“Nurses don’t care about being heroes. They want to be respected, protected, and enabled to do their jobs.”—editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy in her December editorial, “Finding Joy in the Dark”

The December issue of AJN is now live. Here’s what’s new. Some articles may be free only to subscribers.

CE: Nurses Are More Exhausted Than Ever: What Should We Do About It?

This article discusses causes and challenges of nurse fatigue, evidence-based strategies and solutions for individual nurses and organizations, and changes needed to transform nursing culture and workplaces into more supportive environments for nurses.

Clinical Feature: Care Coordination: A Concept Analysis

The authors clarify care coordination as a concept and practice role and examine the value that nursing brings to its implementation.

Special Feature: A New Framework for Practice–Academic Partnerships During the Pandemic—and into the Future

This article outlines a model to provide nursing students with in-person clinical experiences during a public health crisis such as COVID-19, as well as the implications of using this model once the pandemic ends.

Ethical Issues: Nurses Spreading Misinformation

The author explores how the COVID crisis has inspired some nurses to engage in misinformation on social media and other venues; describes the ethical responsibilities of nurses to seriously examine what they think they know and understand; and offers strategies for nurse leaders, managers, and educators to address misinformation.

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

  • A Viewpoint on why nurses should care about the Supreme Court.
  • A Nursing Beyond Borders column on the global nursing community.
  • A Nursing Research, Step by Step column on cohort study design.

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 the Northwell Health Nurse Choir performing in the September finale of the NBC television show America’s Got Talent.