March Issue: Assessing Movement-Evoked Pain, Medical Aid in Dying, More

“Hope may be hard to find at times, but it’s what sustains us.”—editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy in her editorial, “Making It Through March”

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

CE: Assessing Movement-Evoked Pain

This article discusses the importance of assessing pain during movement, especially in postoperative patients; what such an assessment can reveal about the intensity, impact on patient functioning, and tolerability of pain; and protocols and tools for completing these assessments.

Medical Aid in Dying: What Every Nurse Needs to Know

The author provides an overview of aid in dying in the United States—offering an illustrative case report that highlights the struggles of one patient and his family—and discusses the nurse’s role and nursing implications.

Conversations: ‘How Can Acute Care Recover from the Pandemic?’

Four nursing leaders weigh in on the challenges faced by acute care nurses today—and identify opportunities for change.

Exploring the Ethics of a Nurses’ Strike During a Pandemic

Amid a disruptive disaster like COVID-19, what conditions ethically justify a work stoppage by nurses?

Health Care Innovation: Embracing the Nurse–Engineer Partnership

This first article in a new series on nurse innovators highlights the similarities between nursing and engineering, provides a case example, and describes barriers to nurse–engineer partnerships and recommendations for success.

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

• A Viewpoint on adverse childhood experiences as a public health threat.
• An AJN Reports on the growth of telehealth.
• A Supporting Family Caregivers article on optimizing older adults’ medication use.

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

A note on the cover.

In recognition of Red Cross Month, our March cover photo features an American Red Cross volunteer with a six-year-old Afghan evacuee at the Fort Bliss Doña Ana Range Complex in Chaparral, New Mexico, last fall.