

Original Research: An Investigation of Career Choice Regret Among American Nurses

The authors surveyed a random sample of American Nurses Association members to find out the extent of career choice regret among U.S. nurses and whether burnout is an independent predictor.

CE: Acute Care for Patients with Dementia

This article describes the unique care needs of hospitalized patients
with dementia, highlighting evidence-based strategies and person-centered care principles nurses can incorporate into practice.
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June Issue: Hearing-Impairment and Hospitalization, Gaucher Disease, an Early Mobility Protocol, Giving and Getting Report, More

“The problem is the insidious way personal smartphones divert and fracture our attention. If you don’t take work home with you, why is it okay to bring home to work?” —Kathleen Bartholomew, MN, RN, author of this month’s Viewpoint

The June issue of AJN is now live. Here are some of the articles we’re pleased to have a chance to publish this month.

CE: Original Research: Understanding the Hospital Experience of Older Adults with Hearing Impairment

Older hospitalized adults with hearing impairment may be labeled confused, experience heightened fear and anxiety, or misunderstand the plan of care. This qualitative study assessed the hospital experience of hearing-impaired patients in order to formulate suggestions for improving nursing care.

CE: Understanding the Nurse’s Role in Managing Gaucher Disease

The author discusses the epidemiology and pathophysiology of Gaucher disease—a lysosomal storage disorder that can affect the spleen, liver, bones, bone marrow, and central nervous system—as well as recent advances in screening, diagnosis, and management.

Cultivating Quality: The Benefits of Implementing an Early Mobility Protocol in Postoperative Neurosurgical Spine Patients

The authors present their quality improvement initiative to establish an NP-led early mobility protocol aimed at reducing uncomplicated postsurgical spine patients’ length of hospital stay and eliminating […]

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March Issue: Oral Intake During Labor, Malnutrition in Older Adults, RN-Performed Lumbar Puncture, More

The March issue of AJN is now live. Here are some of the articles we’re pleased to have a chance to publish this month.

CE: Original Research: An Investigation into the Safety of Oral Intake During Labor

In this study, the authors compared the maternal and neonatal outcomes among laboring women permitted ad lib oral intake with those permitted nothing by mouth except for ice chips. The findings support relaxing the restrictions on oral intake in cases of uncomplicated labor.

CE: Malnutrition in Older Adults

A review of the many cognitive, psychological, social, and economic factors that can affect the nutritional status of older adults, and how nurses can intervene to prevent and address malnutrition in these patients.

Cultivating Quality: Expanding RN Scope of Practice to Include Lumbar Puncture

A quality improvement initiative enhanced access to neurology services in an ambulatory clinic by teaching nurses to perform lumbar puncture.

Supporting Family Caregivers: No Longer Home Alone: Teaching Wound Care to Family Caregivers

Methods to promote wound healing that nurses can use to teach family caregivers, including a tear sheet of key points and links to instructional videos. This article is one in a series published in collaboration with the AARP Public Policy Institute.
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Some Essential AJN Resources on Care of Older Adults, Family Caregivers, More

800px-Woman-typing-on-laptopBy Shawn Kennedy, AJN editor-in-chief

August is one of my favorite months. Many people take time off, so the commute into AJN‘s Manhattan office is fairly easy. People’s pace seems to be a little bit slower; there seems to be less immediacy around responses to email. It’s a good time to catch up on reading manuscripts and other work I’ve had piled up.

If you’ve gone through your beach reading, here are a few useful collections on perennially important topics from our back pages:

If you’re just getting started in a nursing career, you might want to read a three-part series of articles, “Protecting Your License,” written by AJN contributing editor Edie Brous, who is a nurse and an attorney and writes on legal matters for the journal. Her series describes common myths about licensure and what steps to take to protect yourself if you are sued or brought up on charges by your state board of nursing. […]

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