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December 2005 | January 2006 AWHONN Lifelines 441
tThis issue will reach you as we go into
2006, which marks the beginning of the
10th anniversary of AWHONN Lifelines.
This is an auspicious occasion for the
journal, the people who are involved in
bringing it to you, and for AWHONN
too. Like many of you, I have the com-
plete collection of this journal sitting on
my bookshelf. When it first started arriv-
ing in my mailbox, I had no idea that one
day my photo would grace this page and
that I would live, eat, sleep and breathe the
minutiae of editing a nursing journal.
What I noticed from those early issues was
that the journal was visually appealing and
contained information that I found profession-
ally and personally valuable. Some of the
copies still have yellow stickies protruding from
the pages, articles that I have marked to pass
on to students and colleagues. Others are a lit-
tle ragged; I carried them with me on airplanes
or car trips and read their content in mundane
places or exotic locales. Others are a little
dusty; they sat in my bathroom for months
and were read by anyone spending a few min-
utes or more in the peace and quiet that only
that room affords a busy parent. I have heard
that story many times from AWHONN
members at the annual convention: “I love
Lifelines. . . but the only chance I get to read it
is in the bathroom!” (spoken in a whisper).
I attended the annual meeting of the Inter-
national Academy of Nursing Editors in the
summer of 2005. This group is composed of
editors of nursing journals, and approximately
100 of us meet each summer. We talk about
hot topics in the publishing world, and we
share our experiences with each other in a sup-
portive and noncompetitive manner. Each of
us brings copies of our journal to display and
Dr. Anne Katz, PhD,RN, is a clinical nursespecialist at theProstate Centre ofCancerCare Manitobain Winnipeg.
LookingBack&
LookingForwardAnne Katz, PhD, RN
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make available to others to take home. I was
proud to see Lifelines there among all other
journals and even prouder to see a number of
copies going home in the bags of my fellow
editors. As a relatively new editor of a relatively
new journal, I listened to the words of my
peers, some of whom have been with their
journals for over 25 years. I have a lot to learn
from them, but I am also proud of the fact that
Lifelines has the capability of making changes
that reflect the needs of our readership and our
profession. In my brief two and a half years
with this journal, the editorial staff and adviso-
ry board have made some changes and will
continue to strive to present you with the
cutting-edge information you need to do your
jobs well and to provide the best possible care
to women, babies and families across the life
span.
So what can you expect within the next six
issues? You will notice some visual changes that
we are incorporating especially for the anniver-
sary issue. We will be asking you for your
memories and will reward those who send in
comments that we publish on our pages. Tell us
what nursing was like 10 years ago, and what it
may be like 10 years from now, and we'll
reward your efforts if we publish your thoughts
with a Lifelines-logo’d USB flash drive (memo-
ry stick). You will hear from people who were
involved in the journal in the early days. Each
issue will feature a roundtable of experts dis-
cussing cutting-edge nursing topics that will
inform and educate. We will think back over
the past 10 years as well as project forward into
the future. I hope that you will look forward to
these next six issues with the same anticipation
that I do. I anticipate that you will give me
feedback at the Lifelines booth next summer at
the annual convention. We hope to inspire you
to be the best nurses that you can be, based on
what you were before and what you can yet be.
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