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This Month in AJN \\u2013 January 2018 monthly highlights

January 2018

Editor-in-Chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Editor Betsy Todd present the highlights of the January issue of AJN. The authors of our first CE, \\u201cOral Care for Head and Neck Cancer Symptom Management,\\u201d describe an evidence-based practice change at a radiation oncology center designed to reduce the severity of oral mucositis in adults receiving radiation treatment for head and neck cancer. Our second CE, \\u201cManaging Postoperative Pain,\\u201d reviews the recommendations of the American Pain Society\\u2019s postoperative pain management guideline, and discusses its historical context and the current events that may affect its implementation in clinical practice. Our next article, \\u201cOriginal Research: Increasing the Connectivity and Autonomy of RNs with Low-Risk Obstetric Patients,\\u201d describes a study that explored the perspectives of patients, RNs, certified nurse midwives, and other providers regarding a new prenatal connected care model aimed at reducing in-office visits and creating virtual patient\\u2013RN connections. \\u201cProfessional Development: Predatory Journals: Alerting Nurses to Potentially Unreliable Content\\u201d provides information for nurses on predatory journals and their harmful practices, plus online search strategies for identifying and avoiding the content published in these journals. In addition, there\\u2019s News, Reflections, Drug Watch, Art of Nursing, and more.