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Journals in Nursing and midwifery

The Nursing & Midwifery subject area provides evidence-based content to support nurses and interprofessional teams in preparation, development, and everyday clinical care. Providing content for nursing students, nurse educators, NPs, LPNs/LVNs, RNs, APRNs, and more, the nursing portfolio covers all areas of nursing including NCLEX & Certification titles, Community Nursing, Nursing Pharmacology, Oncology, Nutrition, Home Health, Case Management, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Gerontology, Critical Care, Pediatric Nursing, Care Planning, Midwifery, Leadership & Management, Nurse Anesthesia, Psychiatric Mental Health, and more.

  • Geriatric Nursing

    • ISSN: 0197-4572
    Geriatric Nursing is the official journal of American Assisted Living Nurses Association (AALNA) and Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystems Elders (NICHE).Geriatric Nursing is a comprehensive source for timely, evidence-based, and high-quality information related to the care of older adults. The journal’s peer reviewed articles report the latest research, education, clinical practices, and innovations that contribute to improving the health, well-being, and care of older adults across the care continuum.Geriatric Nursing addresses current research, education, clinical practice, and policy issues that contribute to optimizing healthy aging, achieving person-centered goals, improving the health and quality of life of older adults in all settings. The journal is also interested in innovative models of care and technological advances that support older adults, their families, and caregivers. The journal is written specifically for all members of the interdisciplinary team who focus on the older adult population.
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  • Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing

    • ISSN: 1089-9472
    Official Journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia NursesThe Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing provides original, peer-reviewed research for a primary audience that includes nurses in perianesthesia settings, including ambulatory surgery, preadmission testing, postanesthesia care (Phases I and II), extended observation, and pain management. The Journal provides a forum for sharing professional knowledge and experience relating to management, ethics, legislation, research, and other aspects of perianesthesia nursing.
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  • American Journal of Infection Control

    • ISSN: 0196-6553
    The American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) covers key topics and issues in infection control and epidemiology. Infection control professionals, including physicians, nurses, and epidemiologists, rely on AJIC for peer-reviewed articles covering clinical topics as well as original research. As the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). AJIC is the foremost resource on infection control, epidemiology, infectious diseases, quality management, occupational health, and disease prevention. AJIC also publishes infection control guidelines from APIC and the CDC. AJIC is included in Index Medicus and CINAHL.
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  • Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

    • ISSN: 0964-3397
    The aims of Intensive and Critical Care Nursing are to promote excellence of care of critically ill patients by specialist nurses and their professional colleagues; to provide an international and interdisciplinary forum for the publication, dissemination and exchange of research findings, experience and ideas; to develop and enhance the knowledge, skills, attitudes and creative thinking essential to good critical care nursing practice. The journal publishes reviews, updates and feature articles in addition to original papers and significant preliminary communications. Articles may deal with any part of practice including relevant clinical, research, educational, psychological and technological aspects.
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  • Nurse Leader

    • ISSN: 1541-4612
    The mission of Nurse Leader is to advance and reimagine nursing leadership by strengthening the specialty and demonstrating its critical role in improving workforce effectiveness and healthcare outcomes. The journal supports nurses across all levels of leadership by providing the vision, evidence, tools, and competencies needed to lead effectively within today’s complex healthcare environments.Publish... bimonthly, Nurse Leader offers practical, evidence-informed content in an accessible format. It highlights best practices, innovative approaches, and emerging trends across key areas such as thought leadership, workforce development, organizational excellence, health policy, and evidence-based practice and research.Nurse Leader is the official journal of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership.
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  • Journal of Professional Nursing

    • ISSN: 8755-7223
    The Journal of Professional Nursing (JPN) is the official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and advances AACN’s mission to shape the future of academic nursing and improve healthcare through excellence in nursing education, research, leadership, practice, and policy.JPN publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship that informs and advances baccalaureate, master’s, doctoral, and post-doctoral nursing education and the professional formation of nurses. The journal serves academic leaders, faculty, researchers, practice partners, and policy influencers committed to preparing nurses to meet the evolving needs of patients, communities, and health systems.JPN welcomes manuscripts that:Present original research (quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, and implementation science) that advances knowledge in nursing education and academic leadership relevant to U.S. schools of nursingExamine curricular innovation, competency-based education, clinical experiences, and teaching-learning strategies, including simulation, technology-enhanced learning, and emerging pedagogiesAddress faculty development, workforce trends, leadership preparation, and academic-practice partnershipsAnalyze policy, accreditation, regulation, and funding issues that influence nursing education and the nursing workforceExplore strategies for ensuring access to all within academic and clinical learning environmentsEvaluate outcomes related to professional formation, clinical readiness, population health, systems leadership, and interprofessional educationProvide evidence syntheses, state-of-the-science reviews, and policy analyses relevant to AACN prioritiesJPN particularly encourages submissions that demonstrate methodological rigor, measurable outcomes, and implications for national nursing education policy and practice.As AACN’s scholarly platform, JPN supports innovation and thought leadership aligned with AACN initiatives, including competency-based education, advanced nursing practice, leadership development, and strengthening the academic nursing workforce.
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  • Nurse Education Today

    • ISSN: 0260-6917
    Nurse Education Today is the leading international journal in nurse education providing a forum for the publication of high-quality original research, review and debate in nursing, midwifery and interprofessional healthcare education. Published articles advance educational theory and pedagogy and support the evidence-based practice of educationalists worldwide. The aim of the journal is to stimulate and value critical scholarly debate on issues that have strategic relevance for all stakeholders in healthcare education.The journal publishes the highest quality scholarly contributions reflecting the diversity of people, health, and education systems worldwide. Rigorous methodology is evident in research and review articles, with contemporary issues and big ideas articles addressing highly topical issues of concern in nursing, midwifery, and interprofessional healthcare education. Authors should show depth, rigour, originality, and high standards of presentation in highlighting work that is original, analytical, and constructively critical of both previous work and current initiatives. A double-blind peer review process is employed for all submissions and the current Impact Factor is 3.6 making it one of the leading nurse education journals (2021 Journal Citation Reports, Clarivate Analytics 2023)
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  • International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing

    • ISSN: 1878-1241
    Official journal of the Association of Maltese Orthopaedic Nurses, the Australia New Zealand Orthopaedic Nurses Association, Canadian Orthopaedic Nurses Association, RCN Society of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing and officially recognised by the Asian Association for Dynamic Osteosynthesis (Nursing), the Danish Orthopaedic Nurses Association (FSOS), Ortopedisjukskötersk... I Sverige (Sweden) and the International Collaboration of Orthopaedic NursingThe International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing is a peer-reviewed journal that seeks to promote the development and exchange of specialist knowledge within orthopaedic and trauma practice. The focus of orthopaedic and musculoskeletal trauma includes delivery of care for individuals with musculoskeletal injuries and disorders across the lifespan. It is not limited to purely the acute management of injuries and disorders but includes health promotion, bone health, falls/injury reduction, education, development of specialist workforce, contribution to health policy development and promotion of health in society. The journal is devoted primarily to nurses but also aims to serve other health professionals involved in the care of patients with orthopaedic and associated traumatic conditions. The journal aims to promote and share best practice through the dissemination of high quality research findings, debate within practice, exploration of professional issues and the development of health care practice as well as innovative roles.The journal publishes a wide range of papers from primary research and evidence updates to personal reflections on practice, book reviews, education and practice/management issues. The journal is committed to encouraging the sharing of new and innovative practices implemented across a broad range of international settings that will benefit people with musculoskeletal conditions and injuries worldwide. The journal encourages submission of different types of literature reviews such as scoping, narrative, integrative and systematic reviews, practice/quality improvement projects, healthcare system designs/reforms and innovations and letters to the editor regarding relevant topics. The journal is keen to consider submissions from a broad range of disciplines (ie non nursing) but it is essential that authors from those fields make the relevance of that paper to orthopaedic and trauma nursing overt in the manuscript.The mission of the journal is to facilitate global networking amongst orthopaedic and trauma nurses that results in the sharing of evidence-based practice, the dissemination of ideas and knowledge amongst orthopaedic and trauma nurses and other members of the health care team, including the organisations which support such practitioners in developing their knowledge and practice. The editorial team encourages and supports contributions from both experienced, developing and first time authors.Practice Development in Orthopaedics and Trauma Papers which describe initiatives and innovation in practice development or support continuing education are welcomed by the editors. In keeping with the journal's aims and scope, short papers are invited from clinical staff, educators and students. Such papers may focus on, but are not restricted to, best practice and practice development initiatives; implementation of research findings and education; improvements in patient care and development of the workforce in the clinical environment. Papers should be prepared in keeping with the journal's style (Guide for Authors can be found at Guide for Authors and should help the orthopaedic and trauma practitioner to develop and maintain their own skills and knowledge and help to transform delivery of quality care for patients elsewhere in the world. In addition, authors can use such papers to make the most of international networks by sharing their work, innovations and ideas.
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  • Journal of Radiology Nursing

    • ISSN: 1546-0843
    Official journal of the Association for Radiologic & Imaging Nursing (ARIN)The Journal of Radiology Nursing promotes the highest quality patient care in the diagnostic and therapeutic imaging environments. The content is intended to show radiology nurses how to practice with compassion, competence, and commitment, not only to patients but also to the profession of nursing as a whole. The journal's goals mirror those of the Association for Radiologic & Imaging Nursing: to provide, promote, maintain, and continuously improve patient care through education, standards, professional growth, and collaboration with other health care providers.
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  • Nurse Education in Practice

    • ISSN: 1471-5953
    Nurse Education in Practice aims to publish leading international research and scholarship on the practice of nurse and midwifery related education. The remit of the journal, therefore, spans education and clinical practice. We publish empirical studies and systematic reviews with a view to contributing to the evidence base of nurse and midwifery education in practice.Nurse Education in Practice is a peer reviewed journal which promotes diversity in terms of country, culture, sexual orientation and lifestyle. Submissions to the journal should be theoretically based, methodologically sound and of interest to an international readership. We promote open science and encourage the pre-printing of manuscripts, registration of studies and sharing of data.
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