Editorial What Is New in Pain Management Nursing? Did you notice anything different in the December issue? How about anything different in this issue? With the help of Elsevier, our publishing company, we have addressed the issue of long wait times between article acceptance and publication in the Journal. The December issue featured 19 original articles, 21 online-only articles, 2 book reviews, and an American Society for Pain Management Nursing (ASPMN) position statement. For this issue we were able to do the same. There are 348 pages of articles in addition to the usual 52 pages allotted to each issue. What does this accomplish? Before the December issue some authors were waiting up to 2 years to see their articles published, either online only or in print. With the December issue we finally were able to print those manuscripts accepted in late 2011. For this issue we have fewer than six articles waiting since December 2012 to appear in the Journal. They will be the first selected for the June issue. That is an incredible improvement! We should soon be able to move into the rest of the list, which mostly includes articles accepted in 2013.
Have you ever considered writing an article for the Journal? Is there something new being introduced where you work? The article could be about a drug, a procedure, or a new piece of equipment. How was it introduced? How is it working now? Is this a novel approach? Or perhaps your facility has implemented a new assessment instrument. How was the instrument chosen? How was it phased in? Did the process go well? What could have been done differently? One of the benefits of membership to ASPMN is participation in the American Pain Society’s nurse listserv. Responses are rapid and go on for days. It is easy to put your name on the list. Go to list@amercianpainsociety. org and add your email address. This listserv is managed by ASPMN. It is a great way to see what other pain management nurses are encountering or are curious about. Joyce S. Willens, PhD, RN, BC College of Nursing, Villanova University Villanova, Pennsylvania Ó 2014 by the American Society for Pain Management Nursing http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmn.2014.01.001
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Have you ever considered writing an article for the Journal? Is there something new being introduced where you work? The article could be about a drug, a procedure, or a new piece of equipment. How was it introduced? How is it working now? Is this a novel approach? Or perhaps your facility has implemented a new assessment instrument. How was the instrument chosen? How was it phased in? Did the process go well? What could have been done differently? One of the benefits of membership to ASPMN is participation in the American Pain Society’s nurse listserv. Responses are rapid and go on for days. It is easy to put your name on the list. Go to list@amercianpainsociety. org and add your email address. This listserv is managed by ASPMN. It is a great way to see what other pain management nurses are encountering or are curious about. Joyce S. Willens, PhD, RN, BC College of Nursing, Villanova University Villanova, Pennsylvania Ó 2014 by the American Society for Pain Management Nursing http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmn.2014.01.001
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