The quality of clinician and student quality improvement reports: An analysis of 8 years of submissions.

Introduction: Many papers reporting on QI projects are not publishable for a variety of reasons. We compared manuscripts submitted as QI reports between June 2014 and June 2016 (prior to publication of the revised Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence (SQUIRE 2.0) with papers submitted to the American Journal of Nursing between July 2016 and December 2022).

Model analysis of post-fire management and potential reburn fire behavior.

Recent trends in wildfire area burned have been characterized by large patches with high densities of standing dead trees, well outside of historical range of variability in many areas and presenting forest managers with difficult decisions regarding post-fire management. Post-fire tree harvesting, commonly called salvage logging, is a controversial management tactic that is often undertaken to recoup economic loss and, more recently, also to reduce future fuel hazard, especially when coupled with surface fuel reduction. It is unclear, however, whether the reductions in future fuels translate to meaningful changes to reburn fire behavior, particularly in the context of potentially detrimental effects of harvest on other ecosystem services.

Activism Is an Essential Nursing Role.

Nursing has a long history of activism, yet nurses are often heard to express their dislike of "politics" and their desire to stay away from the tense and contentious situations associated with political activism. Nurses, however, have a fundamental duty to advocate on behalf of their patients and communities. In this article, the authors discuss the rationale for and roots of political activism in nursing, the values that shape it, and the importance of nursing's stance on policies related to the health and well-being of those they serve.

Consistent spatial scaling of high-severity wildfire can inform expected future patterns of burn severity.

Increasing wildfire activity in forests worldwide has driven urgency in understanding current and future fire regimes. Spatial patterns of area burned at high severity strongly shape forest resilience and constitute a key dimension of fire regimes, yet remain difficult to predict. To characterize the range of burn severity patterns expected within contemporary fire regimes, we quantified scaling relationships relating fire size to patterns of burn severity.

Beyond Onboarding: Retaining Staff by Supporting Professional Growth.

Onboarding new nurses is but one role of nurse professional development practitioners during this nursing shortage; those in staff development need to develop strategies that will help retain experienced nurses. This article reviews recent reports on acute care staffing and focuses on nurse involvement in quality improvement initiatives and reporting as a means for engaging experienced staff.

The Top Nursing News Story of 2022: Acute Care Workforce Under Stress.

Weak institutional support hampers nursing's recovery from COVID.

End Notes.

An editor-in-chief steps down, with gratitude.

Making It Through March.

After a bleak winter, the hopefulness of spring is just around the corner.

History Is What We Make It.

And we need to make it one we're proud of.

2021: A Year of Hope and Heartbreak.

Optimism that the pandemic would be over was short lived.

Nursing Is No Day at the Beach.

But more than ever, nurses need one.

Finding Joy in the Dark.

But it will be short lived if nurses aren't protected against increasing violence.

Getting on Board with Vaccinations.

Nurses need to support the evidence, not the myths.

The Nursing Crisis in Acute Care.

Who will ensure safe care if nurses leave hospitals?

On the Road Again to Nursing's Future.

But how do we get there from here?

Moving Forward Together.

Advances against COVID-19 offer hope, but work remains before we can fully move on.

A Most Welcome Spring.

The end of this year's winter brings much-needed hope.

Where Do We Go from Here?

What's next for nursing after the pandemic.

Building Trust.

Nurses can help change the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020: A Year of Let Down and Loss.

Looking forward to a fresh start.

Moving On from the (Unimaginable) Year of the Nurse and the Midwife.

What can we take away from this year?

Finding Ways to Be Thankful.

We need to celebrate the wins wherever we find them.

No Time for Silence.

This presidential election may be the most important of modern times.

A Summer to Remember.

Brutal deaths and continued public health risks have many Americans reeling.

In the Aftermath.

After the initial surge of COVID-19, it's time for nurses to look inward and ahead.