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Where Medicine Leaves Off 17 May 2013 | 06:22 pm
Long before we see the face, we hear the crying. Mournful, broken, it expresses general discomfort more than acute pain. In it lies the anxiety of all those children brought here against their will, m...
Angelina, Florence, End-of-Life Care, Nursing History, Postpartum Depression: A Web Roundup 14 May 2013 | 04:20 pm
By Jacob Molyneux, AJN senior editor/blog editor In the news today we have an op-ed piece in the New York Times by Angelina Jolie about her rationale for getting a double mastectomy. There are sure to...
Winding Down Nurses Week 2013 10 May 2013 | 04:22 pm
By Shawn Kennedy, AJN editor-in-chief We’d be remiss not to mention Florence Nightingale during Nurses Week, especially since her birthday marks the end of the celebration. (She was born on May 12, 18...
Telling Patients About Staffing Levels: Transparency or Self-Interest? 9 May 2013 | 03:59 pm
It’s a very busy Monday. Because of chronic difficulty in recruiting staff, the unit has only three-fourths of its RN positions filled. In addition, Mary Evans, an experienced nurse who always helps l...
Surely, ‘Tis Not an Easy Cap to Satisfy… 8 May 2013 | 05:30 pm
By Karen Roush, AJN clinical managing editor Though the nursing cap went by the wayside years ago, this beautifully written essay by a nurse about her cap, published in AJN in April, 1929, struck me a...
Nurse ‘Edge Runners’ from the AJN Archives 7 May 2013 | 03:32 pm
By Shawn Kennedy, AJN editor-in-chief In her message to nurses for Nurses Week, ANA president Karen Daley notes, “This year’s National Nurses Week theme, ‘Delivering Quality and Innovation in Patient ...
Watch a Student Nurse in the UK Give a Voice to Nurses Everywhere 6 May 2013 | 04:04 pm
This is really pretty wonderful: a video showing a student nurse, Molly Case, addressing the Royal College of Nursing 2013 Congress with an eloquent poem that is the best response possible to the crit...
In Celebration of Nurses: Voices from AJN Archives 6 May 2013 | 03:42 pm
Today starts Nurses Week. AJN is participating in Lippincott’s Nurses Week initiative, and the entire May issue will be set for open access this week. Additionally, we are reprinting here a wonderful ...
Does Telephone Follow-up After Myocardial Revascularization Help? 3 May 2013 | 01:49 pm
By Sylvia Foley, AJN senior editor Myocardial revascularization, an established treatment for coronary heart disease, is currently done via either percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery...
Healthcare Editors Society Gives AJN Awards for Cartoon Cover, Three Blog Posts 1 May 2013 | 03:10 pm
To briefly toot our own horn: The American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors (ASHPE) recognizes editorial excellence and achievement in the field of health care publishing. AJN has received 20...
