Wolters Kluwer, Health and the American Journal of Nursing(AJN) have announced the appointment of Dr. Carl A. Kirton, as the incoming Editor-in-Chief. Recognized as the most prestigious nursing journal, AJN is also the longest running nursing journal in the world, having published for 122 years. Dr. Kirton will succeed Maureen ’Shawn’ Kennedy, who has served as Editor-in-Chief since 2009.
Along with Dr. Kirton’s strong clinical background, including critical and primary care both as a staff nurse and nurse practitioner, he brings the vision, energy, and leadership needed to ensure AJN’s role as the leading source of evidence-based clinical information and peer-reviewed original research that informs nursing practice and promotes nurses’ impact on the healthcare community and public.
Prior to joining the AJN team, Dr. Kirton was the Chief Nursing Officer at University Hospital in Newark, NJ, the associate editor of the Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (JANAC), and the senior associate editor of Annals of LGBT Public & Population Health. Dr. Kirton will remain an adjunct professor at New York University, and a volunteer clinical professor at Rutgers University.
He is an alumnus of Lehman College, New York University, Case Western University, St. Peter’s University, and is currently completing his PhD at Seton Hall University. Dr. Kirton is also a former President and member of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. He is an active member of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership, and the Health Care Financial Management Association.
As one of the premier journal’s for the nursing profession, the American Journal of Nursing (AJN) aims 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 healthcare community and the public.
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