“Think about your own workplace: do you take pride in what you do, feel that you and your work are valued, and enjoy the team you work with? Do the good days outweigh the bad days?”—AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy in her April editorial

The April issue of AJN is now live. Here are some highlights.

CE: Original Research: Errors in Postoperative Administration of Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia: A Retrospective Study

The authors describe and analyze the errors associated with the use of IV patient-controlled analgesia at a large medical center in South Korea.

CE: A Historical Review of Nurse–Physician Bedside Rounding

How has the nurse’s role in bedside rounding evolved since the 19th century? This article discusses the challenges of nurse participation in bedside rounding from 1873 to 1973.

Sustaining Nursing Grand Rounds Through Interdisciplinary Teamwork and Interorganizational Partnership

The authors present the implementation of a grand rounds program at their naval hospital, and demonstrate how nursing grand rounds can support professional growth and strengthen partnerships.

New Series: EBP 2.0: Implementing and Sustaining Change: From Strategy to Implementation

Our follow-up to the popular Evidence-Based Practice, Step by Step series (which appeared in AJN from 2009 to 2011) is focused on the most challenging of the seven EBP steps—implementation.

Environments and Health: Nurses and Climate Action

This article discusses the health sector’s responsibility to address climate change and nurses’ role in these efforts.

There’s much more in our April issue, including:

  • A Viewpoint on the urgent need for multilingual health care providers.
  • An AJN Reports on how the opioid addiction crisis is taking its toll on nursing.
  • A Perspectives on Leadership column on finding joy at work.

Click here to browse the table of contents and explore the issue on our website.

A note on the cover:

This month’s cover photo shows floodwater overtaking a Houston highway during Hurricane Harvey in August 2017. At least 68 people were killed by the storm, most as a result of flooding. Harvey dumped a record-breaking 60 inches of rain as it lingered for days, causing an estimated $125 billion in damages and displacing thousands from their homes.