September 2014 Highlights

Published: Aug. 29, 2014, 2:24 p.m.

b'Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy, Clinical Managing Editor Karen Roush, and AJN\\u2019s new clinical editor, Betsy Todd, present the highlights of the September issue of the American Journal of Nursing. The photo on our cover of a nursing supervisor and young student, highlights back-to-school month. The In Our Community column also discusses the development of a successful emergency anaphylaxis response protocol for nurses in Milwaukee Public Schools. Our first CE is an original research piece on barriers to using evidence-based practice. Our second CE describes how a critical care unit significantly reduced their own rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections. Our Policy and Politics article explores elder abuse and neglect and explains how nurses can prevent and eliminate abuse in the elderly. And we have a new column by New York Times opinion columnist Theresa Brown, who shares what she\\u2019s reading and discusses the books\\u2019 implications for nursing. In addition, there\\u2019s News, Reflections, Drug Watch, Art of Nursing, and more.'