
International Journal of Nursing Practice
Edited by:
Alan Pearson
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2010: Nursing (Science): 57 / 88; Nursing (Social Science): 54 / 85
Impact Factor: 0.794
The International Journal of Nursing Practice is a fully refereed journal publishing original scholarly work that advances the international understanding and development of nursing both as a profession and academic discipline. The Journal focuses on research and professional discussion papers with a sound scientific, theoretical or philosophical base.
TopNews and Announcements
Now Including Cochrane Nursing Care Network. The official Cochrane Review Section published in the International Journal of Nursing Practice.
Aims and Scope
The Cochrane Nursing Care Network Section aims to make Cochrane Reviews accessible to those who deliver, lead or research nursing care to bring about practice change. The Section will inform clinical decision-making and policy development with the highest quality research evidence available in the areas of acute care, care of the aged, primary care, community care, midwifery and practical aspects of evidence related to the delivery of nursing care through advanced practice roles.
The scope of the Section to achieve these aims extends across the interests of students, practitioners, researchers, policy makers and academics at all levels of expertise. The Section draws on the international leadership and expertise of a strong international editorial board, and contributions from the nursing care community to highlight work being done, and to stimulate further engagement between those providing nursing care, Cochrane and its resources to improve practice, patient outcomes, informed decision making and to generate greater awareness of the Cochrane collaboration
The key features of the CNCN Section include:
- A topical editorial from the CNCN Section Editorial Board;
- An Overview Review of Cochrane reviews relevant to a specific area of nursing care
- An open section for the submission of papers
- News and information on the CNC and the Cochrane Collaboration
- A "tips and tricks" column designed to promote understanding and accessibility of relevant statistics
- Transcripts of recent CNC podcasts, and a link to the podcast website where the mp3s can be downloaded
- DISCLAIMER
- The material published in the Section does not represent the official policy or recommendations of the Publisher or of The Cochrane Collaboration and that no responsibility is assumed by the Publisher or The Cochrane Collaboration for any injury and/or damage to persons or property, as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any ideas, instructions, procedures, products or methods contained in the material therein.
An advertisement in the Journal does not constitute on the part of the Publisher or of The Cochrane Collaboration a guarantee or endorsement of the quality or value of the advertised products or services or of any of the representations or the claims made by the advertisers with respect to such products or services.
CNCN Section Editorial Board
Dr. Lisa Hopp Purdue University, Hammond, USA " ljhopp@calumet.purdue.edu
Professor Susan Salmond University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Nursing, Newark, NJ salmonsu@umdnj.edu
Professor Marriane Lamb Queens University, Kingston, Ontario Marianne.Lamb@queensu.ca
Dr. Donal O'Mathuna Dublin City University, Ireland donal.omathuna@dcu.ie
Professor Tracey Howe Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland Tracey.Howe@gcal.ac.uk
Dr. Coral MacRury SNBTS, Edinburgh, Scotland c.macrury@nhs.net
Professor William Lauder University of Stirling, Scotland william.lauder@stir.ac.uk
Professor Teresa Moreno-Casbas "Institute of Health Carlos III Centre for Coordination and Development of Nursing Research Madrid Spain" mmoreno@isciii.es
Esther González-María "Institute of Health Carlos III Centre for Coordination and Development of Nursing Research Madrid Spain" esthergomaria@isciii.es
Professor Alison Kitson " The University of Adelaide, Austraila" alison.kitson@adelaide.edu.au
Dr. Suzi Robertson Malt King Faisal Heart Institute, Qatar Foundation | PO Box 26999 | Doha, Qatar smalt@sidra.org
Professor Hu Yan " Fudan University Shanghai Peoples Republic of China" huyan@fudan.edu.cn
Professor Pei-Fan Mu " National Yang-Ming University Taiwan R.O.C." peifan@ym.edu.tw
TopHighlights
Top 5 International Journal of Nursing Practice articles accessed online:
- Hearing what older consumers say about participation in their care
Wendy Penney, Sally J Wellard - Professional socialization: The key to survival as a newly qualified nurse
Mary Mooney - Satisfaction with caring and living conditions in nursing homes: Views of elderly persons, next of kin and staff members
Anna-Lena Berglund - Reflective practice in nursing care: Embedded assumptions in qualitative studies
Christine Gustafsson, Margareta Asp, Ingegerd Fagerberg - A randomized controlled trial for maintaining peripheral intravenous lock in children
Esther Mok, Tany KY Kwong, Moon Fai Chan
