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June 2012 Vol. 7 No. 6

Electronic Issue
Link to the June electronic issue
Quiz Time
Continuing Education
When closeness breeds cruelty: Helping victims of intimate partner violence
Features
Tripping over the welcome mat: Why new nurses don’t stay and what the evidence says we can do about it
Care of clinical trial participants: What nurses need to know
Jump into action against aspiration pneumonia
ANA pays it forward
Readers Respond
Inside ANA
Nurses at House of Delegates shape ANA’s direction
Strictly Clinical
Resurgence of pertussis in infants and children
Caring for patients in alcohol withdrawal
Putting evidence into practice: Hot flashes
Practices Matters
Restraints, patient rights, and the confused patient
From our readers: Overtime is only fun in baseball: A somber look at mandatory overtime and nursing care
Protecting children by preventing falls
Improving patient education with Health Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Career Sphere
Distance education offers a wealth of formats and options
SWAT nursing: A unique specialty
Mind Body Spirit
Unpacking the pounds that weigh you down
Leading the Way
From our readers…What bedside nurses can teach nursing leaders
Take Note - Web Exclusives
White paper suggests strategies for improving nurse-physician relationships in the ED
Study: Acute care elders unit shortens hospital stay, maintains patients’ functional abilities
Study: Too much vitamin D harmful
Article provides guidance for nurses working with patients with vision loss
Effects of low to moderate alcohol intake during pregnancy examined
Nurses suffer depression at twice the national average rate for general population
Medication errors after hospital discharge common
Early, intensive therapy for type 2 diabetes can slow progression
Postoperative delirium after cardiac surgery associated with cognitive decline first year after surgery
Drugs and Devices Today - Web Exclusives
FDA approves Perjeta for late-stage breast cancer
USPSTF recommends against hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women to prevent chronic conditions
FDA approves new combination vaccine for children
FDA approves Belviq for treatment of obesity
FDA approves DNA test to help manage CMV infection in organ transplant patients