June Issue: Cardiac Devices for Heart Failure, Using EHR Data for Research and QI, More
“When nurses practice real self-care, they come to a place of self-respect, learn to hear their own voice, and recognize when their expressed needs are ignored. “—Emily Stice Laker in her Viewpoint article, “Nurses Need More Than Self-Care”
The June issue of AJN is now live. Here’s what’s new. Some articles may be free only to subscribers.
CE: Guideline-Directed Cardiac Devices for Patients with Heart Failure
The author reviews current device therapies for heart failure and uses a composite case to demonstrate how bedside nurses can help patients understand treatment options, potential complications of implantation, and post-op care.
Special Feature: Assessing EHR Data for Use in Clinical Improvement and Research
This article introduces nurses to the secondary analysis of EHR data, first outlining the steps in data acquisition and then describing a theory-based process for evaluating data quality and cleaning the data.
Nursing Research, Step by Step: Diagnostic Studies: Measures of Accuracy in Nursing Research
This article, one in a series on clinical research by nurses, reviews the use of diagnostic and screening tests and tools in nursing research and clinical practice.