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Frontline nurses are central to ensuring the patient experience is positive and dignified.

Most such pain resolves on its own.

: A firsthand account of combating Ebola in West Africa.

: The difficulties patients and family members face in the aftermath of head trauma.

Confusion about what a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order means, including its misinterpretation as “do not treat,” has been extensively documented in the literature. Yet there is a paucity of research concerning nurses' perspectives on DNR orders.

The most valuable texts of 2020, as chosen by AJN’s panel of judges.

Eight former ANA presidents urge nurses to consider nursing’s values when they vote.

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

What our profession needs to look like in the upcoming decade.

In 2007 AcademyHealth published a landmark report on the U.S.-based international nurse recruitment industry. This article provides an update to that report, describing the current state of recruitment of foreign-educated health professionals (FEHPs), in particular foreign-educated nurses (FENs), to the United States. Areas covered include the regulatory landscape, economic issues, recruitment industry changes, and current demographic and migration trends.