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.

What is implementation science, and how can nurses become experts in this growing field? Learn more in “A Nurse-Led Implementation Science Specialist Program,” the first article in a new series, Applying Implementation Science.

See also the extensive health care news sections, the Journal Watch and Drug Watch sections, a Viewpoint column on positive nurse mentoring, and a Focus on DEI article on representation and the value of Latino nurse leaders.

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Some articles in this issue like the original research studies, news, and the editorial will be free to access; others will require log-in or subscription. You can subscribe to AJN, America’s most respected and oldest general interest nursing journal, for just $37.95 for a year (12 issues), so why not give it a try or give a subscription as a gift? We pay attention to appearance as well as content, and hope the cover of every issue will look good on a coffee table!