Volume 30, No. As health care has changed, so has nursing. But nursing remains the same in some vital ways.
Nurses care about their patients.
And when nurses look at their patients and develop plans of care, they see more than the disease or chronic condition. Three of the nurses interviewed practice primary nursing, a model that some nurses are embracing as a way to ensure a connection with their patients. Another story looks at how three nurse practitioners provide primary care in a role that has garnered increasing public and media attention in the past few years. This issue also examines the growing movement of holistic nursing. And finally, The American Nurse takes a look at the sobering increase of violence in the nation's schools and how nurses can partner with parents, school authorities and community leaders to address this sometimes deadly issue.