The Norwegian Journal of Clinical Nursing (Sykepleien Forskning) is a Norwegian peer-reviewed journal whose aim is to publish research of relevance to all aspects of nursing.

ISSN:1890-2936 GE-ISSN: 1891-2710

The Norwegian Journal of Clinical Nursing publishes articles that can help raise the standard of nursing practice, nursing education and method development in nursing science. The research articles we publish are open access and licensed under the Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license. The Norwegian Journal of Clinical Nursing is a level 1 journal and is indexed in Cinahl and Jisc open policy finder. The Journal publishes approximately 40 per cent of the articles submitted.

The Norwegian Journal of Clinical Nursing’s Editor-In-Chief is Jonas Debesay. Stein Ove Danielsen and Ingvild Beathe Myrhaugen Tjelmeland are Associate Editors. Read more about the journal's editorial team

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Nursing is portrayed as personal, under threat and without demarcation lines in the special edition of the Norwegian Nursing Magazine

Nurses adapt to structures and norms in the health service rather than standing by clinical assessments. Experience is given more emphasis than science.

Peer-reviewed article29.09.2022

Bildet viser en mann med gåstol, som støttes av en sykepleier

Health professionals are uncertain whether asynchronous, text-based e-consultations provide for professional accountability and a satisfactory standard of health care

Research13.01.2022

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Nursing is portrayed as personal, under threat and without demarcation lines in the special edition of the Norwegian Nursing Magazine

What factors impact on the functional ability of older patients after hip fracture surgery?

Filming in healthcare institutions presents an ethical dilemma

Medical abortion: Women consider the procedure to be standardised and not person-centred

Deaf patients do not receive information from the health services in a form adapted to their needs

Only half of the patients with suspected stroke are admitted by ambulance

Adolescents’ satisfaction with CAP unit can affect them as adults

Clinical placement in Madagascar provided nurses with intercultural competence

The majority of older people used screen-based media for social contact during the COVID-19 pandemic

Diabetes specialist nurses who train patients need regular updating in the use of the insulin pump

Many people with genetic aortopathies are afraid to be as active as they could be

The COVID-19 pandemic reinforced RNs’ willingness to adapt and sense of duty

Few studies on early detection of clinical deterioration include older people in non-hospital settings

Health professionals are uncertain whether asynchronous, text-based e-consultations provide for professional accountability and a satisfactory standard of health care

Infection control in the community nursing service has been improved, but it is still inadequate

Young people need knowledge about coping with pain

How much guidance on parent-infant interaction is provided in NICUs in Norway?

Medication reviews on admission of residents to nursing homes are inadequate