{"title":"FDA approves first gene therapy for deafness.","authors":"Karen Roush","doi":"10.1097/AJN.0000000000000353d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/AJN.0000000000000353d","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7622,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Nursing","volume":"126 8","pages":"15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148560582","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":"President Trump signs executive order on therapeutic use of psychedelics.","authors":"Karen Roush","doi":"10.1097/AJN.0000000000000353g","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/AJN.0000000000000353g","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7622,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Nursing","volume":"126 8","pages":"16"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148560722","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":"Gender-Based Disparities in Nursing Compensation.","authors":"Jessica Leiberg","doi":"10.1097/AJN.0000000000000347","DOIUrl":"10.1097/AJN.0000000000000347","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>This article explores the Wisconsin 2024 RN Workforce Survey Report's findings, which suggest persistent, systemic pay disparities among women, men, and nonbinary nurses in the state. It highlights compensation disparities in the Wisconsin RN workforce due to gender and identifies patterns across health care settings, specialties, and roles that can be used to inform strategies promoting pay equity. Addressing this inequity will require enforcement of current laws, transparency in wages and compensation structures, equity-focused organizational policies, and continued research using micro and longitudinal data.</p>","PeriodicalId":7622,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Nursing","volume":"126 8","pages":"56-58"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13387679/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148560557","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}
{"title":"American College of Physicians updates breast cancer screening guidelines.","authors":"Karen Roush","doi":"10.1097/AJN.0000000000000353e","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/AJN.0000000000000353e","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7622,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Nursing","volume":"126 8","pages":"15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148560604","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":"The Impact of Metaphors on Cancer Patients.","authors":"Jennifer D Morgan","doi":"10.1097/AJN.0000000000000345","DOIUrl":"10.1097/AJN.0000000000000345","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A call for ethical consideration in health care conversations.</p>","PeriodicalId":7622,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Nursing","volume":"126 8","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148560629","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":"When Nursing Is Excluded, Who Speaks Up?","authors":"Teresa M Stephens","doi":"10.1097/AJN.0000000000000355","DOIUrl":"10.1097/AJN.0000000000000355","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Workforce reality, moral courage, and the growing national divide.</p>","PeriodicalId":7622,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Nursing","volume":"126 8","pages":"7"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148560688","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":"Integrating Music Therapy and Nursing for Neonatal Procedural Support Using a Pacifier Activated Lullaby Device.","authors":"Cassi Crouse, Margaret Gettis, Regena Spratling","doi":"10.1097/AJN.0000000000000342","DOIUrl":"10.1097/AJN.0000000000000342","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Premature neonates may require hospitalization in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), where they receive life-sustaining medical treatment. Care often involves the need for painful, invasive medical procedures. Music therapists working with nurses in pediatric health care settings can provide procedural support to patients via therapeutic music interventions.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this evidence-based practice pilot initiative was to examine the impact of a pacifier activated lullaby (PAL) device intervention, facilitated by a NICU music therapist (NICU-MT) in collaboration with bedside nurses, on neonates undergoing retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) exams in the NICU.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The NICU-MT facilitated the PAL device intervention for neonates (N = 25) following ROP exams. Data were collected before the procedure; at the end of the procedure; and at one, three, and five minutes of PAL device use. Measurements to assess infant pain and stress before, during, and after the procedure included vital signs and pain scores.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings reflected improvements in vital signs and pain scores following the five-minute PAL intervention, with measurements nearing preprocedure baseline averages, despite noteworthy end-of-procedure averages (including increased heart rate, decreased arterial oxygen saturation, and elevated pain scores). Outcomes from the pilot suggest that the PAL device may encourage a return to preprocedure baseline levels following ROP exams.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>NICU-MTs and nurses can collaboratively provide procedural support using a therapeutic music intervention such as the PAL device to comfort neonates during painful, invasive procedures.</p>","PeriodicalId":7622,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Nursing","volume":"126 8","pages":"42-47"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13387686/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148560615","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}