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WHAT WE'RE BLOGGING ABOUT

 

* AJN clinical editor Betsy Todd details the latest on the Zika epidemic in her post "Zika Virus Update: Epidemiology, Sexual Transmission, Pregnancy" (http://wp.me/prthD-5C1).

 

* In "That Ordinary Nightmare Shift," former medical-surgical nurse Sandy Klever shares her tale of a particularly eventful evening on the job (http://wp.me/prthD-5AT).

 

* "Nurses are human and will make mistakes[horizontal ellipsis]. The system should be fair and allow them due process. But we must also be held accountable if we are to deserve the public's trust," writes AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy in "Drawing Attention to Lax Oversight of Problem Nurses, Plus One Caution" (http://wp.me/prthD-5AP).

 

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ON TWITTER, FACEBOOK, AND OUR BLOG

"Though nursing staff may not be able to change someone's situation, we are able to provide compassionate communication." "Nurses don't have a lot of time to take care of their own health." "Self-governance and nursing autonomy are concepts that seem to have little place in the grand scheme of things."

 

JUNE PODCASTS

 

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

 

* Behind the article: Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with

 

* Karen Roush, lead author of "Intimate Partner Violence: The Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors of Rural Health Care Providers."

 

* Marianne Matzo, author of "Palliative Chemotherapy" in the new column, Perspectives on Palliative Nursing.

 

* Amanda Anderson, author of "A New Nurse's First Days at the Bedside" in the new column, Transition to Practice.