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b'Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Editor Betsy Todd present the highlights of the February issue of the American Journal of Nursing. On this month\\u2019s cover, nurse Sarah Carruth comforts a young patient at Children\\u2019s National Medical Center in Washington, DC. The first article, \\u201cLatino Nurses in the United States: An Overview of Three Decades (1980\\u20132010),\\u201d shares original research that found that while the overall number of Latinos has grown dramatically in the United States over the 30-year study period, the number of Latino nurses has not; the authors make recommendations for improved and accessible nursing education to help increase Latino representation in the nursing workforce. Our first CE, \\u201cHypoglycemia: A Serious Complication for the Older Adult with Diabetes,\\u201d examines the risk factors, symptoms, and treatment of hypoglycemia in older adults with diabetes, and emphasizes the role of nurses in educating older patients in preventing hypoglycemic events and recognizing their warning signs. Our second CE, \\u201cUsing Essential Oils to Enhance Nursing Practice and for Self-Care,\\u201d presents an overview of the use of essential oils, with a focus on its benefits and risks, supportive research, and how to incorporate its use into practice. In \\u201cSpecial Feature: Creating a Bullying Task Force,\\u201d the authors review workplace bullying among nurses\\u2014including its prevalence, manifestations, and consequences\\u2014and describe how one hospital developed a bullying task force and implemented a nurse-led initiative to address bullying. In addition, there\\u2019s News, Reflections, Drug Watch, Art of Nursing, and more.'