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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, a mother and her newborn share skin-to-skin contact. Our first CE, \\u201cTuberculosis: A New Screening Recommendation and an Expanded Approach to Elimination in the United States,\\u201d provides a general overview of tuberculosis transmission, pathogenesis, and epidemiology, presents pre\\xadventive care recommendations for targeted testing among high-risk groups, and discusses a new USPSTF screening rec\\xadommendation. The author of our second CE, \\u201cBeyond Maternity Nursing: The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative,\\u201d provides an overview of the practices and policies of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI), the insti\\xadtutional benefits of achieving BFHI certification, and the process through which health care facilities can do so. Our next article, \\u201cOriginal Research: The Effects of Red Yeast Rice Supplementation on Cholesterol Levels in Adults,\\u201d explores the most recent evidence on the effectiveness and safety of red yeast rice supplementation in treating dyslipidemic adults. In \\u201cGood Nursing Is Good Antibiotic Stewardship,\\u201d the authors use patient examples to review several antimicrobial stewardship activities and illustrate how nurses are essential to the appropriate use of antibiotics. In addition, there\\u2019s News, Reflections, Drug Watch, Art of Nursing, and more.'