These are the kinds of risks we should take. We should challenge nurses' thinking. And Mason isn't afraid to go head to head with other major journals with whom she's vying for research studies to publish. That mix reflects AJN 's tension between the scholarship of an original research paper and the accessibility of a historical profile. Before Mason came on board, more than half a dozen years went by during which no footnotes appeared in the journal.
Footnotes are back.
The American Journal of Nursing has both marked and made important strides for nursing over the past century. Sophia Palmer would be proud. Ivan Oransky , MD, is editor of Praxis Post. The professional organization's website offers a plethora of information on the career, issues in nursing, and publications. History of Nursing Archives Information on this special collection at Boston University, including individual holdings and a contact for the archivist.