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This Month in AJN \\u2013 August 2018 monthly highlights

August 2018

Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy presents the highlights of the August issue of AJN. Our first CE, \\u201cOriginal Research: Pain in Nonverbal Children with Medical Complexity: A Two-Year Retrospective Study,\\u201d describes the signs and symptoms parents of such children find worrisome, the sources of pain in these children, and how to best assess pain in this population. Our second CE, \\u201cA Review of the Revised Sepsis Care Bundles,\\u201d discusses recent revisions to the sepsis care guidelines, including development of the new one-hour bundle, plus screening and assessment tools to identify sepsis in the ICU, in the ED, on the medical\\u2013surgical unit, and outside the hospital. The authors of our next article, \\u201cEnvironments and Health: Nursing Practice and Particulate Matter Exposure,\\u201d provide an overview of particulate matter exposure and health, and management strategies for practice. \\u201cTransitions: Retired Nurse Volunteers\\u201d describes the benefits of using retired nurses to complement existing hospital staff. In addition, there\\u2019s News, Reflections, Drug Watch, Art of Nursing, and more.