The Rise of Anti-Intellectualism, Snapshot of Nursing in Gaza, Video Monitoring to Reduce Falls: December Issue Recommended Reading

The December issue of AJN is now live.

Some articles in this issue will be open access or free to access for a set period; others will require log-in or subscription. Below are some articles of note we’d like to draw your attention to.

This issue has two original research articles. The first is of these is an observational cohort study looking at implementation of a continuous video monitoring program to decrease falls in a long-term acute care hospital setting. This article is open access.

The second original research article in our December issue is “Investigating the Relationships Among Nurses’ Stress, Sleep Quality, and Mental Health, and the Mediating Role of Coping Strategies and Social Support: A Cross-Sectional Study.” According to the authors, “This study highlights strong associations between stress, sleep quality, anxiety, and depressive symptoms, with coping strategies and social support as potential mediators.”

An integrative review (currently free to read) looks at what we currently know (and don’t know but need to study) about best practices for implementing hospital-based virtual nursing.

Our editorial by editor-in-chief Carl Kirton indulges a little word play in its title, “The Rise of AI.” But […]

2025-11-20T11:34:48-05:00November 20th, 2025|digital health, Nursing, nursing research, Public health, Technology|0 Comments
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Deep Research: Understanding the Limitations of the Latest Powerful AI Tool for Scholarly Authors

In February 2024, I wrote an AJN Off the Charts blog post titled “Leveraging AI and Technology for Comprehensive Research: Tips for Researchers and Students.” Since then, the field of AI has undergone rapid evolution. It is evident to all of us watching the field develop that companies hosting and developing large language models (LLMs) would eventually target scientific research. In my previous post, I explained that there is no single software solution for conducting research or literature reviews using AI. However, the deployment of new features in AI software platforms, such as deep research capabilities, may mislead us into thinking otherwise. The purpose of this blog post is to introduce the idea of deep research tools, while also providing tips for users who wish to explore these evolving tools.

What is deep research?

Image: Marcus Winkler/Unsplash

Deep research is a term used by LLM software platforms that allow users to enter a prompt to initiate an in-depth process that involves finding, analyzing, and synthesizing “hundreds of online sources to create a comprehensive report at the level of a research analysis” (OpenAI, 2025). There is also a consideration for time using this tool, as the responses are not instantaneous and result time can vary based […]

2025-11-18T09:05:01-05:00November 18th, 2025|artificial intelligence (AI), Nursing, nursing research, Technology|0 Comments
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A Nurse Practitioner Ethicist: A Nurse’s Journey to Advanced Practice and Clinical Ethics

We have all faced the challenges of moral distress and ethical dilemmas as nurses. As a young pediatric ICU nurse, I saw medicine and nursing help patients in their most vulnerable moments. I also occasionally saw health care extend suffering when palliation and relational care should have been prioritized. Those distressing moments are the ones that still haunt me.

Many nurses burn out and leave nursing after experiencing moral distress, especially in ICU settings. Others realize that nursing is a calling, and that gaining additional experience and knowledge can deepen our resiliency and our ability to give back to patients and health care colleagues.

I realized early on that I wanted to gain more decision-making authority and training in clinical ethics to provide my patients with the best care possible, to relieve the moral distress of colleagues, and to practice ethically. These aims led me on a journey to become a nurse practitioner (NP) and eventually to discover the role of the NP ethicist to provide a unique perspective to patient care.

The journey to a unique […]

2025-11-13T13:21:44-05:00November 13th, 2025|Nursing|0 Comments
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Chagas: An Unfamiliar and Emerging Disease

Ms. Stevens is a 32-year-old humanitarian aid worker. She recently returned to the United States after spending a month volunteering in rural Guatemala, where she was assisting with community housing construction. She reports having had multiple insect bites during her stay and occasional insects in her sleeping quarters. Six months after returning to the U.S., she developed intermittent low-grade fevers, malaise, and mild right eyelid swelling.

Chagas disease—also called American trypanosomiasis—is a potentially life‑threatening infection caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. The parasite is transmitted primarily through contact with an infected “kissing bug.” Transmission occurs when an infected bug feeds at night and defecates near the bite.

The bitten individual scratches or rubs the bite site and enables the parasites to enter the skin, or the eyes if rubbed. Other transmission routes include congenital (mother‑to‑fetus), blood transfusion, organ transplantation, laboratory accidents, and foodborne outbreaks from contaminated juices or foods. Illness has an acute phase that is often mild or asymptomatic and a chronic phase that can manifest decades later with a variety of cardiac and gastrointestinal symptoms.

Global and U.S. epidemiology

WHO map of global Chagas case distribution (based on […]

2025-11-07T15:01:57-05:00November 7th, 2025|infectious diseases, Nursing, Public health|0 Comments
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Recommended Reading from AJN’s November Issue: Using AI in Scholarly Writing, and More

The November issue of AJN is now live.

In its new fifth edition, published earlier this year, the Johns Hopkins Evidence-Based Practice (JHEBP) model streamlines its approach, addressing common barriers to EBP implementation and prioritizing simplicity, efficiency, and adaptability. The JHEBP team introduces the latest changes to the model, including rationales for the changes and implications for clinicians, students, and faculty, in a five-part series in this issue.

Despite the growing burden of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, it remains difficult to diagnose and manage effectively. This month’s CE article, “Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction,” provides an overview of  pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment.

“Too often, people with disabilities have been left out of health equity efforts. Nurses are in a powerful position to change that,” writes Jae Chul Lee in his Focus on DEI column, “No Longer Optional: Addressing Disability Disparities in Nursing Practice.” See here for actionable steps nurses can take when providing care.

“Using Artificial Intelligence for Scholarly Writing” outlines recent research findings on the use of generative AI tools to support scholarly writing and provides guidelines for nurse authors on the appropriate use of AI in the preparation of manuscripts. (Open access)

This month’s Original Research articles include:

2025-10-23T10:21:43-04:00October 23rd, 2025|Nursing|0 Comments
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