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Obesity as Disease and the Health Care Culture’s Take on Personal...
By Doug Olsen, PhD, RN, associate professor, Michigan State University College of Nursing, and AJN contributing editor. Olsen regularly addresses topics related to nursing ethics. His most recent...
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The Blame Game
By Jacob Molyneux, senior editor The Reflections essay in the April issue of AJN is called “The Blame Game.” It’s by a nurse who finds herself visiting a family member in the hospital during her shift...
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CDC Opioid-Prescribing Guideline for Chronic Pain: Concerns and Contexts
by frankieleon/ via flickr By Jacob Molyneux, senior editor The CDC’s new Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain was released this week. The context for this comprehensive new guideline is...
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Recent Decline in U.S. Opioid Prescriptions: Good News But Some Concerns
by frankieleon/ via flickr It was widely reported in the past week that there have been steady declines in the number of opioid prescriptions in the U.S. for the past three years, with the declines the...
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Bringing the Faces of Addiction—and Recovery—to Schools
Nancy Labov, RN, CADC. Photos courtesy of Nancy Labov. A nurse speaks from experience. In nursing school, Nancy Labov felt a kinship with the patients she encountered during a rotation on a...
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Reducing Addiction Stigma: Recommended Reading in AJN’s January Issue
The January issue of AJN is now live. What are the consequences of addiction stigma, and what steps can nurses take to reduce biases related to substance use? Learn more in this month’s CE, “Reducing...
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