October Issue: Substance Use Among Nurses, RN Involvement in Staffing Policymaking, More
“Under my leadership—like that of the editors before me—these pages will serve to document and transform clinical practice and provide a space for nurses to contribute their voices to matters affecting our world today.”—AJN editor-in-chief Carl Kirton in this month’s editorial
The October issue of AJN is now live. Here’s what’s new. Some articles may be free only to subscribers.
CE: The Impaired Nurse
A guide to early recognition, diagnosis, and treatment of substance-related disorders among colleagues in the workplace.
Original Research: ‘It Would Be Nice to Think We Could Have a Voice’: Exploring RN Involvement in Hospital Staffing Policymaking
This qualitative study examined staff nurses’ perceptions of factors that hinder or support nurse involvement in hospital nurse staffing policymaking—and how nurses are, or would like to be, so involved.
Historical Feature: A Long History of Abortion
In response to the Supreme Court’s decision ending the nationwide right to abortion, the author takes a close look at abortion in American history and AJN’s archives, including the various roles played and challenges encountered by nurses.