About Diane Szulecki, editor

Editor, American Journal of Nursing

June Issue: Sickle Cell Complications, Stoma Skin Care, Promoting Nurse Retention, More

“I am as grateful to the nurses who work in hospitals serving the sickest and most vulnerable patients as I am to the nurses who have chosen a path focused on policy and public service.”—Virginia Reising, author of the June Viewpoint column, “What Is a Nurse?“

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

CE: Understanding the Complications of Sickle Cell Disease

In this evidence-based review, the authors examine the genetic, hematologic,
and clinical features of sickle cell disease and describe its major
health complications—as well as the nursing implications of each.

CE: Stoma and Peristomal Skin Care: A Clinical Review

Written for nurses who are not ostomy specialists, this article provides information about the care of stomas, including the normal stoma, with a focus on early and late complications of the stoma and peristomal skin.

Original Research: Exploring Working Relationships Between National and Expatriate RNs on Humanitarian Aid Missions: The Perspectives of Liberian Nurses

The authors of this qualitative study explored the perceptions and concerns of Liberian RNs who work for international nongovernmental organizations in Liberia, yielding insights on how to improve collaboration between national and expatriate nursing staff.

EBP 2.0: Implementing and Sustaining Change: Promoting Nurse Retention Through Career Development Planning

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May Issue: Assessing a Child’s Pain, Handling Work-Related Stress, Stop the Bleed, More

“Nursing takes a steely courage that many people don’t possess. We deal with raw emotions on a daily basis, taking in the grief and loss and pain and hopelessness of patients and families who look to us to make them feel better.”—AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy in her May editorial

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

CE: Original Research: Work-Related Stress and Positive Thinking Among Acute Care Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Survey

In the first U.S. study to evaluate acute care nurses’ use of positive thinking in managing work-related stress, the authors found that positive thinking skills are being used to cope with such stress, and that nurses’ use of these skills can be improved through training.

CE: Assessing a Child’s Pain

This article discusses the factors that can influence a child’s report of pain, describes components of a comprehensive pediatric pain assessment, and reviews appropriate pain assessment scales for children of different ages and levels of cognitive development.

Nursing and the Sustainable Development Goals: From Nightingale to Now

The authors explore how nurses can contextualize the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals within their daily practice and create holistic plans of care for patients, families, communities, and nations.

Leading the Effort to Promote Bleeding Control in Our Communities

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April Issue: IV Patient-Controlled Analgesia Errors, Implementing EBP, Nurses and Climate Action, More

“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.

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March Issue: Type 2 Diabetes Drugs Update, Arterial Blood Gas Analysis, Fall Prevention Checklist, More

“It’s a challenge—for both nurses and family caregivers—to prepare caregivers for their new duties, often in a very short time span. I often wonder if it’s really possible to do this—and even if it is, should that be our goal?”—AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy in her March editorial

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

CE: Original Research: New Acute Symptoms in Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment: What Should Family Caregivers Do?

The authors assessed the frequency with which family caregivers of older veterans with cognitive impairment sought guidance for new physical or behavioral symptoms and described the characteristics of such events, including the diagnoses and advice given.

CE: Type 2 Diabetes: A Pharmacologic Update

A review of established and newer type 2 diabetes medications, plus nursing implications for patient education and monitoring for adverse effects.

Cultivating Quality: Using a Fall Prevention Checklist to Reduce Hospital Falls: Results of a Quality Improvement Project

Nurses at a Midwestern teaching hospital implemented a fall prevention checklist to improve adherence to an existing protocol and evaluated its impact on fall incidence.

Clarifying the Confusion of Arterial Blood Gas Analysis: Is it Compensation or Combination?

This article reviews basic arterial blood gas interpretation and discusses the combinations of imbalances and compensatory mechanisms that may occur.

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February Issue: Caring for Hodgkin Lymphoma Survivors, Acute Flaccid Myelitis, Reducing Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia, More

“I experienced the inestimable value of a healing garden . . . Regardless of diagnosis, age, circumstances, or ability to pay, nature willingly extends her gifts and does not forsake us.”—Elaine C. Meyer, author of the February Reflections column

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

CE: Original Research: Midlife Hypertension and Hypercholesterolemia in Relation to Cognitive Function Later in Life in Black Women

In light of a lack of research on the associations between vascular risk factors and cognitive function in black older adults, the authors explored the relationship between two such risk factors in midlife—hypertension and hypercholesterolemia—and cognitive function later in life among black women.

CE: Caring for Survivors of Hodgkin Lymphoma

This article—winner of the 2018 Nurse Faculty Scholars/AJN Mentored Writing Award—provides an overview of Hodgkin lymphoma, the most common late effects of treatment, and current recommendations for survivor surveillance and screening.

Cultivating Quality: A Nurse-Driven Oral Care Protocol to Reduce Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia

The authors describe a quality improvement initiative to implement an oral care protocol in the adult in-patient care areas of a level 1 trauma hospital and evaluate its impact on the incidence of hospital-acquired pneumonia.

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