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What we're Blogging About
* "Knowing when to adhere to protocol, or not, in the best interest of the patient requires skill, experience, and a bit of luck," Julianna Paradisi writes in her post, "Patient Safety, Patient Advocacy: In Pediatric Nursing, A Tricky Balance" (http://wp.me/prthD-4Ts).
* In "Always a Nurse," Janice M. Scully reflects on her mother's nursing career, which started during the Second World War (http://wp.me/prthD-4RC).
* Read "As the VA Regroups and Recruits, the Words of Nurses Who Served," by Amanda Anderson, to hear what nurse veterans who've written for or been quoted in AJN have to say about their experiences in conflicts through the decades (http://wp.me/prthD-4Sd).
What Readers are Saying on Twitter, Facebook, and our Blog
"Nurses' ethics and actions must go hand-in-hand with the patient's will." "Nurses were and are the backbone of the medical profession." "I worked many years in the OR and had five children[horizontal ellipsis] during the polio epidemic[horizontal ellipsis]. I wonder why parents do not want to have their children immunized. Who could take the chance with these little lives? I remember." "I've had several patients praying that it would just end. They don't want to suffer any longer. And they shouldn't have to."
January Podcasts
* Monthly highlights: Listen to AJN editors discuss the contents of the January issue.
* Behind the article: Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with the author of "Long-Term Outcomes After Repair of Congenital Heart Defects: Part 1."