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b'Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Editor Betsy Todd present the highlights of the June issue of the American Journal of Nursing. This month\\u2019s cover photo evokes the isolation faced by victims of intimate partner violence. Our first CE, \\u201cOriginal Research: Intimate Partner Violence: The Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors of Rural Health Care Providers,\\u201d analyzes the perceptions of rural health care providers regarding intimate partner violence prevalence, how comfortable they feel asking about emotional and physical abuse, and whether they feel able to help those women who disclose it. In our second CE, \\u201cLate and Long-Term Sequelae of Breast Cancer Treatment,\\u201d the authors provide an overview of the potentially debilitating physical problems that many breast cancer survivors experience after treatment, and address assessment and management strategies. Our next article, \\u201cPerspectives on Palliative Nursing: Palliative Chemotherapy,\\u201d addresses the use of chemotherapy in patients with end-stage cancer, and explores the nurse\\u2019s role in discussing palliative options with patients. In \\u201cTransition to Practice: A New Nurse\\u2019s First Days at the Bedside,\\u201d the author shares preparation tips for new nurses the first day on the job. \\u201cSpecial Feature: Nurses in the Civil Rights Movement\\u201d highlights the experiences of five nurses and one nursing student who fought for racial equality in the 1960s. In addition, there\\u2019s News, Reflections, Drug Watch, Art of Nursing, and more.'