Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical editor Christine Moffa present the highlights of the March issue of the American Journal of Nursing , which features two CE articles: one is original research, a qualitative study of attitudes on intimate touch in nursing care, and another on how to use algorithms in managing persistent pain in older adults. Other articles include a feature examining the growing controversy around routine contact precautions; a companion article from the AJN archives on...
Feb 23, 2011•6 min
AJN's editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy caught-up with Mary Stachowiak, president of the fledgling Clinical Nurse Leader Association (CNLA), in Miami on January 21 at the 2011 CNL Summit. They discussed the fairly new role of the CNL and how these "advanced generalists" work alongside clinical nurse specialists and nurse managers.
Jan 28, 2011•17 hr 25 min
Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical editor Christine Moffa present the highlights of the February issue, which features two CE articles: one on recognizing and safely intervening in human trafficking and the other is original research on comparing the effectiveness of buffered lidocaine with bacteriostatic normal saline for local anesthesia prior to IV catheterization. Other articles include Managing Pediatric Asthma in the ED, Atrial Fibrillation Ablation, and another installment in our ...
Jan 26, 2011•5 min
Through her work in a mental health clinic and trafficked victims she saw there, Donna Sabella became aware that few health care providers recognized the signs that a patient seeking help was a victim of sex or labor trafficking, and if they did, few knew how to proceed in a manner that protected their patients and themselves. Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy, along with AJN’s Sylvia Foley, discuss the issues with author Sabella, including the growing problem in the United States, and how nurses ca...
Jan 26, 2011•20 min
Interim editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical editor Christine Moffa present the highlights of the January issue of the American Journal of Nursing, which features two CE articles: one on occupational hazards for pregnant nurses and another on recognizing and managing acute alcohol withdrawal. Other articles include our Book of the Year awards; features on reducing inappropriate medications among the elderly; another installment from our very popular series, Evidence-Based Practice, Step by...
Dec 29, 2010•6 min
Interim editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with pregnant nurses and their managers to workplace concerns and accommodations around pregnancy. She talks with OR nurse Juliette Alexander and her manager, Jeannine Rivera, and also with Kerry Durante and her manager from the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU), Pat McCann. All work at New York University-Langone Medical Center in New York City. Ms. Alexander and Ms. Durante are the nurses in the photographs accompanying the January CE article, "Occup...
Dec 29, 2010•9 min
Interim editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy interviews authors of the December 2010 CE feature article, Pain Assessment in People with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities . The authors talk about how they came together to collaborate on this, and Baldridge’s work implementing a pain management program in a long term care facility.
Nov 24, 2010•13 min
Interim editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy interviews Marla Weston, CEO of the American Nurses Association, on the recommendations from the Institute of Medicine’s report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health . The interview took place on October 5th, in Washington, DC at the National Press Club, immediately after the press briefing and the release of the report.
Nov 24, 2010•7 min
December 2010 – Episode 25 Interim editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical editor Christine Moffa present the highlights of the December issue of the American Journal of Nursing . This month features a CE article on Assessing Pain in People with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities, a photo-essay on a collaborative practice birthing center in Massachusetts, an evidence-based article on managing motion sickness, and the second in our series, Letters from Afghanistan , a column written by...
Nov 24, 2010•7 min
Interim editor-in-chief, Shawn Kennedy, speaks with Kelly Vanfossen, wife of Christopher A. Vanfossen, an army nurse and author of our new column, Letters From Afghanistan , about how her husband’s deployment impacts her and their four young children.
Oct 26, 2010•17 min
November 2010 – Episode 24 Interim editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical editor Christine Moffa present the highlights of the November issue of the American Journal of Nursing, which has a special focus on military families in light of Veteran’s Day, featuring an article on assisting families with deployment stress and Letter from Afghanistan, a new column written by an army nurse serving on the battlefront. Other articles include the CE feature on dietary modifications for patients with dy...
Oct 26, 2010•7 min
Interim editor-in-chief, Shawn Kennedy interviews Eileen Thomas about her qualitative research exploring men’s awareness and knowledge about male breast cancer and implications for nursing practice. Her survey “provides a starting point for the development of evidence-based, gender-specific, health promotion and disease prevention interventions for men.”
Sep 30, 2010•15 min
Editorial director & interim editor-in-chief, Shawn Kennedy, interviews Patricia Grady, director of the National Institute of Nursing Research, as part of AJN’s coverage of the 25th anniversary of the NINR. Grady discusses with Kennedy the early roots, landmark research that moved the institute forward and drove policy, and current research and its relation to health care today. See Dr. Grady’s guest editorial and the timeline of the history of NINR.
Sep 30, 2010•23 min
October 2010 – Episode 23 Interim editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical editor Christine Moffa present the highlights of the October issue of the American Journal of Nursing , including the cover, guest editorial and historical timeline celebrating the 25th anniversary of the National Institute of Nursing Research; a CE feature on original research assessing men’s awareness of male breast cancer; an article on how dragon boat racing can benefit breast cancer survivors; reports on drug resis...
Sep 30, 2010•5 min
September 2010 - Episode 22 Clinical editor Christine Moffa presents the lineup of the September issue of the American Journal of Nursing . Highlights include a CE feature on managing fecal incontinence; coverage of the possible health effects from the BP oil spill, and how recovery is progressing in the Gulf, five years post-Katrina; a report on nurse-managed health centers and their potential to provide access to care; another article in our very popular series, Evidence-Based Practice, Step b...
Aug 27, 2010•3 min
In their work with patients with cystic fibrosis, Lomas and colleague Susan B. Fowler noticed that a few of their patients learned they had the disease only after their children were diagnosed. They decided to survey cystic fibrosis centers to learn more about the number of people with cystic fibrosis who are having children who also have the disease. Interim editor-in-chief, Shawn Kennedy interviews Paula Lomas about her work, the findings of her survey and implications for nurses.
Jul 22, 2010•15 min
August 2010 – Episode 21 Interim editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical editor Christine Moffa present the highlights of the August issue of the American Journal of Nursing , including a CE feature on original research around parents and children who have cystic fibrosis, an article on the dangers discarded unused medications cause to the environment and what some nurses did in their communities to call attention to this; a report of a QI project on how a nurse-managed program reduced urinar...
Jul 22, 2010•8 min
Interview with Sibyl Shalo, BSN, RN, author of June AJN Reports: The War on Tuberculosis, in which she discusses her “ride-along” with the Newark, New Jersey public health department to observe its program to assure adherence to drug therapy.
Jun 22, 2010•10 min
July 2010 – Episode 20 Interim editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical editor Christine Moffa present the highlights of the July issue of the American Journal of Nursing, including a CE feature on interventions to promote exercise in chronically ill adults, three articles focusing on managing diabetes, the final article in our series, Uniting States, Sharing Strategies, and another article in our series, Evidence-Based Practice, Step by Step. There’s also five pages of News this month, and a ...
Jun 22, 2010•8 min
Editorial director & interim editor-in-chief, Shawn Kennedy, interviews AACN incoming president Kristine Peterson, and outgoing president Beth Hammer at the 2010 NTI .
May 21, 2010•18 min
Rapid response teams have been incorporated into the Joint Commission’s national patient safety goals, despite inconclusive evidence about what they achieve. Yet some nurses say they won’t work in hospitals without these teams. Interim editor-in-chief, Shawn Kennedy interviews Susan Shapiro about her article investigating how nurses who activate such teams feel about them and why it matters to their patients and hospitals.
May 21, 2010•17 min
The recruitment of foreign-educated nurses has greatly expanded in the last decade yet little is known about how the recruitment industry operates. In this interview, interim editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy talks with author Polly Pitman about her research and her conclusions that there is a need for accountability within the industry.
May 21, 2010•21 min
June 2010 – Episode 19 Interim editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy, clinical editor Christine Moffa and special guest Anne Woods, AJN ’s publisher and the chief nurse of Lippincott Williams &Wilkins and Ovid Technologies present the highlights of the June issue of the American Journal of Nursing . There are two original research features: one, the CE feature, is a qualitative survey of nurses’ experiences with rapid response teams. The other research feature is an analysis of the foreign nurse rec...
May 21, 2010•12 min
Editorial director and interim editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical editor Christine Moffa present the highlights of the May issue of the American Journal of Nursing .
Apr 26, 2010•11 min
Shawn Kennedy interviews Eugenia Miller, a Florida trauma nurse who traveled to Haiti shortly after the January earthquake to assist in medical care. Miller describes her experience and how it was unlike anything she’s ever done.
Mar 19, 2010•15 min
Shawn Kennedy and Christine Moffa chat with Lee Ann Riesenberg, author of Nursing Handoffs about experiences with handoffs, the miscommunications that can occur and how handoffs are to patient safety.
Mar 19, 2010•13 min
Editorial director and interim editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical editor Christine Moffa present the highlights of the April issue of the American Journal of Nursing . Of special note: the cover of a Canadian Red Cross nurse treating a Haitian child is part of a special photo essay of coverage of nurses participation in disaster relief following the earthquake in Haiti. There are two CE features including a systematic review on nursing handoffs and the effects of culture on pain, an inst...
Mar 19, 2010•8 min
HIV infection is still an epidemic in the United States but there is a sense of complacency that now surrounds it. Interim editor-in-chief, Shawn Kennedy interviews Lyn Stevens, president, and Adele Webb, executive director and CEO of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, about their article, “Every Nurse is an HIV Nurse” in the March 2010 issue, and why the public – and nurses – cannot afford to be complacent about HIV infection.
Feb 23, 2010•17 min
Shawn Kennedy, AJN 's editorial director & interim editor-in-chief, interviews Patricia Gerrity, PhD, RN, FAAN, associate dean for community programs and director of the Eleventh Street Family Health Services of Drexel University in Philadelphia about the work of the clinic in meeting the needs of the uninsured and underinsured.
Feb 23, 2010•13 min
Shawn Kennedy, editorial director and interim editor-in-chief and clinical editor Christine Moffa present highlights of the March 2010 issue of the American Journal of Nursing , including CE articles on the ongoing HIV epidemic and one on a relatively new phenomena: aging with HIV. Other articles include the third installment in our Evidence Based Practice series from Arizona State University College of Nursing, an article on Oregon's innovative nursing education model in our series from the Cen...
Feb 23, 2010•7 min
