AJN, American Journal of Nursing
May 2009
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Diana Mason, PhD, RN, FAAN, AJN’s Editor-in-Chief of 10 years, is leaving the journal for the Hunter–Bellevue School of Nursing, at the City University of New York. For more information go to ajnonline.com.



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   Kristen J. Overbaugh MSN, RN, APRN-BC
    CRITICAL CARE EXTRA: Cardiac Arrest Survival Differs by Hospital Type
   Subhashni D. Singh Joy
    CRITICAL CARE EXTRA: Early Mobility therapy in Acute Respiratory Failure
   Christine Cutugno PhD, RN
    Margaret Utinsky
   Sherrilyn Coffman DNS, RN, CPN
    The Vietnam Women's Memorial: Better Late Than Never
   Kay E. Schwebke MD, MPH
    ART OF NURSING: Two Poems
   Glory Jones
    CRITICAL CARE EXTRA: Combination Treatment Improves Cardiac Arrest Survival
   Julie Chu MSN
    CRITICAL CARE EXTRA: CPAP or Intubation in Very Preterm Infants?
   Karen Roush MSN, RN, FNP, BC
    CRITICAL CARE EXTRA: Decontamination of the Digestive Tract and Oropharynx in ICU Patients
   Christine Cutugno PhD, RN
    CRITICAL CARE EXTRA: Feeding and Mortality Rates in Critically Ill Adults
   Christine Cutugno PhD, RN
    HOSPITAL EXTRA: Informing Practice: Anticoagulation Strategies after Cardioembolic Stroke
   Karen Roush MSN, RN, FNP, BC
    REFLECTIONS: Baby X
   Nancy Shea Donovan RN
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   DRUG WATCH: A Health Advisory Concerning Topical Anesthetics
   Diane S. Aschenbrenner MS, APRN, BC
   DRUG WATCH: Ezetimibe–Simvastatin Combination Therapy: An Update
   Diane S. Aschenbrenner MS, APRN, BC
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   A MATTER OF AGENCY: From the National Institute of Nursing Research — Medication Adherence Affects Success of Heart Failure Treatment   Add to File Drawer
   Maureen Shawn Kennedy MA, RN
   AJN REPORTS: Nursing Shortage, or Not?   Add to File Drawer
   Roxanne Nelson BSN, RN
   CRITICAL CARE EXTRA: CABG vs. PCI in Severe Coronary Artery Disease   Add to File Drawer
   Julie Chu MSN
   EDITORIAL: Here's What's Happened to Rubenesque   Add to File Drawer
   Diana J. Mason PhD, RN, FAAN, AJN, Editor-in-Chief
   IN THE NEWS: Infant Bed Deaths Are on the Rise   Add to File Drawer
   Bunny Wong , Maureen Shawn Kennedy MA, RN, Joy Jacobson
   IN THE NEWS: Lowering Hospital Readmissions and Costs   Add to File Drawer
   Carol Potera , Maureen Shawn Kennedy MA, RN, Joy Jacobson
   IN THE NEWS: The Federal Stimulus Package and the 2010 Budget Proposal   Add to File Drawer
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   IN THE NEWS: What's in a Degree—or Two?   Add to File Drawer
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   IN THE NEWS: World Health Roundup: Sexually transmitted infections have decreased by 67% per month among Bangladeshi refugees in two camps   Add to File Drawer
   Maureen Shawn Kennedy MA, RN, Joy Jacobson
   IN THE NEWS: World Health Roundup: Use of a checklist of surgery protocols reduced the incidence of surgery-related deaths and complications   Add to File Drawer
   Maureen Shawn Kennedy MA, RN, Joy Jacobson
   LETTERS: Death from Pressure Ulcer   Add to File Drawer
   Tracey J. Siegel MSN, RN, CWOCN, CNE
   LETTERS: Death from Pressure Ulcer   Add to File Drawer
   Vicki Wissing MSN, RN
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   Richard Rygiel RN
   LETTERS: Death from Pressure Ulcer   Add to File Drawer
   Patricia De Angelis Fife MPA, RN
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   Michelle Sabree MSN, RN, CNAA, CHPN
   LETTERS: Death from Pressure Ulcer   Add to File Drawer
   Jeanie S. Kayser-Jones
   New From the CDC   Add to File Drawer
   Maureen Shawn Kennedy MA, RN
   NewsCAP: An elevated resting heart rate predicts myocardial infarction or coronary death, but not stroke, in women 50 years of age and older   Add to File Drawer
   Maureen Shawn Kennedy MA, RN, Joy Jacobson
   NewsCAP: California is the place to be—at least, if you're following the money   Add to File Drawer
   Maureen Shawn Kennedy MA, RN, Joy Jacobson
   NewsCAP: Do mandated staffing standards actually alter staffing decisions in nursing homes?   Add to File Drawer
   Maureen Shawn Kennedy MA, RN, Joy Jacobson
   NewsCAP: Should striking nurses be entitled to unemployment benefits?   Add to File Drawer
   Maureen Shawn Kennedy MA, RN, Joy Jacobson
   NewsCAPS: Cookbooks may be partly to blame for Americans' expanded waistlines   Add to File Drawer
   Maureen Shawn Kennedy MA, RN, Joy Jacobson
   ON THE COVER: 100 Years of American Red Cross Nursing   Add to File Drawer
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   TRANSFORMING CARE AT THE BEDSIDE: Placing the Patient at the Center of Care   Add to File Drawer
   Amanda L. Stefancyk MSN, MBA, RN, CNML
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