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The Ethics of a Nurse’s Refusal to Force-Feed Guantanamo Hunger-Strikers
Douglas Olsen is an associate professor at the Michigan State University College of Nursing in East Lansing and a contributing editor of AJN, where he regularly writes about ethical issues in nursing....
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The Gaza Conflict, Through the Lens of Nursing
By Jacob Molyneux, AJN senior editor In 2005, AJN published an article looking at the experiences of nurses in Israel and in the Palestinian territories (free until September 15; choose ‘full text’ or...
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AJN in November: Palliative Care, Mild TBI, the Ethics of Force-Feeding...
AJN’s November issue is now available on our Web site. Here’s a selection of what not to miss. Palliative care versus hospice. For many seriously ill, hospitalized older adults, early implementation of...
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Focusing Nurses on Long- and Short-term Health Needs of Veterans and Their...
By Shawn Kennedy, AJN editor-in-chief I’m always humbled when I speak with veterans or families of veterans. The commitment to duty of the military and the sacrifices their families make—long periods...
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As the VA Regroups and Recruits, The Words of Nurses Who Served
By Amanda Anderson, a critical care nurse and graduate student in New York City who is currently doing a graduate placement at AJN two days a week. The AJN articles linked to in this post will be free...
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Widespread Support for Nurse’s Refusal to Force-Feed: Grounded in Ethical...
By Maureen Shawn Kennedy, AJN editor-in-chief Nasal tubes, gravity feeding bags, liquid nutrient Ensure used in Guantanamo force-feeding/Wikimedia Commons Last week, reports hit the news media of a...
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Remembering Nurses Who Served the Wounded and Dying and Those Who Died...
By Maureen Shawn Kennedy, AJN editor-in-chief Normandy American Cemetery, France. Photo by Karen Roush So many of us look forward to Memorial Day weekend as a welcome long weekend and official start of...
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