January 2016 Highlights

Published: Dec. 23, 2015, 9:29 p.m.

b'Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Editor Betsy Todd present the highlights of the January issue of the American Journal of Nursing. This month\\u2019s cover features a photo that represents one of 2015\\u2019s top news stories: the refugee crisis in the Middle East and Europe. Our first CE, \\u201cFibromyalgia Syndrome: Current Considerations in Symptom Management,\\u201d provides an overview of fibromyalgia syndrome and describes treatment guidelines, pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic approaches, and nursing approaches aimed at enhancing patient self-management. Our second CE, \\u201cMany Benefits, Little Risk: The Use of Massage in Nursing Practice,\\u201d describes the emotional and physiologic benefits of massage and offers specific massage techniques to use in practice. In \\u201cCultivating Quality: Beyond Socks, Signs, and Alarms: A Reflective Accountability Model for Fall Prevention,\\u201d the authors discuss how a group of clinical nurses designed a nursing practice initiative featuring nurse self-reflection that successfully led to a decrease in falls. \\u201cDisaster Care: Increasing Emergency Preparedness\\u201d presents an overview of the current issues in disaster and public health preparedness facing U.S. health care institutions. Finally, the author of \\u201cEthical Issues: Ethical Practice with Patients in Pain\\u201d uses two cases to examine the nature of pain and the ethical complexities nurses face in responding to patients\\u2019 pain. In addition, there\\u2019s News, Reflections, Drug Watch, Art of Nursing, and more.'