The Norwegian Journal of Clinical Nursing (Sykepleien Forskning) is a Norwegian peer-reviewed research journal that aims to highlight and disseminate knowledge that is relevant to all aspects of nursing.

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

The Norwegian Journal of Clinical Nursing seeks to publish articles of a high standard that can help raise standards in nursing practice, nursing education and method development in nursing science. We publish our research articles in open digital format (Open Access), indicated by CC BY 4.0-licence. The Norwegian Journal of Clinical Nursing is a level 1 journal and is indexed in Cinahl and Sherpa Romeo.

The Norwegian Journal of Clinical Nursing’s editor is Lise Tuset Gustad. Tone Rustøen and Jonas Debesay are assistant editors. Read more about the journal's editorial team

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The photo shows a close-up of an older man looking straight at the camera. He looks sad.

Healthcare personnel lack the competence to assess the suicide risk in older adults living at home

They should be on the lookout for risk factors such as functional impairment, loneliness, changing roles and the feeling of being a burden.

Peer-reviewed article

The photo shows a nurse vaccinating a young woman

The screening instrument Share-FI does not appear to be suitable for revealing frailty in connection with cognitive impairment

Peer-reviewed article

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Healthcare personnel lack the competence to assess the suicide risk in older adults living at home

Voluntary work with undocumented migrants is emotionally and physically demanding

De-escalation training can help equip nursing students to deal with aggressive patients

Organ donation is random and depends on who is on duty

Prison nurses face various challenges in the coordination of OAT

Parents with cystic fibrosis need more knowledge about their own disease so they can better inform their children

Women use many different metaphors to describe medical abortions

Nursing lecturers found there to be chaos and lack of control during the COVID-19 pandemic

Palliative care for dying patients in intensive care was not adequately documented

Physical restraint is used on a weekly basis in paediatric wards

Three characteristics can indicate a looming crisis in a frail older person

Hepatitis C treatment can impact on substance use

The screening instrument Share-FI does not appear to be suitable for revealing frailty in connection with cognitive impairment

The nurse teacher has four different roles in clinical placement

Nurses in intensive care units had fewer conversations with patients’ families during the COVID-19 pandemic

Registered nurses use themselves as tools when working with suicidal patients

Health professionals want to learn more about health literacy in patient and family education

Personas – fictional characters – can represent severely ill patients in an innovation process