{"title":"First anticholinergic drug to treat schizophrenia approved.","authors":"Diane S Aschenbrenner","doi":"10.1097/AJN.0000000000000013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/AJN.0000000000000013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7622,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Nursing","volume":"125 2","pages":"19"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143021786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
American Journal of NursingPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2025-01-23DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0001098220.41410.e8
Karen Roush
{"title":"News Brief: Collection of information about social determinants of health.","authors":"Karen Roush","doi":"10.1097/01.NAJ.0001098220.41410.e8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NAJ.0001098220.41410.e8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7622,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Nursing","volume":"125 2","pages":"11-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143021803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Professional Licensure: Protecting Your Nursing Livelihood, Part 2.","authors":"Edie A Brous","doi":"10.1097/AJN.0000000000000022","DOIUrl":"10.1097/AJN.0000000000000022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Frequent causes of licensure discipline and potential penalties.</p>","PeriodicalId":7622,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Nursing","volume":"125 2","pages":"49-51"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143021812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pragmatic Clinical Trials: A Study Design for Real-World Evidence.","authors":"Bernadette Capili, Joyce K Anastasi","doi":"10.1097/AJN.0000000000000014","DOIUrl":"10.1097/AJN.0000000000000014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Editor's note: This is the 25th article in a series on clinical research by nurses coordinated by the Heilbrunn Family Center for Research Nursing at Rockefeller University. The series is designed to be used as a resource for nurses to understand the concepts and principles essential to research. Each column will present the concepts that underpin evidence-based practice-from research design to data interpretation. To see all the articles in the series, go to https://links.lww.com/AJN/A204.</p>","PeriodicalId":7622,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Nursing","volume":"125 2","pages":"56-58"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11902901/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143021811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
American Journal of NursingPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2025-01-23DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0001098232.78894.18
Diane S Aschenbrenner
{"title":"Vonoprazan approved for nonerosive esophagitis.","authors":"Diane S Aschenbrenner","doi":"10.1097/01.NAJ.0001098232.78894.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NAJ.0001098232.78894.18","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7622,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Nursing","volume":"125 2","pages":"19-20"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143021756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
American Journal of NursingPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2025-01-23DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0001098236.26759.34
Diane S Aschenbrenner
{"title":"New treatment available for hemophilia A or B.","authors":"Diane S Aschenbrenner","doi":"10.1097/01.NAJ.0001098236.26759.34","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NAJ.0001098236.26759.34","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7622,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Nursing","volume":"125 2","pages":"20"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143021797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the Cover.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/AJN.0000000000000020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/AJN.0000000000000020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7622,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Nursing","volume":"125 2","pages":"13"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143021807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
American Journal of NursingPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2025-01-23DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0001098240.01431.10
Karen Rosenberg
{"title":"Mifepristone underutilized in management of early pregnancy loss.","authors":"Karen Rosenberg","doi":"10.1097/01.NAJ.0001098240.01431.10","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.NAJ.0001098240.01431.10","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>ACCORDING TO THIS STUDY.</p>","PeriodicalId":7622,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Nursing","volume":"125 2","pages":"61"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143021792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quality Improvement: Using Ultrasound-Guided Cannulation for Difficult IV Access in Medical-Surgical Patients: A Quality Improvement Project.","authors":"Odaro Owen, David C Mulkey, Aldrin Nieves","doi":"10.1097/AJN.0000000000000016","DOIUrl":"10.1097/AJN.0000000000000016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Based on a chart review of 164 patients admitted to our medical-surgical unit over 2 months and who underwent peripheral intravenous (PIV) cannula insertion, difficult intravenous access (DIVA) was found in 35% (57) of patients. Similarly, the first-attempt PIV cannula insertion failure rate was 43% (70 of 164 patients) when nurses used the traditional landmark method of visual inspection and palpation in patients with DIVA.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this evidence-based quality improvement (QI) project was to determine if the use of ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous (USGPIV) cannulation would impact the rate of first-attempt PIV access among acute care adult patients with DIVA in the medical-surgical unit of an urban level 1 trauma center.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The timeline for this pilot project was 8 weeks (May 25, 2023, to July 20, 2023). The DIVA Clinical Predictor Tool was used to identify patients at risk for DIVA. Nurses used USGPIV cannulation on eligible patients. Data on first-attempt PIV access were collected from the electronic health record.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 46 patients (14 in the comparison group and 32 in the implementation group) participated in the project. Results showed a statistically significant improvement in first-attempt success rates from 64.3% (9 out of 14 participants) in the comparison group to 87.5% (28 out of 32 participants) in the implementation group; χ2 (1 df) = 3.34, P = 0.048. This represents a 23.2% improvement in the first-attempt success rate.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Based on these results, USGPIV cannulation improves the likelihood of first-attempt insertion success in patients with DIVA.</p>","PeriodicalId":7622,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Nursing","volume":"125 2","pages":"30-35"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143021813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}