The AJN Podcast

AJN’s editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy talks with author Donna Sabella about what has become one of the hallmark illnesses among returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans: PTSD.

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical managing editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the November 2012 issue of the American Journal of Nursing . This month’s cover features military veteran Jim Stanek and his service dog, Sarge, who’s eased Jim’s struggle with PTSD and traumatic brain injury. This issue also offers two CE features: one on recognizing and treating depression in older a...

Brigadier General (RET) Bill Bester MSN, RN, NEA-BC speaks with editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy about health care for veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The majority of these new veterans will access care outside of the VA health system and it’s important that nurses in all clinical settings be aware of the health issues of this emerging population.

AJN’s clinical managing editor Karen Roush speaks with authors Mary Anne McCabe and Eileen Toughill about their article which explores treatments, testing, and symptoms of celiac disease.

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical managing editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the October 2012 issue of the American Journal of Nursing . This month’s political illustration, leading up to the November presidential election, is the first cartoon to appear on AJN’s cover. This issue also offers two CE features: one on the psychosocial issues nurses should consider when interactin...

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with Edie Brous, an active defense lawyer for over 30 years. Her series, debuting in October 2012, is designed to educate readers on misconceptions around nursing board actions, what actions nurses should take if they are called before the board, and strategies to safeguard their nursing license.

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical managing editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the September 2012 issue of the American Journal of Nursing. This month’s cover photos come from a new book called The American Nurse due to come out in late October. You can listen to a podcast interview with the author/photographer of the book, Carolyn Jones. This month offers two CE features: one on...

Associate editor Alison Bulman interviews Carolyn Jones, who discusses her new book, The American Nurse . Rhonda Collins, MSN, RN, came up with the idea for the book as part of the American Nurse Project. Collins is vice president and business manager of infusion therapy/clinical nutrition company Fresenius Kabi USA, which supported the project. Jones traveled the country in search of “the best of...

Clinical managing editor Karen Roush interviews Acieta Small, who discusses her implementation of a staff education program for improved patient care while she managed a med-surge unit at New York University’s large teaching facility, Langone Medical Center, in New York City. A quality of care assessment of the unit, staffed with long-term nursing attendants and RNs, found that patient care servic...

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical managing editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the August 2012 issue of the American Journal of Nursing . This month offers two CE features: one is original research describing the experiences of adolescents in an Australian inpatient behavioral program for the treatment of anorexia and how both nurses and patients’ perceptions of the program as a...

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical managing editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the July issue of the American Journal of Nursing . This month offers two CE features: one is original research exploring the barriers and facilitators to implementing and following clinical guidelines among nurses. The second CE feature focuses on the use of therapeutic hypothermia following cardiac a...

Patients transitioning from hospital to outpatient primary care often have difficulty navigating the health system, making appointments, understanding their care regimens. This is especially true for those with complex needs, poor education, lack of housing and resources. NP Eliza Newbold and physician colleague Michelle Schneidermann discuss how their clinic came to be with AJN ’s editor in chief...

According to the ICN, there were approximately 200 nurses working for the WHO in 1968; today that figure has dropped to eight. Further, the position of Chief Scientist, Nursing and Midwifery, a directorate position, has not been replaced. AJN ’s editor in chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical managing editor Karen Roush discuss the ramifications of the diminished nursing presence at the WHO with Benton...

Boards of nursing exist to protect the public, and when they receive a complaint against a nurse, they must launch an investigation. AJN ’s editor in chief Shawn Kennedy and Mangin, a nurse-turned-attorney, discuss what nurses need to know about how boards of nursing function and what to do if they come under investigation by a nursing board.

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical managing editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the June issue of the American Journal of Nursing . This month offers two CE features: one (“Managing Menopause Symptoms”) the third installment in our series on women’s health, and the other describing von Willebrand Disease, a common bleeding disorder. There are also features on interdisciplinary tea...

HPV is the most common sexually transmitted disease (STD) in the United States and the primary cause of cervical cancer. In this interview with AJN ’s editor in chief Shawn Kennedy, author Dang reasons why she supports the passage of the California law allowing children 12 years and older to self-consent for preventive services to reduce transmission of STDs.

AJN ’s editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy talks with author Ellen Baer about her historical article, in which she postulates that distinct periods in nursing’s early formal development were dominated by particular themes.

Interview with Marilyn H. Oermann, co-author of “Competence in CPR,” (May 2012) and with Jo Haag, Director Global Training, ECC Programs, American Heart Association and Mary Fran Hazinski, Professor, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, and Clinical Specialist, Pediatric Critical Care at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt and Senior Science Editor for the American Heart Associ...

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical managing editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the May issue of the American Journal of Nursing . This month offers two CE features: one an original research piece (“The Effects of Active Warming on Patient Temperature and Pain After Total Knee Arthroplasty”), and the other a case study on posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome. There are als...

An estimated 62 million adult Americans lived with some type of disability in 2001-2005…”, explains researcher Suzanne Smeltzer in her introduction. And many of these people end up in hospitals and often feel unsafe. AJN’s editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy talks with author Smeltzer about her research and is joined by the authors (both of whom have disabilities from multiple sclerosis) of a companion...

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and clinical managing editor Karen Roush present the highlights of the April issue of the American Journal of Nursing. This month offers two CE features: one an original research piece (“Interactions of People with Disabilities and Nursing Staff During Hospitalization”), and the other a feature on underutilization of emergency contraception. There are also columns on...

Despite the availability of effective contraceptive methods, unintended pregnancy continues to be a significant health problem for women throughout the world. Clinical Managing Editor, Karen Roush, talks to Kit Devine about her article on the underutilization of emergency contraception. They discuss some of the issues surrounding emergency contraception and Devine talks about how nurses can help i...

AJN The American Journal of Nursing Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis, with over 10% of the U.S. adult population living with OA, and by 2030, that number is expected to increase to 67 million adults. AJN collaborated with the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, and the National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses on this project to engage nurses in the national pub...

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy present the highlights of the March issue of the American Journal of Nursing . This month features two CE offerings: original research on new nurses and the influence of the recession on their inclination to stay in their current positions and the first article in a two-part series on managing COPD. There is also a special online report, The State of the Science on Pr...

Clinical Managing Editor, Karen Roush, talks with Susan Letvak about her research on nurse’s presenteeism, the loss of productivity associated with working with health problems. Letvak discusses why presenteeism is prevalent in nursing, the impact it has on quality of care, and its economic costs. She gives nurses ideas on what can be done to decrease presenteeism – from the role of the bedside nu...