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WHAT WE'RE BLOGGING ABOUT

 

* "Patients depend on our ability to look past the obvious and recognize the subtle, insidious changes that matter," writes AJN editor-in-chief, Maureen Shawn Kennedy, in her blog post, "Alone, Isolated, At Risk," in which she explores the contact precautions controversy and the dangers of alarm fatigue.

 

* Get a cross-section of hot topics in health care news in "Web Roundup: Comparing Online Health Info, Questioning a Breast Cancer Treatment, Guilt in Any Gender."

 

* Still not sure about the clinical nurse leader role? Read "True Believers at the 2011 Clinical Nurse Leader Summit" for more information.

 

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APRIL PODCASTS

 

* Monthly highlights: Listen to AJN editors discuss the contents of the April issue.

 

* Behind the article: Editor-in-chief Maureen Shawn Kennedy speaks with coauthor Mary K. Townsend about the original research article, "Rates of Remission, Improvement, and Progression of Urinary Incontinence in Asian, Black, and White Women."