Nursing Journals

Nursing Journals are professional magazines that are geared toward the profession of Nursing. There are many types of nursing journals, from generalized ones that cover all aspects of nursing and nursing care, to highly specialized ones that focus on one particular area of nursing.

Nursing journals are a great way to keep up with what is going on in the world of nursing and to keep abreast of new technologies. Part of your responsibility as a nurse is to keep up to date with the changes in current practice and every nurse should make it a habit to regularly read at least one nursing journal.

When starting out as a new nurse, it is probably best to start out with a generalized nursing journal, as they can give a lot of valuable information to the new nurse. They very often have information about managing conflicts, patient emergencies, and dealing with family members. The Nursing series of journals is an excellent one for new nurses to read and the nurse should focus on these types of journals for the first 2-3 years of their career to help strengthen their decision-making and knowledge base.

Once you have settled into nursing and have chosen a specialty, you want to also include journals that are specific to your nursing specialty. There are nursing journals for med-surg, ostomy, cardiac care, pediatrics, nephrology, or just about any specialty that you can name, and most specialties have more than one journal. So, look over some that you like and choose one that appeals the most to you. They are a really great way of advancing your nursing knowledge beyond the basics. Most of the Nursing Journals also have at least one continuing education opportunity per issue, so they are an extremely convenient way to earn continuing education credits as well.