The July issue of AJN is now live.

Here are some highlights. Some articles are open access or temporarily free; others will require log-in for access.

A Military Encampment in Hyde Park by James Malton, 1785. This drawing is featured in the Nursing the Revolution exhibit currently on view at the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing. For more, see On the Cover.

In recognition of the 250th anniversary of American independence, this special issue of AJN examines nursing’s role in early U.S. history.

  • A photo-essay features images from Nursing the Revolution, an exhibit at Penn Nursing’s Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing in Philadelphia that sheds light on nursing at a time when the concept of the “professional nurse” had yet to emerge.
  • In her Guest Editorial, “American Nursing: 250 Years and Counting,” Penn Nursing professor and dean Antonia M. Villarruel urges amplification of “nursing’s past, present, and future contributions.”
  • In her Viewpoint article, “Nursing the Revolution,” J. Margo Brooks Carthon, the Barbara Bates Center’s director, calls for a reexamination of nurses’ influence on U.S. health care’s roots—and a reclaiming of this history.

Additional articles this month include a CE on the challenges of night shift nursing, an AJN Reports on staying informed about health in an age of misinformation, and a Quality Improvement article on a code prep training for nurses targeting the first moments of in-hospital cardiac arrest. One Original Research article discusses a health coaching program to empower patients with heart failure, and another describes the implementation of an alternative patient care technician staffing model on an acute care medical unit.

Finally, don’t miss the extensive health care news section, the Drug Watch department, and the Specialty Spotlight on oncology nursing.

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