Number 1: January 2009

Overview and Summary

• Overview and Summary: Obesity on the Rise: What Can Nurses Do?
  Lisa Rowen, DNSc, RN (January 31, 2009)

Articles

• Obesity: An Emerging Concern for Patients and Nurses
  Susan Gallagher Camden PhD, MSN, MA, RN, CBN (January 31, 2009)
• Advocating for the Prevention of Childhood Obesity: A Call to Action for Nursing
  Bobbie Berkowitz, PhD, RN, FAAN; Marleyse Borchard, MPH (January 31, 2009)
• Obesity in Older Adults
  Ann Mabe Newman, DSN, APRN, CNE (January 31, 2009)
• Weight-Loss Surgery
  Nancy J. Kaser, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC; Aniko Kukla, MSN, RN (January 31, 2009)
• Essentials of a Bariatric Patient Handling Program
  Marylou Muir, RN, COHN; Gail Archer-Heese, BEd, O.T.Reg (MB) BMR (January 31, 2009)

Articles on Previously Published Topics

• Where Have All the Young Ones Gone: Implications for the Nursing Workforce
  Vicki Drury, PhD, RN, RMHN; Karen Francis, PhD, RN; Ysanne Chapman, PhD, RN (December 5, 2008)
• Using Telehealth to Deliver Nursing Case Management Services to HIV/AIDS Clients
  Jennifer Lillibridge, RN, PhD; Barbara Hanna, RN, BSN, CCM (November 26, 2008)
• The Informal Power of Nurses for Promoting Patient Care
  Scott T. Paynton, PhD (October 27, 2008)

Columns

• Informatics: Electronic Personal Health Records: Nursing’s Role
  Linda Thede, PhD, RN-BC (December 12, 2008)
• Legislative: The Nursing Shortage: A Public Health Issue for All
  Greer Glazer, RN, CNP, PhD, FAAN; Charles Alexandre, RN, MS (November 14, 2008)