Nurse Safety: Have We Addressed the Risks?
Carol A. Sedlak, Guest Editor

ARTICLES | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | WEB REFERENCES

Overview & Summary by Carol A. Sedlak PhD, RN, ONC

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Articles

• Caring for Those Who Care: A Tribute to Nurses and Their Safety
  Mary Foley, MS, RN (September 30, 2004)

  Letter to the editor by Michal Kelman (May 10, 2005)

• Handle With Care ®: The American Nurses Association’s Campaign to Address Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
  A.B. de Castro, PhD, MSN, MPH, RN (September 30, 2004)
• Evidence-Based Practices for Safe Patient Handling and Movement
  Audrey Nelson, PhD, RN, FAAN
  Andrea S. Baptiste, MA, CIE (September 30, 2004)
• Needlestick and Sharps Injury Prevention
  Susan Q. Wilburn, MPH, RN (September 30, 2004)
• Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs
  Martha Polovich, MN, RN, AOCN (September 30, 2004)
• Workplace Violence in Health Care: Recognized but not Regulated
  Kathleen M. McPhaul, PhD(c), RN, MPH
  Jane A. Lipscomb, PhD, RN (September 30, 2004)

  Letter to the Editor by Janet R. Cooper, RN, MSN (March 15, 2005)

General Letters to the Editor

	Letter to the editor by Patricia Maher-Brisen MSN, APRN, BC (March 27, 2006)
	Letter to the editor by Rami Raja Saleh Khasawneh (October 25, 2005)
	Letter to the editor by Anne Hudson (July 26, 2005)
	Letter to the editor by Calene Marie Anderson (June 17, 2005)
	Letter to the editor by Calene Marie Anderson (March 30, 2005)

Web References

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  Valerie Becker, BSN, RN

Guest Editor

Dr. Sedlak is a graduate of St. Alexis Hospital School of Nursing in Cleveland, Ohio. She received her BSN, MSN, and PhD from Kent State University. She is an Associate Professor at Kent State University, College of Nursing and Associate Editor of OJIN. She is certified in orthopaedic nursing and serves on the Editorial Board of Orthopaedic Nursing, the journal for the National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses. She is the author of numerous papers on various topics of orthopaedic nursing and on nursing education including critical thinking. The focus of her nursing research is women’s health, specifically osteoporosis prevention. She recently completed a three year study funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research on DXA Health Beliefs and Osteoporosis Prevention in Postmenopausal Women.