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The latest issue of Pediatric Nursing is now available.

     Contents include:

• Pertussis: An Overview of the Disease, Immunization, and Trends For Nurses (CNE)
• Sibling Experiences after a Major Childhood Burn Injury (CNE)
• International Adoption Families: A Unique Health Care Journey

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U.S. News & World Report recently gathered data from 170 pediatric centers and surveyed thousands of physicians to assemble a list of the best children's hospitals in the country. (Source: U.S. News & World Report, accessed October 2010)

More U.S. hospitals showed substantial improvements in adhering to standards of treatments and care for children's asthma, heart attack, and pneumonia, as well as surgical cases, according to a recent Joint Commission Report. (Source: The Associated Press, September 22, 2010)

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have released a landmark report, "The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health." In the report, nurses are cited as a catalyst for transforming the health care system by ensuring that care is patient-centered, effective, safe, and affordable. (Source: American Academy of Nursing, Press Release, October 5, 2010)

The past two years have been tough for new nursing school grads.  Although there is a long-term projected shortage of nurses in the United States, newly graduated RNs are having difficulty finding jobs today. (Source, HealtheCareers.com; October 2010)

Worrying can be helpful when it spurs you to take action and solve a problem. But if you're preoccupied with "what ifs" and worst-case scenarios, worry becomes a problem of its own. (Source: HelpGuide.org; accessed October 2010)