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b'Editor-in-Chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Editor Betsy Todd present the highlights of the May issue of the American Journal of Nursing. On this month\\u2019s cover, nurses and other health care professionals provide care to a patient in distress. The authors of our first CE, \\u201cOriginal Research: Creating an Evidence-Based Progression for Clinical Advancement Programs,\\u201d developed eight nursing competency domains and 186 related knowledge, skills, and attitudes for professional nursing practice, then sought to validate them and to determine their developmental progression within a clinical advancement program. Our second CE, \\u201cVenous Thromboembolism: Updated Management Guidelines,\\u201d presents an overview of venous thromboembolism plus a review of recommendations from an updated guideline related to treatment options, nursing practice, patient education, diagnostic testing, and more. Our next article, \\u201cEnvironments and Health: Project TENDR,\\u201d discusses a collaborative initiative of scientists, health professionals, and children\\u2019s health advocates to promote chemical policy reform to reduce exposure to hazardous chemicals. In \\u201cWound Wise: Deep Tissue Pressure Injury: A Clinical Review,\\u201d the authors describe the assessment, documentation, prevention, and treatment of these injuries. In addition, there\\u2019s News, Reflections, Drug Watch, Art of Nursing, and more.'