AJN, American Journal of Nursing
May 2006
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   Postpartum Depression It isn’t just the blues.
   Cheryl Tatano Beck DNSc, CNM, FAAN
 
   Syringe-Exchange Programs and HIV Prevention If they’re effective, what’s the controversy?
   Holly Villarreal BSN, RN, Catherine Fogg MS, RN, ARNP
 
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    CRITICAL CARE EXTRA: Informing Practice
   Joanna E. Cain BSN, RN, Andrea Kayyali MS, RN
    CRITICAL CARE EXTRA: Informing Practice
   Andrea Kayyali MSN, RN, Joanna E. Cain BSN, RN
    CRITICAL CARE EXTRA: Preoperative Hair Removal and Surgical Site Infection: Long-accepted practices aren’t always best.
   
    CRITICAL CARE EXTRA: Project Noise Buster in the NICU: How one facility lowered noise levels when caring for preterm infants.
   Gayle Thear BSN, RN, Ruth A. Wittmann-Price MS, CNS, RN, CNE
    HOSPITAL EXTRA: Caring for Patients with Femoral Sheaths After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Removing femoral sheaths and monitoring the site after removal are the nurse’s responsibility.
   Diane K. Dressler MSN, RN, Kristin K. Dressler BSN, RN
    HOSPITAL EXTRA: Caring for Patients with Femoral Sheaths: After percutaneous coronary intervention, sheath removal and site monitoring are the nurse’s responsibility.
   Diane K. Dressler MSN, RN, Kristin K. Dressler BSN, RN
    Earthquake Relief in Pakistan: International aid and a mild winter have helped avert a second disaster.
   Gerald Martone MS, RN, column coordinator
 Departments   << Previous Issue   Next Issue >>  
   EMERGING INFECTIONS: Clostridium Difficile: Familiar Pathogen, Changing Epidemiology: A virulent strain has been appearing more often, even in patients not taking antibiotics.
   Betsy Todd MPH, RN, CIC
   ISSUES UPDATE: Self-Determination vs. Better Treatment? : Nurses, nursing groups differ over merits of assisted-death measures.
   Susan Trossman RN
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   AJN REPORTS: Understanding Medical Futility: Two Texas cases illustrate the dilemmas for families, hospitals—and nurses.   Add to File Drawer
   Gail M. Pfeifer MA, RN, Maureen Shawn Kennedy MA, RN
   Antidepressants During Pregnancy Recent studies find benefits and risks.   Add to File Drawer
   
   Art of Nursing: Three Detectives Photograph My Patient, 1979   Add to File Drawer
   Kathleen Walsh Spencer MSN, RN, CPSN, CS
   Drug Watch   Add to File Drawer
   Diane S. Aschenbrenner MS, RN, CS
   EDITORIAL: On Freedom of the Scientific Press Can you trust the information you read in nursing journals?   Add to File Drawer
   Diana J. Mason PhD, RN,FAAN, AJN Editor-in-Chief
   HEALTH & SAFETY: Keeping Yourself Safe: Ask the right questions—right from the start.   Add to File Drawer
   Marian Condon MS, RN, Nancy Hughes MS, RN
   IN THE NEWS: Focusing on Female Hearts An AHA panel highlights new research on heart disease in women.   Add to File Drawer
   Maureen Shawn Kennedy MA, RN, news director
   IN THE NEWS: FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH: Asthma Education for Rural Families: Teaching children—and parents—can make an impact.   Add to File Drawer
   Maureen Shawn Kennedy MA, RN
   IN THE NEWS: Health Problems in Teen Girl Athletes: Olympians aren’t the only ones at risk.   Add to File Drawer
   Sylvia Foley senior editor
   IN THE NEWS: NewsCAPS   Add to File Drawer
   Maureen Shawn Kennedy MA, RN
   IN THE NEWS: UC–Davis: Magnet No More: Is Magnet status becoming a bargaining chip?   Add to File Drawer
   Maureen Shawn Kennedy MA, RN, news director
   Job focus   Add to File Drawer
   
   LETTERS: Compassion For the Mentally Ill   Add to File Drawer
   Jeffrey J. Drury RN
   LETTERS: Correction   Add to File Drawer
   
   LETTERS: Leadership Skills   Add to File Drawer
   Elizabeth Falter MS, RN, CNAA, BC
   LETTERS: Preventing Functional Decline   Add to File Drawer
   Sarah Creech
   LETTERS: Serious Play   Add to File Drawer
   Georgia Urban PhD, RN
   LETTERS: The Fertility Window   Add to File Drawer
   Mary Lee Barron MSN, RN, BC, FNP
   LETTERS: Wounded Soldiers   Add to File Drawer
   Erin Tierney
   NURSING COUNTS: Nursing Counts   Add to File Drawer
   Mary Beth Happ PhD, RN, Charlene Harrington PhD, RN, FAAN., Malvina Kluger assistant coordinator
   On the Cover   Add to File Drawer
   David Belcher associate editor
   PROFILES: Libraries for Refugees   Add to File Drawer
   
   PROFILES: No Walk in the Park: A new friendship and health awareness emerges.   Add to File Drawer
   Patrice O’Shaughnessy
   PROFILES: Nursing White Out: North Carolina rehabilitation center embraces the white scrubs.   Add to File Drawer
   Maureen Shawn Kennedy MA, RN, news director
   REFLECTIONS: ‘I’m Sorry, Mama’: The afternoon of a jail nurse.   Add to File Drawer
   Claire Brown BSN, RN
   THE POLITICS OF CARING: The ANA Seeks Investment in Nursing Workforce Development: Safe patient handling and staffing at the forefront.   Add to File Drawer
   Erin McKeon
   VIEWPOINT: 'Those People': A poverty of understanding jeopardizes care of the poor.   Add to File Drawer
   C. Erwin Johnson MD, EdM, MSc, FAAP
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