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AJN 2010 Book of the Year Awards

The AJN Books of the Year Awards is regarded by nurses and authors as the most important designation of excellence in book publishing for and about nursing. For the 2010 contest, judges will consider only books and electronic products published between August 1, 2009, and August 1, 2010. Books published outside of that time frame will be disqualified.

(Click here or on the logo below to see the 2009 awards as published in AJN.)

Deadline for submitting materials for consideration is August 2, 2010.

The list of winners will be published in the January 2011 issue of AJN.

For details, contact Amanda Geer at 646-674-6609, or amanda.geer@wolterskluwer.com.

Categories:

Advanced Practice Nursing
Advanced clinical practice literature, including clinical research, physical assessment skills, critical thinking, case studies, and pathophysiology. The target audience for books in this category must include nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives, and/or nurse anesthetists.

Critical Care/Emergency Nursing
Books that address the complex acute and emergent care needs of patients in a critical care environment.

Gerontological Nursing
Fundamental to understanding the complex physical, social, and emotional needs of the older adult in all settings.

Medical-Surgical Nursing
Fundamental to understanding the complex clinical needs and comprehensive diagnoses of patients in acute care settings such as an adult hospital unit, home care, or long-term care.

Nursing Management/Leadership
Insights into […]

Jacob Molyneux, senior editor/blog editor2016-11-21T13:17:57-05:00April 28th, 2010|nursing perspective, nursing research|0 Comments

Medication Adherence in the Mentally Ill, the Mixed State of Cancer Survivorship Care, When Good People Faint, More

We’ve already noted one or two of them here in recent weeks, but here are some excerpts and links to several other articles of note in the April issue of AJN, in case you missed them:

The percentage of prescribed medications that are actually taken by patients is estimated to be as low as 60%—and among patients with chronic conditions, it may be even less. Patients with mental disorders may have even lower rates of adherence than those with physical conditions. Suzanne Hardeman, an NP and licensed professional counselor, and Meera Narasimhan, a physician, have culled from the available literature a list of strategies that have been shown to improve adherence in patients with mood and psychotic disorders.

That’s from a sensible and useful article on improving medication adherence in patients with mental disorders.

For a report on the good and bad news about where we are with providing cancer survivorship programs and support, read “Building Cancer Survivorship Care,” which points out some excellent resources, but also notes that “few cancer patients have access to survivorship care.” Still!

Laura Dean faints after witnessing an elderly man collapse with an apparent heart attack. James Parsons passes out as an RN begins venipuncture for collection of a lab specimen. Nursing student Melanie Simms faints while observing her first surgical procedure.

“Recognizing and Treating Vasovagal Syncope” gives a nice overview of this common problem, who is most likely to be afflicted by it, how to prevent injuries when it happens, and how nurses can […]

Jacob Molyneux, senior editor/blog editor2016-11-21T13:18:06-05:00April 22nd, 2010|nursing perspective, nursing research|0 Comments

Nursing Handoffs: Do We Know What Constitutes Best Practice?

By Sylvia Foley, AJN senior editor

A systematic literature review on nursing handoffs, written by nurse researcher Lee Ann Riesenberg and colleagues and featured as a CE article this month, might just shock you. The researchers found that although there is “abundant evidence that poor communication and variable procedures result in inadequate handoffs,” surprisingly little is known about what makes nursing handoffs effective. Which is kind of incredible, given how crucial handoffs are to providing safe and effective patient care.

Of the 95 English-language articles that met the researchers’ inclusion criteria, just 20 reported on research on nursing handoffs, and only 3 were found to be of reasonably good quality (scoring above 10 on a 16-point scale). The researchers concluded that although “the Joint Commission is calling for structured handoffs . . . we found very little evidence to support the use of any specific structure, protocol, or method.”

Barriers and Strategies
But the researchers were able to identify, categorize, and list numerous barriers to and strategies for handoffs that were mentioned in the literature. […]

Guest Author2016-11-21T13:18:21-05:00April 7th, 2010|nursing perspective, nursing research|0 Comments

There’s a Place for Speed in Online Publishing–But Peer Review Is More Important Than Ever

By Shawn Kennedy, MA, RN, AJN interim editor-in-chief

I read with interest, and also a little concern, a post on a newish blog called Nurse Story.com, which argued for faster Web-based publishing without peer review or much editing.

Yes, the open access model of scientific publishing, with full transparency for all aspects of the review and revision process, is worth watching. Yes, more and more publishing companies are going the online only or online mostly route (and while it’s PC to say it’s in pursuit of being green, I’d bet the primary reason is because it’s cheaper). And yes, it’s much faster to publish on the Internet. You can throw up an article or blog post and change content online by the minute. But is fast and quick all we need? Technology is changing nursing practice, but is it changing our knowledge base so quickly that we shouldn’t take time to weigh and sift the good from the bad? […]