Nursing Journals – Featured Journal
Twice each month, we feature a nursing journal from the more than 60 nursing journals available on our site.
Many of our Featured Journals include continuing education activities, special features, recurring departments, patient education tools, and more. We invite you to check back often to take advantage of our Featured Journal/
The current Featured Journals are…
Current Issue: Featured online until 9/15/25
The Official Journal of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists Clinical Nurse Specialist™ addresses the practice of clinical nurse specialists in diagnosis and treatment to prevent, remediate, or alleviate illness/suffering and promote health within defined populations -- regardless of specialty. From shaping the role of the clinical nurse specialist to examining new methods of cost-effectiveness, Clinical Nurse Specialist™ spans the field with original articles of the highest caliber. Special sections include pharmacology consult, entrepreneurship, technology for practice, books-at-a-glance, and legislative/regulatory updates. And now, readers can use this journal as a convenient means of acquiring CE contact hours in the following areas: research ethics, AIDS, child and adolescent psychiatry, computers, and critical care.
Current Issue: Featured online until 9/15/25
Journal for Nurses in Professional Development (JNPD) is a specialized source of information for professional staff development and patient educators in all healthcare settings. The journal provides these educators with information on planning, implementing, and evaluating educational activities; administration of professional development departments; research in the specialty; technological or other innovations; and issues in professional development and patient education that may influence the field. Original articles focus on issues affecting professional staff development in hospitals and other healthcare facilities as well as the latest innovations in education, research, and technology; educating nursing and other hospital staff; competence assessment; developing, implementing, and evaluating program effectiveness; and computer-aided instruction. Continuing education contact hours are available in each issue.