February Issue: Patient-to-Nurse Violence, The Future of Hospital at Home, More

“Workplace violence has become a familiar threat for those employed in a health care environment.”—Miranda Squire and Karen Hessler in this month’s Original Research article, “Patient-to-Nurse Violence During One-to-One Assignments: A Silent Epidemic”

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

AJN Reports: What’s the Future of Hospital at Home in the United States?

Programs offering this promising acute care model have proliferated since 2020, but payment and regulatory structures to address equity, oversight, and sustainability are needed.

CE: Caring for Patients After Ileostomy Surgery

A review of postoperative care following ileostomy, including hydration, medication, and nutritional management.

Original Research: Patient-to-Nurse Violence During One-to-One Assignments: A Silent Epidemic

This qualitative cross-sectional study investigated workplace violence from the perspective of nurses and nursing assistants working one-to-one assignments who experienced violent encounters with patients or visitors.

Supporting Family Caregivers: No Longer Home Alone: Managing Older Adults’ Chronic Pain: Lower-Risk Interventions

This article—part of a series published in collaboration with the AARP Public Policy Institute—discusses evidence-based, lower-risk strategies to control pain and describes how nurses can engage
family caregivers in using them.

Perspectives on Palliative Nursing: Spiritual Care as a Core Component of Palliative Nursing

The authors highlight the relevance of spiritual care to palliative nursing and offer practical tips to incorporate spiritual care into everyday nursing practice.

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

• A Viewpoint on recognizing the role of the adult-gerontology NP.
• A Focus on DEI column on ableism in health care.
• A Specialty Spotlight on perianesthesia nursing.

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

A note on the cover.

On this month’s cover, providers with DispatchHealth, an in-home health care company, attend to a patient. Founded in 2015, the company offers services throughout the country, including hospital-level care for conditions like pneumonia, heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. DispatchHealth is one of a growing number of companies offering hospital-at-home care, a model that has shown promise in improving patient outcomes and satisfaction and in reducing costs.