The boxed warning for drugs in the benzodiazepine class has been strengthened to further emphasize the risk of overdose and death, especially if combined with opioids, alcohol, or illicit drugs, and the risk of abuse, misuse, addiction, physical dependence, and withdrawal.

Diane S Aschenbrenner

AJN American Journal of Nursing

The American Journal of Nursing is the oldest and most honored broad-based nursing journal in the world. Peer reviewed and evidence-based, it is considered the profession’s premier journal. AJN adheres to journalistic standards that require transparency of real and potential conflicts of interests that authors,editors and reviewers may have. It follows publishing standards set by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE; www.icmje.org), the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME; www.wame.org), and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE; http://publicationethics.org/).

AJN welcomes submissions of evidence-based clinical application papers and descriptions of best clinical practices, original research and QI reports, case studies, narratives, commentaries, and other manuscripts on a variety of clinical and professional topics. The journal also welcomes submissions for its various departments and columns, including artwork and poetry that is relevant to nursing or health care. Guidelines on writing for specific departments—Art of Nursing, Viewpoint, Policy and Politics, and Reflections—are available at http://AJN.edmgr.com.

AJN's mission is to promote excellence in nursing and health care through the dissemination of evidence-based, peer-reviewed clinical information and original research, discussion of relevant and controversial professional issues, adherence to the standards of journalistic integrity and excellence, and promotion of nursing perspectives to the health care community and the public.

The American Journal of Nursing is the oldest and most respected broad-based nursing journal in the world. Peer-reviewed and evidence-based, it is regarded as the premier journal in the nursing profession. AJN adheres to journalistic standards that require transparency regarding real and potential conflicts of interest that authors, editors, and reviewers may have. It follows the publishing standards set by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

AJN welcomes submissions of evidence-based clinical application papers, descriptions of best clinical practices, original research and quality improvement reports, case studies, narratives, commentaries, and other manuscripts on a variety of clinical and professional topics. The journal also invites submissions for its various departments and columns, including artwork and poetry relevant to nursing or health care. Guidelines for writing for specific departments—Art of Nursing, Viewpoint, Policy and Politics, and Reflections—are available at http://AJN.edmgr.com.

AJN's mission is to promote excellence in nursing and health care through the dissemination of evidence-based, peer-reviewed clinical information and original research, discussion of relevant and controversial professional issues, adherence to the standards of journalistic integrity and excellence, and the promotion of nursing perspectives to the health care community and the public.

《American Journal of Nursing》是世界上历史最悠久、最受尊敬的综合护理期刊。该期刊经过同行评审，基于证据，被视为护理专业的首要期刊。AJN遵循新闻标准，要求作者、编辑和审稿人公开真实和潜在的利益冲突。它遵循国际医学期刊编辑委员会（ICMJE）、世界医学编辑协会（WAME）和出版伦理委员会（COPE）设定的出版标准。

AJN欢迎提交基于证据的临床应用论文和最佳临床实践的描述、原创研究和质量改进报告、案例研究、叙述、评论以及其他关于各种临床和专业主题的手稿。该期刊还欢迎与护理或医疗保健相关的艺术作品和诗歌的投稿。关于特定部门的写作指南，包括护理艺术、观点、政策与政治以及反思，可以在http://AJN.edmgr.com找到。

AJN的使命是通过传播基于证据的、经过同行评审的临床信息和原创研究，讨论相关和有争议的专业问题，遵循新闻诚信和卓越的标准，以及向医疗保健社区和公众推广护理视角，来促进护理和医疗保健的卓越。

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