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February 2012 Vol. 7 No. 2

Features
Okay to play? A discussion about sports-related concussion
Are you ready to care for patients in clinical trials?
Viewpoint: Why nurses will require a stronger back in 2012: Six key challenges facing the nursing community
Save a life—yours (and your patients’)!
Inside ANA
ANA releases 2011 Health and Safety Survey results
Air Force recognizes CRNAs’ full scope of practice
ICIRN releases new edition of Essential Nursing Resources
Reducing barriers to practice for Missouri APRNs
Strictly Clinical
Preventing urinary tract infections in patients with indwelling catheters
Physiology review: Circulatory system
Putting evidence into practice: Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy
Practice Matters
Genetic counseling, abortion, sex-selection, and autonomy
From our readers…Practical approaches to patient advocacy barriers
Creating a smooth move for patients and staff
Career Sphere
From our readers…Beauty in the eye of the beholder: The life of a wound, ostomy, and continence nurse
Mind Body Spirit
From our readers…Know your A, B, C, and D’s for patients with progressive disease
Take Note - Web Exclusives
Study finds patient satisfaction is associated with higher mortality
Nurses, physicians differ in perceptions of physician abuse or disrespect
AHRQ reports results from survey on patient safety culture
Use of bone morhphogenetic proteins not associated less reoperation for lumbar stenosis
Polypectomy lowers colorectal cancer mortality
Migraine increases risk of depression in women
Visits to ED for dental problems increase
Joint Commission awards first certifications for palliative care
C. difficile infections at record high
Public reporting of quality data has not significantly reduced mortality
Drugs and Devices Today - Web Exclusives
FDA warns of counterfeit Avastin
FDA approves Kalydeco for rare form of cystic fibrosis
FDA approves Korlym for hyperglycemia in patients with endogenous Cushing’s syndrome
FDA approves first quadrivalent vaccine to prevent seasonal influenza
FDA approves Surfaxin to prevent respiratory distress syndrome in premature infants.
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Link to the February electronic issue
Sharps Safety Consensus Statement
Sharps Safety Consensus Statement and Call to Action