September 2017 Highlights

Published: Aug. 24, 2017, 9:16 p.m.

b'Editor-in-Chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Editor Betsy Todd present the highlights of the September issue of the American Journal of Nursing. Our first CE, \\u201cOriginal Research: The Experience of Transitioning to a Caregiving Role for a Family Member with Alzheimer\\u2019s Disease or Related Dementia,\\u201d explores the lived experiences of people who transitioned to the role of caregiver for a family member with Alzheimer\\u2019s disease or a related dementia. Our second CE, \\u201cCan Your Older Patients Drive Safely?,\\u201d discusses driving risks associated with advanced age, focusing on the behaviors and situations that put older drivers at greatest risk, as well as the key indicators of an older patient\\u2019s ability to drive safely. In our next article, \\u201cEmerging Infections: Six Things You Can Do Today to Prevent Hospital-Onset C. difficile Tomorrow,\\u201d the author suggests six changes to make in your practice to prevent transmission of this common bacterial infection. In \\u201cLegal Clinic: Lessons Learned from Litigation: Legal and Ethical Consequences of Social Media,\\u201d AJN\\u2019s legal and ethical contributing editors offer insight on the issues raised by a case in which a Canadian nurse\\u2019s Facebook post complaining about a family member\\u2019s medical care resulted in disciplinary action by the licensing board. In addition, there\\u2019s Perspectives on Palliative Nursing, News, Reflections, Drug Watch, Art of Nursing, and more.'