Wolters Kluwer medical & nursing journals honored with a record number of APEX Awards

Based on excellence in editorial content, graphic design, and overall communications, the APEX awards have been recognizing extraordinary work by professional communicators since 1988. At a time when research and publishing sectors are facing continual change, more than 1,100 nominations were submitted. A total of 100 Grand Award Winners were selected, honoring outstanding works in top-level categories, while 439 Awards of Excellence recognized notable entries in a range of sub-categories.

Wolters Kluwer Health’s awards include:

Grand Awards 

• Oncology Times: Writing/Type of Media Writing | “Sparrow’s Nest Feeds Body & Spirit of Cancer Patients & Families” 
• American Journal of Nursing: Writing/Type of Media Writing | “Reflections: A Helping Hand: A School Nurse Offers a Desperate Young Mother Compassion” and “Reflections: Love in the PICU: The Hidden Language of Nurses” 
• Nurse Educator: Writing Topics | “Bringing Gender-Affirming Care to Primary Care: Use of a Multimodal Curriculum to Educate Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Practitioner Students” 
• American Journal of Nursing: Writing Topics | “Suicide Prevention: Protecting the Future of Nurses” 
• Neurology Today: Writing Topics | Artificial Intelligence in Neurology 
• Nursing Made Incredibly Easy: Electronic Media | Nursing Isn’t Easy Podcast 
• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: Campaigns, Programs & Plans | PRS Journal Club 
• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: Public Concerns & Trending Topics | Health Policy Collection 
• Nursing2024: Public Concerns & Trending Topics | “Helping children and adolescents who lost a caregiver during the COVID-19 pandemic”

Awards of Excellence 

• American Journal of Nursing: Writing/Type of Media – Feature Writing | “Ethical Care for Patients with Self-Managed Abortion After Roe” 
• Nurse Educator: Writing / Type of Media - Regular Departments & Columns | “Technology”
• Journal of the American Academy of PAs: Writing/Type of Media – Regular Departments & Columns 
  • “More to the story” 
  • “In lieu of flowers” 
  • “Witnessing miracles” 
• Nurse Educator: Writing/Type of Media – Editorial & Advocacy Writing | “Using AI to Write Scholarly Articles in Nursing” 
• American Journal of Nursing: Writing/Type of Media – Editorial & Advocacy Writing | “The Kids are Still Not Alright” 
• Emergency Medicine News: Writing/Type of Media – Editorial & Advocacy Writing | “Nurses Called ‘Doctor’” 
• American Journal of Nursing: Writing/Type of Media – How-to-Writing | “How to Write an Effective Résumé” 
• Brain & Life: Writing/Topics – Health & Medical Writing | “How Caregivers Deal with Anticipatory Grief” 
• Emergency Medicine News: Writing/Topics – Health & Medical Writing | “Aortic Dissection: Missed and Mis-Diagnoses” 
• PRS GO: Writing/Topics – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | “Targeting Inclusive Excellence in Plastic Surgery - a PRS Global Open Mini-Series from the ASPS Diversity and Inclusion Committee” 
• Nurse Educator: Writing/Topics – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | “Impact of a Virtual Patient Simulation on Nursing Students' Attitudes of Transgender Care” 
• American Journal of Nursing: Writing/Topics – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | “Ableism in Health Care” 
• The Nurse Practitioner: Writing/Topics – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | “Evidence-based sexual healthcare for the LGBTQIA2+ patient across the lifespan”
• Nursing2024: Writing/Topics – Mental Health/Mental Illness | “The hidden crisis of nurse suicide”
• Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners: Writing/Topics – Technology | “Medication-assisted treatment 24-hr waiver training for opioid use disorder: Lessons learned” 
• Nursing Made Incredibly Easy: Magazines, Journals & Tabloids – Print | January/February, Volume 22, Issue 1 
• Nursing Management: Magazines, Journals, & Tabloids – Writing | November 2023, “Safety Solutions”
• Neurology Today: Journals & Tabloids – Magazine Series | “Alzheimer’s Disease’s New Treatment Landscape” 
  • “Will Lecanemab Win FDA Approval? The Stakes Are High as Phase 3 Results Show Efficacy” 
  • “Considering Lecanemab for Alzheimer's Disease? Testing for Biomarkers May Offer No Easy Answers” 
  • “APOE Genotyping Will Play a Major Role in Lecanemab Prescribing The Clinical, Ethical, and Financial Ramifications” 
  • “The FDA and CMS Have Pressed the Go Button on Lecanemab What Happens Now?” 
  • “More Than Half of Commercial Payers Are Denying Coverage for Lecanemab” 
  • “Alzheimer Monoclonal Antibody Registries: How Will They Work Together and What Data Will Be Collected?” 
• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: Electronic Media/Video Media | PRS Video Discussions 
• PRS GO: Electronic Media – Apps & Podcasts | “Deep Cuts” Podcast 
• American Journal of Nursing: Design & Illustration – Covers | April 2023 
• American Journal of Nursing: Social Media – Best Single Blog Post | Off the Charts, “Why Practice Dying: A Nurses Perspective”
• Oncology Times: Social Media – Best Series of Blog Posts | “View From the Other Side of the Stethoscope” 
• PRS GO: Social Media – Special Purpose | “Face the Case” 
• The Nurse Practitioner: Annual Reports – Print | “35th Annual APRN Legislative Update: Updates to APRN Practice Authority in the United States” 
• ASA Monitor: Public Concerns & Trending Topics | “A Path Forward for AI in Anesthesia: Solutions and Future Applications” 
• ASA Monitor: Public Concerns & Trending Topics | “Gain Changers: New Generation of Weight Loss Medications”