New York NY (July 30, 2008) The American Journal of Nursing (AJN) announced today that it is being honored with a 2008 Clarion Award, two American Society of Healthcare Publications Editors (ASHPE) awards and four Magnum Opus Awards. AJN is the largest circulating nursing journal in the world, and is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry.
"AJN is committed to maintaining its strong reputation as the leading source of cutting-edge and reliable information about nursing, and health care information and we're extremely proud to be getting so much recognition for it," said Diana Mason, PhD, RN, FAAN and editor-in-chief of AJN. "It's especially gratifying that our team's work is being evaluated in so many categories. Today, AJN is the preeminent journal for the nursing profession supported by the recent impact ratings for nursing journals that show AJN at the 14th place of 46 journals in 2008."
Clarion Award
AJN is the recipient of the Association for Women in Communications' Clarion Award for Magazine Series, Special Section or Group Project, External Publication (circulation between 100,000 and 500,000) for the "Cancer Survivors, Prescription for Living" article in April 2007. The article is an outgrowth from a meeting of nurses, social workers and cancer survivor advocates who convened to address how nurses can better meet the needs of cancer survivors. The article is the first to provide a template that focuses on health promotion for all people who are diagnosed with cancer. It contains evidence-based information and fills a significant gap in the information available to nurses and others who work with these patients, as well as the patients the
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