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The AJN Podcast

News, views, and interviews of interest to the nursing community.
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Episodes

Andrew Penn, coauthor of “Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy”

AJN senior clinical editor Christine Moffa speaks with Andrew Penn about his article, which discusses the growing interest in psychedelic therapies—such as LSD, MDMA, and psilocybin—for the treatment of mental health disorders, including trauma, depression, and addiction, as well as the potential role of nursing in this emerging field.

May 11, 202125 min

May 2021 Highlights

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and senior clinical editor Christine Moffa present the highlights of the May issue of AJN, including articles such as “Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: A Review,” “Providing Care for Caregivers During COVID-19,” “A Look Back at the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife,” “Immunity from Civil Liability,” “Addressing Hospital-Acquired Hypoglycemia,” and more!

Apr 21, 202112 min

Crystal Morales, coauthor of “Providing Care for Caregivers During COVID-19”

AJN senior clinical editor Christine Moffa speaks with Crystal Morales about her article, which describes Care for the Caregiver—a peer-to-peer program that provides support to clinicians who have experienced an unexpected and emotionally distressing event—and how it was adapted in the authors’ health system in response to the pandemic.

Apr 21, 202115 min

April 2021 Highlights

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and senior clinical editor Christine Moffa present the highlights of the April issue of AJN, including articles such as “Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy,” “Nursing Orientation to Data Science and Machine Learning,” “Continuous Physiological Monitoring Improves Patient Outcomes,” “Standardizing the Accommodations Process for Health Care Workers During COVID-19,” “What Lies Ahead for Nursing?” and more!

Mar 24, 202112 min

Amie M. Koch, author of “Missing the Care in Health Care”

AJN senior clinical editor Christine Moffa speaks with Amie M. Koch about her article, which describes the case of a chronically ill patient whose care was grossly mismanaged as a result of the policies and practices of a dysfunctional health system.

Feb 25, 202117 min

Alexa Colgrove Curtis, coauthor of “Sampling Design in Nursing Research”

AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with Alexa Colgrove Curtis about her article, which discusses sampling design and probability and nonprobability sampling methodologies. This article is the third in a new series on clinical research by nurses, “Nursing Research, Step by Step.”

Feb 25, 202117 min

March 2021 Highlights

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and senior clinical editor Christine Moffa present the highlights of the March issue of AJN, including articles such as “A Nurse’s Guide to COVID-19,” “A Call to the CMS: Mandate Adequate Professional Nurse Staffing in Nursing Homes,” “QSEN in an Amazon World,” “Missing the Care in Health Care,” “Monitoring Equianalgesic Opioid Dosing,” and more!

Feb 25, 202113 min

February 2021 Highlights

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and senior clinical editor Christine Moffa present the highlights of the February issue of AJN, including articles such as “Original Research: Concussions at School: The Experiences and Knowledge of School Nurses,” “Policy and Politics: The Politics of Health Care,” “Communication Challenges in High-Containment Clinical Environments,’” “Cultivating Quality: Pressure Injury Prevention in Patients with Prolonged ED Stays Prior to Admission,” “Supporting Family Caregiv...

Jan 29, 202115 min

January 2021 Highlights

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and senior clinical editor Christine Moffa present the highlights of the January issue of AJN, including articles such as “Original Research: Nurses’ Perspectives on Caring for Patients with Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders,” “2020: The Year of COVID-19,” “Back to Basics: The Complete Blood Count,’” “Cultivating Quality: Implementation of a Warm Zone Model During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” “Book of the Year Awards 2020,” and more!

Dec 22, 202014 min

Bernadette Capili, author of “Selection of the Study Participants.

AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with Bernadette Capili about her article, an introduction to designing study eligibility criteria and recruiting study participants. This article is the second in a new series on clinical research by nurses, “Nursing Research, Step by Step.”

Dec 22, 202013 min

December 2020 Highlights

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical editor Betsy Todd present the highlights of the December issue of AJN , including articles such as “Assessing Organizational Focus on Health Literacy in North Texas Hospitals,” “Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Review of Current Diagnostic Criteria and Management,” “Special Report: Frontline Nurses Say ‘Never Again,’” “Cultivating Quality: Dispensing a Naloxone Kit at Hospital Discharge: A Retrospective QI Project,” “Supporting Family Caregivers: No Long...

Nov 19, 202015 min

Theresa Brown, author of “Frontline Nurses Say ‘Never Again,’” and Tom Cosgrove, founder of New Voice Strategies and WikiWisdom

AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with Theresa Brown and Tom Cosgrove about a new report from the Frontline Nurses WikiWisdom Forum—an initiative of New Voice Strategies, the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, and AJN—in which nurses share their COVID-19 experiences and offer strategies to successfully manage future health care crises.

Nov 19, 202022 min

November 2020 Highlights

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical editor Betsy Todd present the highlights of the November issue of AJN, including articles such as “Family Presence During Resuscitation: Medical–Surgical Nurses’ Perceptions, Self-Confidence, and Use of Invitations,” “Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Nurse’s Role,” “AJN Reports: The Politicization of COVID-19,” “Supporting Family Caregivers: No Longer Home Alone: Home Oxygen Therapy,” “Cultivating Quality: Improving Equitable Access to Cervical Cancer Scre...

Oct 22, 202012 min
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