Journals for nurses who want more

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Specializes in tele, stepdown/PCU, med/surg.

Hey all,

I think Nursing2008 and Nursing Made Incredibly Easy are good journals for nursing but I'm looking for a journal that is a bit more medical. I'm looking for a journal that talks about the the current appropiate practice for patients. A journal for nurses that like to look deeper. Is there any journal that you non-mediocre recommend?

Zach

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

The American Journal of Nursing is a bit more deeper thans those other two you mentioned.

The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International publishes a pretty decent journal

http://www.nursingsociety.org/Publications/Journals/Pages/society_periodicals.aspx

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Also - if you are interested in a specialty subject, many nursing organizations publish their own. I subscribe to the Journal of Emergency Nursing and the American Association of Nephrology Nursees and both are very medical and in-depth with research-driven articles.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

American Journal of Critical Care: http://ajcc.aacnjournals.org/

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Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

type of journals you are looking for sponsored by many of the nursing apecialty organizations.

great list here: including journal citation report ranked by impact factor

nursingcenter - journals

online resources include:

online journal of issues in nursing

a peer-reviewed online journal provides a forum for discussion of pertinent issues in nursing

multiple advanced journals content posted:

http://www.medscape.com/nurses

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

As others have said, there are many more nursing journals out there. Most specialty groups have their own journals and there are also journals that cross specialties focusing on research and other scholarly activities.

Maybe you should go to a good health care library (at a college that has a nursing program or a large hospital) and simply spend an afternoon browsing the shelves. You would quickly get a sense of the possibilities. You would also be able to get the information you would need to subscribe to the one(s) of your choice.

Happy hunting!

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Specializes in ICU.

'because you care' are good articles that give information,apply it to clinical practice and is concise enough usually that it sticks in your head. :smokin:

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Specializes in tele, stepdown/PCU, med/surg.

Thanks for all your suggestions. I think a specialty magazine might be the way to go. I'm a tele nurse and there isn't really a cardiac care magazine just for tele nurses but there is that British journal that looks good.

I used to subscribe to AJN but grew tired of their political focus. I felt it was very "unclinical." I will continue my search. Thanks all!

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Maybe I'm a traitor, but I read more medical journals than nursing journals when I *really* want to dig in and understand something.

I like a pp's idea of going to the library at your hospital or school and perusing through a broad variety of journals to see what you like.

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Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.
AJN is no longer an ANA publication but owned by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins....you might want to look at a current issue.
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Hi everyone! Where will I find totally free journals for nurses on the internet? I'm working on my thesis right now and my topic is pertaining to the disruptive physicians. please help. thank you very much.:wink2:

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