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WHAT WE'RE BLOGGING ABOUT

"My patient's ICU stay was short, as his injuries were fairly unremarkable. Far more striking were the circumstances of his admission; he'd been injured while committing an appalling act of grisly violence," writes Marcy Phipps, RN, in her blog post "Neither Crime Nor Demeanor," which describes a nurse's conflicted feelings about providing care to a patient with an armed guard at his bedside. And read the blog post "With Inadequate Staffing, 'Nonessential' Care Goes First-then Patient Safety," about one nurse's experience with staffing issues: "With such strong statistical support of lower nurse-to-patient ratios, a budget-based decision to understaff hospital units looks like an actuarial gamble based on an unethical risk-benefit analysis."

 

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WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BACK

"You aren't the judge, jury, or jailer. You are the caretaker." "Robbing Peter to pay Paul is NEVER in the best interest of the patient." "I set aside two hours a week for Facebook connection." "As a bedside nurse, I have seen the amazing results of removing the catheters early."

 

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OCTOBER PODCASTS

 

* Monthly highlight: Listen to AJN editors discuss the contents of the October issue.

 

* Conversations: Listen to an interview with Patricia A. Grady, director of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), as part of AJN's coverage of the NINR's 25th anniversary.

 

* Behind the article: Interim editor-in-chief Maureen Shawn Kennedy speaks with Eileen Thomas, author of this month's Original Research article, "Men's Awareness and Knowledge of Male Breast Cancer."