April 2017 Highlights

Published: March 23, 2017, 10:51 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, a young boy witnesses the aftermath of severe flash flooding in Clendenin, West Virginia, in June 2016. Our first CE, \\u201cOriginal Research: Identifying Hospitalized Patients at Risk for Harm: A Comparison of Nurse Perceptions vs. Electronic Risk Assessment Tool Scores\\u201d studied how an electronic risk assessment tool compared with nurses\\u2019 judgment in identifying patients at risk. In our second CE, \\u201cOveractive Bladder in Women,\\u201d the authors provide an evidence-based review of the screening, assessment, and management of overactive bladder in women. Our next article, \\u201cClimate Change and Mental Health,\\u201d examines the likely effects of climate change on mental health and well-being, and discusses these impacts, their mechanisms of action, the unique vulnerabilities of some populations, and the need to build resilience. In \\u201cProfessional Development: How to Engage Funders and Get Money: the 10 Rs You Need to Know,\\u201d the senior adviser for nursing at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation shares tips to help nurses effectively raise funds for their research or organization. In addition, there\\u2019s News, Reflections, Drug Watch, Art of Nursing, and more.'