Diane Szulecki, editor, Author at Off the Charts

Nurses’ Experiences on Staffing Committees: Recommended Reading in AJN’s February Issue

The February issue of AJN is now live.

“Original Research: A Real ‘Voice’ or ‘Lip Service’? Experiences of Staff Nurses Who Have Served on Staffing Committees,” explores nurses’ perspectives on staffing committee participation—including how they perceive their committee’s effectiveness, and how these committees can benefit patients, nurses, and organizations.

In this month’s CE article, “Our Journey to Pass a Surgical Plume Evacuation Law,” the authors describe their experience leading a grassroots coalition to address surgical plume evacuation in Illinois, and outline strategies nurses can apply to their own advocacy efforts.

New series! “Cultivating an Evidence-Based Decision-Making Mindset,” the first article in a new series on how to teach and facilitate learning about evidence-based practice and quality improvement, offers educators the content and tools needed to prepare nurses to be evidence-based decision-makers.

Read “Improving the Timing of Acute Care Insulin Delivery” to learn about an initiative to reduce both time to insulin delivery and percentage of bedtime insulin doses withheld.

See also the extensive health care news sections, the Journal Watch and Drug Watch sections, an editorial on Black nurses’ contributions to health care, a Viewpoint column on empowering NPs […]

Diane Szulecki, editor2024-01-25T13:11:25-05:00January 25th, 2024|Nursing|0 Comments

Reducing Addiction Stigma: Recommended Reading in AJN’s January Issue

The January issue of AJN is now live.

What are the consequences of addiction stigma, and what steps can nurses take to reduce biases related to substance use? Learn more in this month’s CE, “Reducing Bias Against People with Substance Use Disorders.”

Get your 2024 reading list started: here are the winners of our annual Book of the Year Awards.

“Original Research: Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Asian Indians in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study” examines the relationships between select demographic variables and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among this population.

In “Improving Discharge Teaching for Adult Patients with an Ileostomy,” the authors discuss a QI project they conducted to decrease patient-initiated postdischarge inquiries by using a FAQ handout at discharge.

See also the extensive health care news sections, the Journal Watch and Drug Watch sections, a Viewpoint column on solving the nursing shortage, an AJN Reports on the U.S. maternal health crisis, and more.

A note on the cover:

This month’s cover honors Barbara J. Braden, PhD, RN, FAAN, who pioneered risk assessment and risk-based prevention of pressure injuries. Braden passed away in June 2023; read a tribute written by her […]

Diane Szulecki, editor2023-12-26T11:05:07-05:00December 26th, 2023|Nursing|0 Comments

HIV Update, Nurses’ Insights on Medication Safety: Recommended Reading in AJN’s December Issue

The December issue of AJN is now live.

World AIDS Day is commemorated on December 1 (see On the Cover). In this issue, you’ll find several articles related to HIV/AIDS:

In his editorial, “Ending the HIV Epidemic,” editor-in-chief Carl A. Kirton discusses his work in HIV/AIDS nursing, beginning early in his career—and early in the pandemic—in New York City.
Similarly, in his Specialty Spotlight column, “HIV Nursing,” Jonah Pierce provides an overview of the specialty, including progress in the field and current challenges in HIV prevention.
Infectious disease NP Amit “Mickey” Dhir outlines the latest on HIV pre‑exposure prophylaxis in “Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention in the United States: An Overview and Update.”

Despite more than two decades of efforts to reduce medication errors, such errors remain prevalent. This month’s Original Research article, “Exploring Medication Safety Practices from the Nurse’s Perspective,” explores direct care nurses’ experiences with and perspectives on medication safety practices and errors.

Our December CE article, “Suicide Prevention: Protecting the Future of Nurses,” examines the state of nurse suicide, the latest statistics on nurse suicide rates, contributing factors, and current suicide prevention programs.

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Diane Szulecki, editor2023-11-27T10:36:41-05:00November 27th, 2023|Nursing|0 Comments

Military Environmental Exposures: Recommended Reading in AJN’s November Issue

The November issue of AJN is now live.

What should nurses know about caring for people who have been exposed to potentially harmful agents—such as air pollutants, chemicals, radiation, warfare agents, and materials containing asbestos and lead—during military service? Read “Military Environmental Exposures” to find out.

Our November CE article, “Recognizing Transfusion-Associated Circulatory Overload,” reviews the most current definitions of this adverse transfusion reaction and outlines its characteristics and management.

“What Health Care Staff Who Experienced Assisted Patient Falls Can Teach Us: Implications for Fall and Fall Injury Risk,” presents qualitative findings from a QI project aimed at improving guidance for staff on the risks of assisting falling patients.

“Nursing Research, Step by Step: Sample Size Planning in Quantitative Nursing Research,” one in a series on clinical research by nurses, describes how to determine an appropriate sample size for a quantitative research project, and introduces the concepts of error, power, and effect size.

In “Optimizing Blood Culture Collection Volumes,” the authors discuss a QI project they conducted to understand the causes of underfilled and overfilled blood cultures obtained by nurses and PCTs and to reduce their incidence.

AI and Nursing: Recommended Reading in AJN’s October Issue

The October issue of AJN is now live.

This month’s AJN Reports takes a close look at how artificial intelligence is being used in health care—and why nurses must be involved in its development and implementation.

“Current and Emerging Applications of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation” describes the use of this procedure to treat recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, nursing management of individuals undergoing it, and its future applications. CE credit is available.

To learn more about the potential oral complications of adjuvant endocrine therapy in breast cancer survivors, the authors of the October Original Research article compared aspects of oral health in those who were taking the therapy with those who were not.

“Activism Is an Essential Nursing Role” discusses the rationale for and roots of political activism in nursing, the values that shape it, and the importance of nursing’s stance on health-related policies.

How can nurses best attend to seriously ill patients’ existential needs? Read “Perspectives on Palliative Nursing: Existential Care in Daily Nursing Practice” for an overview of key priorities.

See also the extensive health care news sections, the Journal Watch and Drug Watch sections, a Specialty Spotlight column highlighting critical […]

Diane Szulecki, editor2024-01-25T10:51:20-05:00September 25th, 2023|artificial intelligence (AI), Technology|1 Comment

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Nurses’ Experiences on Staffing Committees: Recommended Reading in AJN’s February Issue

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Reducing Addiction Stigma: Recommended Reading in AJN’s January Issue

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HIV Update, Nurses’ Insights on Medication Safety: Recommended Reading in AJN’s December Issue

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Military Environmental Exposures: Recommended Reading in AJN’s November Issue

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AI and Nursing: Recommended Reading in AJN’s October Issue

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