A push to develop early sexual health education in California
In California, schools are required to teach sex education at least once in middle school (usually grade seven) and once…
letters to the editor
Advanced skill certification
Historically, nurses are required to obtain only Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, and/or Pediatric…
Aid-in-dying discussion requires knowledge, insight
Dear Editor, Physician-assisted suicide (aid-in-dying) is a new era of ethical conundrum about which public opinion and policy has evolved…
COVID-19 messaging
Many nurses have now been on the shifting frontlines of the COVID-19 response for five months, following the virus from…
Effective communication is the key
In the article, “Providing effective communication to patients who are deaf or hard of hearing,” Omobola Awosika Oyeleye presented the…
Gun safety
As a nurse, it’s hard to hear news reports about children younger than 5 years old in hospital emergency departments…
How Denton County is addressing the diabetes epidemic
The impact of diabetes is well known. In a little over a decade, it’s estimated 54 million people in the…
Legalization of marijuana and schizophrenia
The legalization of marijuana for medicinal and recreational purposes is a hot topic in many states. As a mother and…
Let’s call her Carol
It was my first year as a nurse in a suburban Intensive Care unit. I worked the night shift and…
Letters to the editor: Make your voice heard
Journal articles aren’t the only way you can disseminate information. Letters to the editors—if done correctly—can be a powerful way…
Medical cannabis
In 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the opioid epidemic caused 70,237 deaths. Of those 70,237…
Nurses can help those recovering from addiction, drug overdose
To the editor and members of the American Nurse Journal, I am writing to you as a compassionate student nurse,…
On nurses and mental health
Dear Editor, Nurses are quitting or on the verge of doing so (Statpearls, 2022). Positions for nurses in healthcare are…
On RaDonda Vaught: reader reactions
#notmetoo or I am RaDonda The #metoo movement is one of speaking up and out against silence associated with sexual…
Patients’ role in healthcare innovation
Can patients be drivers of innovation within the medical supply category? A good way to start is empowering those with…
RaDonda Vaught: how to move forward?
To The Editor: I felt compelled to write about the verdict on RaDonda Vaught, RN, after she had made a…
Response to ‘Future of Nursing’ report
In reading the piece written by the journal’s editor-in-chief regarding the future of nursing I was impressed with the sweeping…
Setting goals for the New Year
I am sitting in my home office (that is pushing aside my craft room more and more) staring out the…
The right path
“If you know, you know”, a quote that still rings true, to this same girl who idealized the vision of…
To the New Nurse
As an educator for the nurses of the future, My job is to teach, inspire, cultivate and care I want…
