On this month’s cover is a prototype for Horizon Hospital—a “sustainable hospital of the future”—created by Gensler, a global design and architecture firm. Read “On the Cover” to learn more.

The April issue of AJN is now live.

This month’s CE article, “Nursing and Climate Mitigation: Decarbonization,” reviews climate change causes and what is required to mitigate greenhouse gas pollution, outlines actions nurses can take in all practice settings, and discusses the roles of nursing education and professional nursing organizations in tackling this critical challenge.

“While the academic–practice gap in nursing is widely acknowledged, substantive research exploring it from the perspective of new graduate RNs’ transition into practice is lacking,” writes Amy Zipf, the author of “The New Graduate RN Speaks, Again: A Mixed-Methods Study.” Learn about her study—which explores the specific gaps experienced by new graduate RNs working in medical–surgical hospital-based settings—here.

“AJN Reports: The Shadowy Middlemen Shaping Drug Prices” takes a close look at the role of pharmacy benefit managers in determining how
much consumers pay at the pharmacy counter and influencing which drugs they use.

“Gamified Interventions for Obesity and Overweight Prevention and Treatment: A Scoping Review” explores, maps, and investigates gamified tools to address obesity and overweight, as well
as their effectiveness.

The authors of “Effects of a Second Victim Peer Support Program in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit” discuss a pilot project that aimed to determine the feasibility of implementing a peer support program for second victims and to assess whether it would reduce their distress levels after a traumatic, patient-related event.

Don’t miss the extensive health care news sections, the Drug Watch and Journal Watch sections, a review of nurse Elizabeth Becker’s book The Moonlight Healers, a Specialty Spotlight on neonatal nursing, and more.

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