August 2016 Highlights

Published: July 18, 2016, 9:53 p.m.

b'Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Editor Betsy Todd present the highlights of the August issue of the American Journal of Nursing. On this month\\u2019s cover is an anatomical drawing of the head and neck\\u2014the region that\\u2019s the focus of a CE article on oropharyngeal cancer in this issue. Our first CE, \\u201cOriginal Research: The Lived Experience of Social Media by Young Adult Burn Survivors,\\u201d explores young adult burn survivors\\u2019 use of social media as a way to find social support, express their identity while safeguarding their privacy, and further their healing. In our second CE, \\u201cHuman Papillomavirus-Related Oropharyngeal Cancer: A Review of Nursing Considerations,\\u201d the authors provide an overview of head and neck cancer\\u2014its incidence, risk factors, treatment, and posttreatment sequelae\\u2014with a focus on HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer. Our next article, \\u201cCultivating Quality: A Clinical Nurse Specialist-Directed Initiative to Reduce Postoperative Urinary Retention in Spinal Surgery Patients,\\u201d details a quality improvement project to raise nurses\\u2019 awareness of the potential for postoperative urinary retention on the postanesthesia care unit, and to develop an updated nursing practice algorithm for its evaluation and management. In \\u201cSafety Monitor: Health Care Worker Fatigue,\\u201d the authors examine the safety implications of health care worker fatigue and offer strategies for reducing the incidence of fatigue-related errors and patient injuries. In addition, there\\u2019s News, Reflections, Drug Watch, Art of Nursing, and more.'