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Because this is the holiday season and you are our family, it also seems an opportune time to let you know that we care about you and how well we serve your needs for communicating timely and relevant information related to critical care nursing. To that end, we would like to take this opportunity to recognize 2 new columns that have been launched this year, to introduce you to 4 new departments that will debut in 2003, and to mention some forthcoming changes that our staff have been diligently working on with your current and future needs in mind.
The 2 columns inaugurated in 2002 include Legal Counsel, written by Ruthe C. Ashley—a former nurse who now works as an attorney—and Pharmacology, which is to be provided by a variety of authors who are clinical pharmacologists. These columns will continue to appear on a regular basis, so please let us hear from you (800-809-2273 or ccn{at}aacn.org) if you have questions, problems, or situations that you would like either of these to address.
Because the nature, dimensions, and practice of critical care nursing continually evolve, we are always on the lookout for new departments that deserve coverage as important and/or emerging areas of concern to our readers. Four departments that will be inaugurated in 2003 include the following: Bariatrics, Evidence-Based Practice, High-Risk Obstetrics, and Patient Transport. A brief biographical introduction and photograph of the newly appointed Contributing Editor for each of these departments is provided below, as well as information on how to contact the editor to discuss possible topics for papers they or you might prepare for those departments. In addition, if you have any suggestions for other areas that we should add to our list of (now) 30 special departments, please let us hear from you.
We would like to extend our very best wishes to you and your family for a healthy and a happy holiday season and new year.
BARIATRICS
Susan Gallagher joins Critical Care Nurse as our Bariatric Contributing Editor. Currently, Dr Gallagher is a full-time employee at SIZEWise Rentals, serving as the Clinical Affairs Coordinator; she is responsible for education and research programs, nationwide. She holds an MSN, and a master’s degree and PhD in religion and social ethics; the focus of her studies is Pubic Policy Ethics as it pertains to obesity. She appreciates the opportunity to speak to healthcare providers on methods to improve healthcare to bariatric patients, and has lectured internationally to that extent.
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In the past 7 years Dr Gallagher has published more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles addressing nursing issues such as culture, ethics, outcomes, and obesity. She is on the editorial board of various nursing and multi-disciplinary journals. She believes that written publication is one of the more important ways nurses influence patient care on a national level.
Susan Gallagher, RN, PhD
55 West Sierra Madre Blvd #100, Sierra Madre, CA 91024, (626) 836-6536, SusanMGSM{at}aol.com
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
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Nancy Albert is the manager of Clinical Investigations, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, and Heart Failure Disease Management, George L. and Linda K. Kaufman Center for Heart Failure at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. In addition, Albert has appointments as clinical instructor of nursing at Case Western Reserve University, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, and as adjunct clinical associate at Kent State University School of Nursing.
Albert is actively involved in research and program development for cardiac patients with emphasis on chronic heart failure and surgically managed patients.
Nancy M. Albert, RN, MSN, CCNS, CCRN, CNA
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue F-25, Cleveland Ohio, 44195, albertn{at}ccf.org
HIGH-RISK OBSTETRICS
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Amy Nichols is an associate professor at San Francisco State University School of Nursing, where she currently teaches maternity and women’s health at the graduate and undergraduate levels. She is a perinatal clinical nurse specialist with a focus in high-risk obstetrics. Dr Nichols has a joint faculty practice between San Francisco State University and Stanford Medical Center-Lucile Packard-Johnson Center, a tertiary perinatal center, where she works as a clinical nurse specialist with staff, students, and patients.
Amy Nichols, RN, EdD, CNS
(415) 338-2354, anichols{at}sfsu.edu
PATIENT TRANSPORT
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Jill Johnson is a transport nurse with AirLife Denver. She has experience in critical care, emergency, pediatrics, transport, and education. She currently is the immediate past president on the Board of Directors with the Air and Surface Transport Nurses Association. Johnson has published and lectured on various topics in transport, critical care, and emergency.
Jill Johnson, RN, CEN, CCRN, CFRN
(859) 224-2656, jjnurse{at}aol.com
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