“Violent behavior seems to be an . . . increasingly frequent occurrence in hospitals and nursing care facilities. More and more, such violence is the result of intentional harm.” —editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy in her October editorial

The October issue of AJN is now live. Here are some of the articles we’re pleased to have a chance to publish this month.

CE: The Use of Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta in Treating Hemorrhagic Shock from Severe Trauma

Efforts to prevent death from hemorrhagic shock have resulted in the emergence of a new tool—resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA), a less invasive option for controlling hemorrhage in noncompressible areas of the body. This article outlines REBOA, describes its evolution, and discusses various considerations, pitfalls, and nursing implications.

CE: Perspectives on Palliative Nursing: Acute Pain Management for People with Opioid Use Disorder

The authors of this article—one in a series on palliative care developed with the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association—discuss how to manage acute pain effectively in patients receiving medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, which incorporates methadone, buprenorphine, or naltrexone.

Original Research: Journalists’ Experiences with Using Nurses as Sources in Health News Stories

The authors of a 2018 replication of the 1997 Woodhull Study on Nursing and the Media interviewed health journalists to better understand their perceptions of the barriers and facilitators to using nurses as sources.

Cultivating Quality: Workplace Violence Training Using Simulation

This article describes how an interdisciplinary team at an Ohio health system developed a training program to address workplace violence, which included classroom learning, simulation training, and hands-on self-defense techniques.

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

  • An AJN Reports on the safety of ambulatory surgery centers.
  • A Legal Clinic column on how workplace violence affects health care and providers.
  • A Cochrane Corner article on the use of antioxidant supplements to prevent age-related macular degeneration.

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, nurses at a California Division of Occupational Safety and Health board hearing show their support for workplace violence prevention legislation. In recent years, the state of California has implemented the country’s strongest health care workplace violence prevention rules, which require employers to establish, execute, and annually review workplace violence prevention plans; log violent incidents; and train employees on recognizing and counteracting workplace violence hazards.