July 2025 Vol. 20 No. 7

Alcohol screening in acute care settings

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism reports that excessive drinking is responsible for 140,000 deaths and over $249 billion in economic costs per year. Overconsumption of…

American Nurses Enterprise News – July 2025

Removing barriers to mental healthcare for health workers, Building connections to enhance well-being, and Policy and advocacy roundup This article is available to American Nurses Association members and…

Everyday ethics: Informed consent

As a study coordinator, I recruit participants to a randomized clinical trial that’s evaluating experimental drugs for renal cancer. One of the individuals who met the trial’s eligibility…

Hair For You

Performing scalp and hair assessment is an integral part of patient-centered nursing practice. While frequently overlooked, missing this care may result in physical harm and emotional distress. This…

Investing in innovation

When nurses get support for their ideas, creativity thrives It all starts with a problem to solve. Nurses design workarounds, rethink processes, and imagine helpful tools every day.…

Just relief

Selena Gilles, DNP, ANP-BC, CNEcl, ANEF, FNYAM, FADLN, FAAN FNAP, FAANP, is a national expert on pain management, substance misuse, and global public health. She’s a practice professor…

Malignancy-induced hypercalcemia

A 69-year-old man arrives in the ED with reports of persistent fatigue, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, excessive thirst, increased urination, and back pain for 3 days. His medications include…

Medicaid matters

One of our nation’s most effective health programs faces potentially devastating funding cuts, and I urge all nurses to join me in calling on Congress to protect this…

Nursing faculty shortage

The nursing shortage alarm continues to ring, and without educators ready to prepare future nurses, we remain at an impasse. Many factors contribute to the shortage, including salary…

Reducing orthostatic hypotension

Significant challenges to early mobilization after joint replacement include postoperative orthostatic hypotension, which can adversely affect patient experience, participation in physical therapy, patient safety, and length of stay.…

STIs: Antibiotic resistance and treatment challenges

Since the discovery of multidrug-resistant infections, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci, concern has grown regarding antibiotic resistance among sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This concern is…

The essence of nursing

Technological advances and artificial intelligence continue to grab headlines while clinicians’ documentation burdens mount almost daily. Is basic nursing care receding into the background? The American Nurse Journal’s…

The gut, the brain, and the story in between

In gastroenterology, office visits, led by the provider, frequently emphasize physical symptoms in a focused interview process that ends with diagnostic procedures, order slips, and medication prescriptions. But…

The impact of belonging

Healthy workplace environments create safe, nonjudgmental, and engaging learning conditions to support the achievement of knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes to enhance levels of student confidence, competence, and…

Alcohol screening in acute care settings

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism reports that excessive drinking is responsible for 140,000 deaths and over $249 billion in economic costs…

Everyday ethics: Informed consent

As a study coordinator, I recruit participants to a randomized clinical trial that’s evaluating experimental drugs for renal cancer. One of the individuals who…

Hair For You

Performing scalp and hair assessment is an integral part of patient-centered nursing practice. While frequently overlooked, missing this care may result in physical harm…

Investing in innovation

When nurses get support for their ideas, creativity thrives It all starts with a problem to solve. Nurses design workarounds, rethink processes, and imagine…

Just relief

Selena Gilles, DNP, ANP-BC, CNEcl, ANEF, FNYAM, FADLN, FAAN FNAP, FAANP, is a national expert on pain management, substance misuse, and global public health.…

Malignancy-induced hypercalcemia

A 69-year-old man arrives in the ED with reports of persistent fatigue, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, excessive thirst, increased urination, and back pain for 3…

Medicaid matters

One of our nation’s most effective health programs faces potentially devastating funding cuts, and I urge all nurses to join me in calling on…

Nursing faculty shortage

The nursing shortage alarm continues to ring, and without educators ready to prepare future nurses, we remain at an impasse. Many factors contribute to…

Reducing orthostatic hypotension

Significant challenges to early mobilization after joint replacement include postoperative orthostatic hypotension, which can adversely affect patient experience, participation in physical therapy, patient safety,…

STIs: Antibiotic resistance and treatment challenges

Since the discovery of multidrug-resistant infections, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci, concern has grown regarding antibiotic resistance among sexually transmitted infections…

The essence of nursing

Technological advances and artificial intelligence continue to grab headlines while clinicians’ documentation burdens mount almost daily. Is basic nursing care receding into the background?…

The gut, the brain, and the story in between

In gastroenterology, office visits, led by the provider, frequently emphasize physical symptoms in a focused interview process that ends with diagnostic procedures, order slips,…

The impact of belonging

Healthy workplace environments create safe, nonjudgmental, and engaging learning conditions to support the achievement of knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes to enhance levels of…

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