November 2014 Highlights

Published: Oct. 28, 2014, 2:38 p.m.

b'Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Editor Betsy Todd, present the highlights of the November issue of the American Journal of Nursing. The photo on our cover of a father with his daughter, who had a traumatic brain injury, highlights our CE article on mild traumatic brain injury and how often patients don\\u2019t realize they\\u2019ve suffered an injury. Our second CE is about early implementation of palliative care for hospitalized older adults. Our Cultivating Quality column discusses the preparation of medications and how safety interventions can reduce errors. And we have an ethical piece about nurses\\u2019 moral distress at Guantanamo Bay. Our Archives column reflects on historical force-feeding of women in British prisons as well. Our Legal Clinic describes the nurse\\u2019s duty to protect, asking, did nurses unreasonably ignore a patient\\u2019s risk of harm? In addition, there\\u2019s News, Reflections, Drug Watch, Art of Nursing, and more.'