October 2017 Highlights

Published: Sept. 29, 2017, 10:42 p.m.

b'Editor-in-Chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Editor Betsy Todd present the highlights of the October issue of AJN. Our first CE, \\u201cOriginal Research: Exploring How Nursing Schools Handle Student Errors and Near Misses,\\u201d investigates nursing school policies and practices for reporting and tracking student errors and near misses. Our second CE, \\u201cAssessing Patients During Septic Shock Resuscitation,\\u201d discusses how to integrate capillary refill time and skin mottling score into the perfusion reassessment after initial fluid resuscitation\\u2014as recommended by revisions to the Surviving Sepsis Campaign six-hour bundle. Our next article, \\u201cSexually Speaking: Obesity and Sexual Dysfunction: Making the Connection,\\u201d reviews the evidence on obesity and sexual functioning, plus nursing considerations for addressing weight-loss strategies with patients. The author of \\u201cQuestion of Practice: Workarounds Are Routinely Used by Nurses\\u2014But Are They Ethical?\\u201d discusses how nurses can be creative problem solvers without resorting to workarounds that may be ethical in intent yet potentially harmful in their consequences. In addition, there\\u2019s News, Reflections, Drug Watch, Art of Nursing, and more.'