April 2016 Highlights

Published: March 23, 2016, 4:39 p.m.

b'Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Editor Betsy Todd present the highlights of the April issue of the American Journal of Nursing. On this month\\u2019s cover is a 1924 portrait of the Grace Hospital School of Nursing basketball team. Our first CE, \\u201cOriginal Research: An Investigation into the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Practices of RNs,\\u201d discusses a study that gathered baseline data on the self-reported health-promoting lifestyle practices of RNs working in six major health care and educational institutions in Pennsylvania. In our second CE, \\u201cCardiotoxicity and Breast Cancer as Late Effects of Pediatric and Adolescent Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment,\\u201d the author reviews the late adverse effects associated with the management of Hodgkin lymphoma, which include breast cancer as well as cardiotoxicity and its sequelae. Our next article, \\u201cDiabetes Under Control: Blood Glucose Meters in ICUs,\\u201d details the controversies surrounding restrictions on the off-label use of point-of-care blood glucose monitors in critically ill, hospitalized patients. In \\u201cJourney of Excellence: Implementing a Shared Decision-Making Model,\\u201d the authors describe the successful implementation of a shared decision-making structure at one hospital and discuss the lessons learned from the project. In addition, there\\u2019s News, Reflections, Drug Watch, Art of Nursing, and more.'