Burlington, MA, January 27, 2023 – Jones & Bartlett Learning, a division of Ascend Learning, today announced that eight products from its nursing and public health portfolios have been awarded the prestigious American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Awards. Each year the AJN conducts a peer-reviewed process of newly published textbooks and digital resources across nursing and healthcare selecting three best-in-class products per category. Since 1969, this annual awards competition has been highly regarded by professionals, faculty and librarians in both healthcare and academia.

"We are both honored and humbled to receive eight AJN Book of the Year Awards. Our authors and publishing teams work hard to create trusted, quality resources for nursing and healthcare students and professionals" said Matt Kane, Director of Product Management, Jones & Bartlett Learning. "We want to thank the American Journal of Nursing for recognizing the efforts of so many as well as the nursing community we continue to proudly serve.”

As leaders in the pre-licensure and post-licensure nursing education markets, Jones & Bartlett Learning is honored to accept so many awards across the categories, particularly the first place recognition for Palliative Care Nursing: Caring for Suffering Patients, Second Edition by Kathleen Ouimet Perrin, Caryn A. Sheehan, Mertie L. Potter, and Mary K. Kazanowski. Jones & Bartlett Learning is also excited to accept awards for three first edition books: A History of Public Health: From Past to Present by Jan Kirk Carney in the History and Public Policy category, Population Health Analytics by Martha L. Sylvia and Ines Maria Vigil and Digital Health Care: Perspectives, Applications, and Cases by Phillip Olla and Joseph Tan, both in the Informatics category.

Awarded second place in the 2022 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Community/Public Health category: Introduction to Health Behavior Theory, Fourth Edition by Joanna Hayden.

Awarded second place in the 2022 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the History and Public Policy category: A History of Public Health: From Past to Present by Jan Kirk Carney.

Awarded second and third place, respectively, in the 2022 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Informatics category: Population Health Analytics by Martha L. Sylvia and Ines Maria Vigil and Digital Health Care: Perspectives, Applications, and Cases by Phillip Olla and Joseph Tan.

Awarded second place in the 2022 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Maternal–Child Health/Prenatal Nursing/Childbirth category: Breastfeeding Management for the Clinician: Using the Evidence, Fifth Edition by Marsha Walker

Awarded third place in the 2022 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Nursing Management and Leadership category: Financial Management for Nurse Managers: Merging the Heart with the Dollar, Fifth Edition by J. Michael Leger.

Awarded third place in the 2022 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Nursing Research category: Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses: Appraisal and Application of Research, Fifth Edition by Nola A. Schmidt and Janet M. Brown.

Awarded first place in the 2022 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Palliative Care and Hospice category: Palliative Care Nursing: Caring for Suffering Patients, Second Edition by Kathleen Ouimet Perrin, Caryn A. Sheehan, Mertie L. Potter, and Mary K. Kazanowski

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