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  DRUG WATCH: Prilosec OTC: Sometimes it all comes down to cost.

  Robin Leigh Vedder BSN, RN

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  EDITORIAL: Surviving Cancer Survival: Is the new cancer paradigm good for patients?

  Diana J. Mason PhD, RN, FAAN, AJN Editor-in-Chief

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  IN THE NEWS: A Long and Healthy Life: Priceless High health expenditures don’t translate into longer lives.

  Gail M. Pfeifer MA, RN

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  IN THE NEWS: Asthma Outcomes: You Get What You Pay For Better outcomes come at a price.

  Fran Mennick BSN, RN

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  IN THE NEWS: FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH: Tools for Assessing Cardiac Risk in Women Family history may be more telling than the Framingham risk estimation.

  Maureen Shawn Kennedy MA, RN

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  IN THE NEWS: Gentle Yoga Effective for Chronic Low-Back Pain: It can offer relief of moderate pain.

  Joanna E. Cain BSN, RN

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  IN THE NEWS: Iron Deficiency Among Bottle-Fed Children: Parents need to be aware of the risks.

  Linda Epstein BSN, RN

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  JOB focus
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  LETTERS: A Thousand Words

  Betsy Todd RN

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  LETTERS: Credentials

  Betsy Brakovich MSN, RN, CNN

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  LETTERS: Credentials

  Mary Jo Koschel MSN, RN

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  LETTERS: Digitizing AJN
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  LETTERS: Measuring Quality in Nursing Homes

  Gerry Morgan BS, RNC

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  LETTERS: Measuring Quality in Nursing Homes: Author Barbara Bates-Jensen responds
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  LETTERS: RN Staffing and Long-term Care

  Cynthia McGrath

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  LETTERS: RN Staffing and Long-term Care

  Mathy Mezey EdD, RN, FAAN,Diane Carter MSN, RN,Susan Reinhard PhD, RN, FAAN,Robin Remsburg PhD, APRN, BC

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  LETTERS: RN Staffing and Long-term Care: Coauthor Susan D. Horn responds
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  NewsCAPS

  Maureen Shawn Kennedy MA, RN

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  On the Cover
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  PROFILES: Grounded Pilot: Michigan’s first chief nursing executive.

  Doug Brandt ,Hob Osterlund MS, RN, CHTP

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  THE POLITICS OF CARING: The ANA’s 2005 State Legislative Wrap-Up: Safe patient handling and staffing at the forefront.

  Susan Whittaker MSN, RN

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  VIEWPOINT: Reality Check: How prepared are we for disasters?

  Mary Chaffee MS, RN, FAAN

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  AJN REPORTS: The Politics of Prescribing: In Georgia, APRNs seek more authority, and a physician goes to jail.

  Roxanne Nelson BSN, RN

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  EMERGING INFECTIONS: Infection Control and Hurricane Katrina: What nurses can learn in the aftermath of the disaster.

  Betsy Todd MPH, RN, CIC

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  HEALTH & SAFETY: Mercury Elimination Update New policies—and persistence—help create alternatives and safer facilities.

  Marian Condon MS, RN,Laura Brannen

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  ISSUES UPDATE: Keeping Newborns and Children Safe: Resolutions on safe haven laws and injury prevention around vehicles.

  Susan Trossman RN

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  LIVING WITH ILLNESS: Women with a History of Sexual Assault: Health care visits can be reminders of a sexual assault.

  Noreen Esposito EdD, RN, WHNP, FNP