January 2017 Highlights

Published: Dec. 22, 2016, 1:40 a.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. On this month\\u2019s cover, mothers and their children with the birth defect microcephaly\\u2014likely attributed to Zika virus\\u2014wait for care at Hospital Oswaldo Cruz in Recife, Brazil. Our first CE, \\u201cTriglycerides: Do They Matter?\\u201d discusses the importance of lowering triglyceride levels and reviews the lifestyle changes and pharmacologic treatments that can help achieve this goal. In our second CE, \\u201cHuman Papillomavirus\\u2013Related Oral Cancers: The Nurse\\u2019s Role in Mitigating Stigma and Dispelling Myths,\\u201d the author describes the risk factors, clinical features, and treatment of human papillomavirus (HPV)\\u2013related oral cancers, and suggests ways for nurses to educate patients on and correct misconceptions about HPV transmission. Our next article, \\u201cSupporting Family Caregivers: Teaching Caregivers to Administer Eye Drops, Transdermal Patches, and Suppositories,\\u201d outlines techniques nurses can use to teach caregivers how to properly administer medications by variousroutes. In addition, there\\u2019s AJN\\u2019s 2016 Book of the Year Awards, News, Reflections, Drug Watch, Art of Nursing, and more.'