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Pediatric Nursing November/December 2024 Issue Preview

Get a sneak peek at the latest issue of Pediatric Nursing! With 5.1 NCPD contact hours available, this issue is packed with opportunities to advance your practice and deliver exceptional care to pediatric patients.

009. Call to Action: Addressing School Violence

In this episode, Pediatric Nursing Journal Editorial Board member, Tedra Smith, DNP, CPNP-PC, CNE, CHSE, talks with Sarah Kelly, PhD, RN, an associate professor at Montclair State University School of Nursing, about school violence and bullying. Dr. Kelly unpacks the latest statistics on youth violence in schools and how targeted interventions can be developed by using the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which is published every two years by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This episode provides expanded content from the article, “The Effects of Exposure to Violence at School on Youth: An Analysis of the 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey,” authored by Dr. Kelly and coauthors Ganga Mahat and Houda Sabeh, and published in the September/October 2023 issue of Pediatric Nursing.

008. Screen Time and Social Anxiety in Adolescents

Electronic device use is a popular sedentary activity in society, particularly in youth, and is associated with anxiety. In this episode, Sarah West, MSEd, APRN, FNP-BC, and Rachael Puszczynski, MSN, FNP-BC, talk with Pediatric Nursing Editor Dr. Judy Rollins, PhD, RN, about the relationship between adolescent screen time and social anxiety. Their article, entitled “Screen Time and Social Anxiety in Adolescents,” also coauthored by Tanya Cohn, PhD, MEd, RN, was published in the May/June 2021 issue of Pediatric Nursing and is the winner of the journal’s 2021 Donna Wong Writer’s Award.

007. Interview with Pediatric Nursing Writer’s Award Winner Dr. Elaine Musselman

In this episode, Dr. Judy Rollins, PhD, RN, Editor of Pediatric Nursing, talks with Dr. Elaine Musselman, PhD, RN, CNE, the recipient of Pediatric Nursing Journal’s 2020 Donna Wong Writer's Award. Dr. Musselman discusses the key points of her article regarding childhood oral health. Oral health education should be provided to parents in the language spoken most frequently by recipients and when children are infants in the hopes of preventing dental caries on primary teeth.

006. I Have a Question About Coronavirus: Providing Children with Clear Answers

In this episode, Micah Saviet, MSW, LMSW, a social worker in clinical practice, a researcher, and the Director of Springer Institute, in Cheverly, Maryland, interviews Arlen Gaines, MSW, LCSW-C, ACHP-SW, and Meredith Polsky, MEd, both social workers and experts in child psychology concerning grief and loss. Ms. Gaines and Ms. Polsky are the coauthors of the award-winning children’s book series, “I Have a Question About…” During their conversation with Mr. Saviet, Ms. Gaines and Ms. Polsky discuss their new book and how parents, caregivers, and children can manage coronavirus and navigate the challenging transition of schools beginning to re-open. Selected transcripts from this podcast episode are published in the July/August 2021 issue of Pediatric Nursing.

005. Pediatric Mental Health and the Importance of Suicide Screening

In this episode, Pediatric Nursing Journal Editor Dr. Judy Rollins interviews Dr. April Weatherly, winner of Pediatric Nursing’s 2019 Donna Wong Writers’ Award. Dr. Weatherly discusses pediatric mental health and her study on the effectiveness of two psychiatric screening tools for adolescent suicide risk. April Hooper Weatherly, DNP, CRNP-AC, is an Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in the emergency department of Children’s of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama.

004. Compassion at the Border: One Nurse’s Experience

The September-October 2019 issue of Pediatric Nursing featured a Guest Editorial authored by Jo Maas, a retired nurse manager. In her Editorial, entitled “Compassion at the Border,” Ms. Maas discussed her first-hand experiences of volunteering at the Romero House, a migrant shelter located in El Paso, Texas, and close to the U.S.-Mexico border. Her many responsibilities at the Romero House included taking care of undocumented immigrant children, who were often scared, hungry, and in need of health care. In this episode, Pediatric Nursing Editor Dr. Judy Rollins talks with Ms. Maas, who elaborates on her experiences at the Romero House and the positive impact anyone can make simply by showing compassion.

003. Vaping: What Pediatric Nurses and the Public Need to Know

In this episode, Pediatric Nursing Editorial Board member Bernice Mowery, interviews Dr. Selekman, about the use of e-cigarettes and vaping in teens, the serious health risks associated with vaping, and the important role pediatric nurses can play in preventing or decreasing this practice.

This episode corresponds with the article, “Vaping: It’s All a Smokescreen,” published in the January/February 2019 issue of Pediatric Nursing.