Past Issue: October 2010 Vol. 14, No. 9/10
Although primary healthcare settings differ from one another with respect to size, urgency of care provided, and staffing, a golden rule of practice, regardless of the setting, is to elicit a personal and family history from each patient. Statistics and risk factors for disease lend predictability and… Read More
According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, nearly 80,000 US children were victims of sexual abuse in 2007. Nevertheless, based on retrospective studies of adults, only about 1 in 20 cases of sexual abuse is ever reported or investigated. Because nurse practitioners are at the forefront… Read More
The purpose of this article is to describe the nature and causes of thinking-related diagnostic errors and to suggest methods for reducing such errors. Clinicians’ cognitive errors tend to be predictable; recognition of one’s own predilections for specific diagnostic errors could help reduce their… Read More
Trauma has a profound impact on both body and mind. Although most trauma victims eventually achieve successful recovery, some continue to experience distress that precludes adaptive coping. The trauma is perpetuated by recurring, disabling interactions between physical and psychological symptoms. Skills… Read More
Other Features
Unity is Just Good Business
Since it is customary for nurse practitioners (NPs) to encourage each other in the workplace,
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Dear Colleagues,
October is both Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Breast Cancer Awareness Month. With those campaigns in mind, we have included articles on domestic violence and on breast cancer as part of our online offerings in the October 2010 issue of The American Journal for Nurse Practitioners.
Also of importance right now is the unveiling of the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing. Many of the committee’s recommendations are central to advanced practice nursing, and nurse practitioners specifically, as we strive to meet our patients’ primary care needs. To check out this vitally important report online, log on to http://iom.edu/Reports/2010/The-Future-of-Nursing-Leading-Change-Advancing-Health.aspx. In addition, be sure to follow Eileen O’Grady’s column in NP World News each month for the latest word on healthcare reform and the political scene surrounding health care in our current milieu.
Here are the articles you will find in AJNP October Online. We hope that these articles are useful to you in your practice and/or education role.
Trauma First Aide™: Treating Physiologic Symptoms Induced by Trauma, by Margit B. Gerardi, PhD, RN, WHNP; Sarah E. Wright, RN, MSN; Rochele Nicolas-Wedige, RN, MSN; Angelia Colwell Berkowitz, RN, MSN, CRNI; Anise J. West, RN, MSN, CCM; Renae J. Morel, RN, MSN; and Dorothy K. Saucedo, RN, MSN
Overview of Factors Contributing to Sexual Abuse in Children, by Gail Hornor, DNPc, RNC, MS, CPNP
Case Study: Breast Cancer in a Young Woman, by Karen M. Deck, MSN, NP-C and Kenneth B. Deck, MD
Thinking About Thinking-related Diagnostic Errors, by Elizabeth M. Rash, PhD, ARNP, FNP-C
Mary Ann E. Zagaria’s latest Issues in Pharmacotherapy column and Tom Bartol’s most recent Promoting the NP Profession column are must-reads for all of us in practice. Mary Ann writes about atrial fibrillation management, and Tom discusses being more than just good clinicians.
Over the rest of 2010, NP Communications (NPC) will publish 1 more issue of AJNP (ie, the November/December issue). The online version of this issue will include additional editorial content that is not available in the print issue. In 2011, NPC will publish 10 online issues and 6 print issues. As in 2010, the 2011 online issues will contain more content than the print issues, and the price of a year’s subscription is extremely reasonable. The online format also makes AJNP more accessible to you in your offices and via laptops and hand held devices. Our goal for the journal—both the print and online issues—is the same as always: to bring you current information on clinical topics, health policy, and professional concerns for NPs. We welcome your feedback; click on Contact Us at the bottom of the NPC home page or the AJNP home page.
 Charlene M. Hanson EdD, FNP-BC, FAAN |
 Donna R. Hodnicki PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN |