what is the best nursing journal to subscribe to as a new nurse

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I'm a new nurse, and want to be the best nurse I can be! haha ..... I know that takes time. Anyway, I just want to know what nursing journal will aid me in keeping up to date and refreshed on my practice.

Specializes in Trauma, Teaching.

I've found some pretty good basic review type articles in Nursing 2009. My favorite is still Journal of Emergency Nursing.

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Specializes in Medical.

i subscribe to medscape.com, which is a free online resource that collates recently-published journal articles across a wide range of specialies. every week i get an email (medpulse) in each of my subscribed categories - i subscribe to nursing, nephrology, transpantation, neurology, hiv/aids and week in review. each email has links to articles and brief summaries about each one, grouped by specialty (in the non-specialised pulses).

every week's nursing medpulse include top stories (most read), an editorial note (the editor's an rn, phd), featured articles, journal scans, news, and useful articles by category. a random sampling of articles sent this week included:

[color=#990000][color=#004c88][color=#990000][color=#004c88]does physician billing for hospital-based nurse practitioner visits violate the stark law?

if a nurse practitioner conducts a follow-up visit and the physician also sees the patient, can the physician bill for the follow-up visit? does this violate the stark law?

medscape nurses 2009

[color=#004c88]monthly summaries of nursing research

talking with non-english-speaking families about end-of-life care and nurses' buy-in to a culture of safety in acute care are the topics of february's nursing research summaries.

medscape nurses 2009

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[color=#004c88]love in the time of organ transplants

when post-transplant medication costs more than $1,000 a month, how much of a girlfriend's appeal might be because she comes from a country that provides universal health care?

health aff 28(1) 2009

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[color=#004c88]call it what it is: sexual harassment

read this third-year medical student's perspective about her experience with a clinician who addressed her with an inappropriate comment.

acad med 84(2) 2009

[color=#004c88]witty commentary makes medical news more digestible

the american college of physicians' blog adds context -- and humor -- to the day's top medical stories.

medscape med students 2009

[color=#004c88]effect of baseline a1c level on glycemic response to incretins

review the relationship between baseline a1c and the glucose-lowering effects of incretin agents.

primary care education consortium 2009

[color=#004c88]outpatient management of upper gi bleeding

how does the glasgow-blatchford bleeding score (gbs) compare with the rockall scoring system in patients who present with upper gastrointestinal bleeding?

journal watch 8(1) 2009

[color=#004c88]vitamin supplementation and prostate cancer

could supplementation with vitamins c and e or selenium influence risk for developing prostate cancer?

journal watch 8(1) 2009

[color=#004c88]bariatric surgery for obese adolescents: should surgery be used to treat the childhood obesity epidemic?

the long-term success rate, consequences and risks for the pediatric population are still unknown.

pediatr health 3(1) 2009

[color=#004c88]spousal concordance for major coronary risk factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

learn why interventions to reduce cardiovascular risk factors should be addressed jointly to both members of a marital couple.

am j epidemiol 169(1) 2009

[color=#004c88]aspirin: more evidence that low dose is all that is needed

heartwire 2009

[color=#004c88]mrsa often found on stethoscopes of emergency medical personnel

reuters health information 2009

[color=#004c88]altruistic-donor chain may facilitate renal transplantation

medscape medical news 2009

[color=#004c88]metformin may up alzheimer's protein if used alone

medscape medical news 2009

each category has a variety of notification choices available, including conference news and cme options.

i like that i can skim over the topics and read what interests me, that it's online (so no paper), and that it's free. medscape access way more journals than i'd ever make my way through on my own!

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Specializes in Critical care, tele, Medical-Surgical.

You canh read Registered Nurse on line free:

http://www.calnurses.org/publications/?print=t

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what is the best nursing journal to subscribe to as a student nurse?

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