February 2017 Highlights

Published: Jan. 26, 2017, 8:21 p.m.

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 is a watercolor painting by artist Vivian Jay, MSN, FNP-BC. Our first CE, \\u201cImproving Outcomes for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: Part 1\\u201d offers an overview of the disease, describes identification and etiology, and discusses ways to slow disease progression. In our second CE, \\u201cNursing\\u2019s Evolving Role in Patient Safety,\\u201d the authors discuss their content analysis of 1,086 AJN articles published from 1900 through 2015. Our next article, \\u201cSupporting Family Caregivers: Medication Management for People with Dementia,\\u201d offers recommendations for nurses as they teach family caregivers how to manage medications for a family member with dementia. \\u201cA Collaborative State of the Science Initiative: Transforming Moral Distress into Moral Resilience in Nursing\\u201d describes a collaborative project in which nurse clinicians, researchers, and ethicists met to examine practices for addressing moral distress. In addition, there\\u2019s News, Reflections, Drug Watch, Art of Nursing, and more.'