Maureen "Shawn" Kennedy,MA, RN
Editor-in-Chief
American Journal of Nursing
AJN Blog
Start date: June 2009
Editor Position prior to your current editorial position: Editorial Director, American Journal of Nursing
Dates: Feb 2007 - June 2009
Total number of years as Editor: Since 2002 (News Editor '02-'07)
Total number of years in INANE: Since 2005
Which editing accomplishment is the one about which you feel most proud? The State of the Science on Cancer Survivorship - a special project and report
What is the best thing about being an editor? Keeping up to date on trends, meeting the new rising stars of nursing
What is the worst thing about being an editor? Rejecting work from authors that may have something to say but can't write
Which three words would your colleagues use to describe you?
Honest, hard-working, detailed
What is the strangest request a potential author has ever made of you? International author wanted us to pay for him to come to US to visit
What would you like to do if you were not an editor? Nurse in a newborn nursery
How do you relax? Gardening, walking, traveling