The May issue of AJN is now live.

Here are some highlights. Some articles are open access or temporarily free; others will require log-in for access.

AJN senior clinical editor Christine Moffa’s guest editorial (free to read) addresses the 2026 Nurses Week theme—The Power of Nurses. “If there is a message to carry into this Nurses Week, it may be that the vigilance we practice at the bedside can guide us as a profession,” she writes. “Noticing what is subtle, identifying what is shifting, and acting before harm takes hold, these are skills we already possess.”

Over the past decade, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has become a transformative intervention for patients with aortic stenosis (AS). This month’s CE article, “The Evolution of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: From Novel to Normal,” (also free to access) reviews current approaches to evaluation, diagnosis, and management of AS before and after TAVR, as well as the evolving role of TAVR in the treatment of AS.

In their original research article, “Dark Skin Tone Representation in Foundational Nursing Textbooks: A Quantitative Image Analysis,” Eleonor Pusey-Reid and John Wong evaluate how prelicensure nursing texts visually represent clinical conditions across diverse skin tones, with a focus on the extent to which dark skin tone images are included and the implications of this for diagnostic preparedness.

“Nearly every patient brings a mobile phone (and, often, a charger) into the hospital, and the use of these and other electronic devices carries risks,” note the authors of “Electronic Device Chargers in the Hospital: A Case Study.” This report follows a patient who sustained a second-degree skin burn after his phone charger cord was trapped beneath his back while hospitalized.

An open-access Professional Development article, “Using Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Evidence Search and Synthesis,” presents findings from an evidence-based practice–AI task force that evaluated AI tools for searching, synthesis, and appraisal in order to outline key considerations and preliminary recommendations for their responsible use in the EBP process.

This month’s Viewpoint column, “Behind the White Coat and Scrubs,” discusses implications of new findings on the mortality gaps between nurses and physicians—and within the nursing profession.

Finally, don’t miss the extensive health care news section, the Drug Watch and Journal Watch departments, and the Specialty Spotlight on lactation nursing.

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