A Polio Epidemic Is Averted.

Editor's note: From its first issue in 1900 through to the present day, AJN has unparalleled archives detailing nurses' work and lives over more than a century. These articles not only chronicle nursing's growth as a profession within the context of the events of the day, but also reveal prevailing societal attitudes about women, health care, and human rights. Today's nursing school curricula rarely include nursing's history, but it's a history worth knowing. To this end, From the AJN Archives highlights articles selected to fit today's topics and times. In August 1961, the incidence of polio was rising in and around Syracuse, New York, and oral polio vaccine had just been made available. In this article from AJN's May 1962 issue, Syracuse Department of Health director of nursing Alyce Rooney details the rapid planning that resulted in the administration of more than 400,000 polio vaccines over a period of just three days. In an incredible effort over less than two weeks, vaccine was obtained and repackaged, vaccination sites were secured, staff assignments were made, and the vaccines were given. After a high of 46 Syracuse-area polio cases in August, the number dropped to 18 in September and none in October. More than 50 years later, vaccine hesitancy has become a roadblock to today's vaccination campaigns. In this issue, research by Roberts and colleagues provides an understanding of vaccine hesitancy among nurses, which may inform the development of policies, campaigns, and interventions aimed at increasing nurse vaccination rates.-Betsy Todd, MPH, RN.

Monkeypox 2022: An Update for Nurses.

The stage for the current outbreaks may have been set when global smallpox vaccination ended.

An Introduction to Yoga.

Editor's note: From its first issue in 1900 through to the present day, AJN has unparalleled archives detailing nurses' work and lives over more than a century. These articles not only chronicle nursing's growth as a profession within the context of the events of the day, but also reveal prevailing societal attitudes about women, health care, and human rights. Today's nursing school curricula rarely include nursing's history, but it's a history worth knowing. To this end, From the AJN Archives highlights articles selected to fit today's topics and times. This article, from AJN's February 1976 issue, was written by Robin L. Wilson, a nurse and yoga instructor, who today is a member of the YogaNurse Academy. In this early AJN article on the subject, Wilson described the many benefits of the practice, and shared easy-to-follow instructions for a simple yoga routine. She noted, "These exercises can be adapted for patient care, taught to patients, or practiced by nurses to maintain their own health." In this issue, Angela Dossett and colleagues describe the results of a program of structured yoga sessions for patients hospitalized on a locked medical-psychiatric unit. The popular sessions, led by a nurse-yoga instructor, have expanded to all behavioral inpatient units at their facility.-Betsy Todd, MPH, RN.

Pressure Injuries Due to Prone Positioning in Patients with COVID-19.

Preemptive interventions are needed to prevent pressure injuries in patients with COVID-19 who are placed in the prone position.Risk factors for pressure injuries in these patients include severe obesity, a long duration of prone positioning, male sex, a high D-dimer level, and the use of commercial endotracheal tube holders.

HPV-Associated Cancer Trends Since Vaccine Initiation.

Decreasing cervical cancer rates may be associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine use.It may be too early to evaluate the association between HPV vaccine use and trends in oropharyngeal cancer in men.

Interventions Led by General Practice RNs Can Significantly Reduce Blood Pressure.

Interventions led by general practice RNs can reduce systolic and diastolic blood pressure in adults with hypertension.

Promoting Goals-of-Care Discussions in Seriously Ill Patients.

Patient-specific guides were effective in promoting documented goals-of-care discussions and were feasible and acceptable to patients, surrogate decision makers, and clinicians.

Nursing the Patient With an Artificial Pacemaker.

Editor's note: From its first issue in 1900 through to the present day, AJN has unparalleled archives detailing nurses' work and lives over more than a century. These articles not only chronicle nursing's growth as a profession within the context of the events of the day, but also reveal prevailing societal attitudes about women, health care, and human rights. Today's nursing school curricula rarely include nursing's history, but it's a history worth knowing. To this end, From the AJN Archives highlights articles selected to fit today's topics and times. In this article from AJN's April 1964 issue, author Anne F. Heller discusses the science of "transistorized" artificial cardiac pacemakers and the care of patients who received these implants. Standard care included a pre-op soap-and-water enema and 10 days of post-op antibiotics. Readers were cautioned about the breakability of the large glass bottle attached to post-op chest tubes. The pacemaker itself cost $400. (To read the full article, go to https://links.lww.com/AJN/A229.) In this month's issue, Mary Ann Leavitt offers an update on the use of today's implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, cardiac resynchronization therapy, and ventricular assist devices. Newer "pacemakers" can now be used in primary prevention therapy for patients who are at greater risk for arrhythmias, and patient data can be transmitted wirelessly to the clinician's office. The latest devices can cost upward of $30,000.-Betsy Todd, MPH, RN.

Nurses' House-for Nurses.

Editor's note: From its first issue in 1900 through to the present day, AJN has unparalleled archives detailing nurses' work and lives over more than a century. These articles not only chronicle nursing's growth as a profession within the context of the events of the day, but also reveal prevailing societal attitudes about women, health care, and human rights. Today's nursing school curricula rarely include nursing's history, but it's a history worth knowing. To this end, From the AJN Archives highlights articles selected to fit today's topics and times. This month's article, from January 1939, describes Nurses' House in Long Island, New York, where nurses could stay for "fun or rest, or just plain comfort and content." The home was a legacy of Emily H. Bourne, who was known primarily for her support of the blind and for building what is now the New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts. Bourne (who was not a nurse) left money in her will for the purchase of a mansion where nurses could come to rest and relax between cases. The home was sold in 1959 to create a fund for nurses in need. Today, Nurses' House is a nonprofit, nurse-managed, national service organization that provides short-term financial assistance to nurses in all 50 states. For more on nurses' well-being-especially relevant amid a global pandemic-see this month's original research article, "Well-Being and Resilience Among Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study."-Betsy Todd, MPH, RN.

Family History a Risk for Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer.

First-degree relatives of people with early-onset colorectal cancer are six times more likely than the general population to be diagnosed with this condition.First-, second-, and third-degree relatives of people with early-onset colorectal cancer are at higher risk for both early-onset colorectal cancer and colorectal cancer at any age.

Trends in Life Expectancy After Allogeneic Blood or Marrow Transplantation.

Life expectancy for blood or marrow transplant recipients has improved over the past 40 years.

Pain as an Early Indicator of Pressure Ulcer Risk.

Pain may be an important factor to consider when assessing patients for the development of pressure ulcers, but more research is needed to assess the characteristics associated with pain as a symptom preceding these injuries.

The USPSTF Recommends Earlier Screening for Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes.

Screening is recommended for overweight or obese adults beginning at age 35.Earlier screening should be considered in populations with a disproportionately high prevalence of diabetes.

Influenza in a Kentucky Coal-Mining Camp.

Editor's note: From its first issue in 1900 through to the present day, AJN has unparalleled archives detailing nurses' work and lives over more than a century. These articles not only chronicle nursing's growth as a profession within the context of the events of the day, but also reveal prevailing societal attitudes about women, health care, and human rights. Today's nursing school curricula rarely include nursing's history, but it's a history worth knowing. To this end, From the AJN Archives highlights articles selected to fit today's topics and times. In AJN's May 1919 issue, nurses shared their experiences from the 1918 influenza pandemic in an article entitled "Experiences During the Epidemic." Their stories offer a glimpse of the enormous challenges of pandemic public health nursing in "forgotten" places, far from urban centers. In a fishing village on Bogue Sound in North Carolina, one nurse describes how she, along with three practical nurses, spent an afternoon in a house filled with sick family members "cleaning the cottage and the people." And in the excerpt shown here, in a coal-mining camp in southeast Kentucky, two camp doctors were ill and the single nurse "had been doing the doctoring and nursing, working day and night" to care for an estimated 600 people with influenza. (For the full article go to http://links.lww.com/AJN/A211.) For more reflections on the 1918 influenza pandemic, see "The Flu Pandemic of 1918: A Nurse's Story" in this issue.-Betsy Todd, MPH, RN.

Maternity Nursing Stops Too Soon.

Editor's note: From its first issue in 1900 through to the present day, AJN has unparalleled archives detailing nurses' work and lives over more than a century. These articles not only chronicle nursing's growth as a profession within the context of the events of the day, but also reveal prevailing societal attitudes about women, health care, and human rights. Today's nursing school curricula rarely include nursing's history, but it's a history worth knowing. To this end, From the AJN Archives highlights articles selected to fit today's topics and times. In this article from October 1975, Reva Rubin provides a fascinating historical overview of maternity nursing. She recounts the social and medical transformation of maternity care in the 20th century, emphasizing the nearly nonexistent support for pregnant, laboring, and postpartum women during much of that time. Rubin ends her article with a passionate plea to nurses for attention to "our big failure . . . the postpartum period." She hints at the causes of what we now know to be postpartum depression, calling the postpartum period "unbelievably cruel," and noting that "tissue recovery is fairly simple. Recovery of the whole person, however, is much more complex and requires much more skilled nursing." In this issue, Barbara Marie Alba carries on the work of Rubin and other maternity nursing pioneers, providing a detailed overview of this subject in "Postpartum Depression: A Nurse's Guide."-Betsy Todd, MPH, RN.

Supporting the Patient on LSD Day.

Editor's note: From its first issue in 1900 through to the present day, AJN has unparalleled archives detailing nurses' work and lives over more than a century. These articles not only chronicle nursing's growth as a profession within the context of the events of the day, but also reveal prevailing societal attitudes about women, health care, and human rights. Today's nursing school curricula rarely include nursing's history, but it's a history worth knowing. To this end, From the AJN Archives highlights articles selected to fit today's topics and times. During the 1960s, the therapeutic effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) were studied in psychiatric clinical settings. In this February 1964 article, nurse Kay Parley writes enthusiastically about this work at one such research hospital. She describes the benefits of LSD therapy for patients with alcoholism, as well as the richness of the experience for the nurse who guides the patient through treatment. "No role is so welcomed on our psychiatric unit than that of 'sitting' with a patient during LSD therapy." Parley vividly describes the nurse's role in these treatments. Her own long hospitalization for "manic-depressive psychosis" and treatment with LSD undoubtedly framed her approach to this therapy. Today there is renewed interest in the therapeutic use of psychoactive substances such as LSD. Penn and colleagues provide an update in "Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy" in this issue.-Betsy Todd, MPH, RN.

The International Council of Nurses.

Editor's note: From its first issue in 1900 through to the present day, AJN has unparalleled archives detailing nurses' work and lives over more than a century. These articles not only chronicle nursing's growth as a profession within the context of the events of the day, but also reveal prevailing societal attitudes about women, health care, and human rights. Today's nursing school curricula rarely include nursing's history, but it's a history worth knowing. To this end, From the AJN Archives highlights articles selected to fit today's topics and times.

The U.S. COVID-19 Testing Failure.

Without a nationwide strategy or infrastructure, we've missed a chance to control the pandemic.

Where Are the Masks?

Shortages of vital PPE during the COVID-19 pandemic.