Effective Oct. 2006: AJN no longer official magazine of ANA

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Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

ana has signed a contract with healthcom media (hcm) to produce a new periodical, american nurse today. starting in october 2006, members will receive the new periodical as a no cost benefit and non-members and institutions will have the opportunity to buy subscriptions. ana members will continue to receive the american journal of nursing through september 2006.

american nurse today will be the official journal of the ana. it will have a contemporary feel and will offer a mix of news, clinical updates, business consults and continuing education. in addition, each issue will feature peer-reviewed, scholarly content.

further info:

http://nursingworld.org/anajournal/

why is ana ending its relationship with ajn?

saddened by this event but could see it coming with sale of ajn to lippincott williams & wilkins in 1996. karen

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Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.

thank you, nrskarenrn, for this information. i knew it was this year, but could not remember the exact date of the changeover.

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Thank you Karen.

I plan to continue my AJN subscription and subscribe to "American Nurse Today" also

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So what happens to AJN? They just "go private"?

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Geriatrics.

Wow, thanks for that info Karen. Very interesting.

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Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.
So what happens to AJN? They just "go private"?

Yes.

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