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. On average, the Journal publishes approximately 40 per cent of submitted scientific articles.

The Norwegian Journal of Clinical Nursing’s Editor-In-Chief is Jonas Debesay. Tone Rustøen is Associate Editor. Read more about the journal's editorial team

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Motivated managers and employees in primary care services can affect the quality of involvement with patients’ next of kin

Belonging to a team, flexibility and good systems for next-of-kin involvement create motivation.

Peer-reviewed article06.05.2024

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Motivated managers and employees in primary care services can affect the quality of involvement with patients’ next of kin

Male nursing students can feel alienated

Nursing students learn the theory of physical assessment but do not get to put it into practice

Perinatal asphyxia: specialised training for nurses can reduce neonatal mortality

Patients with COPD felt more reassured with digital home monitoring

People with overweight were more concerned about their appearance than the health risks

Nursing students have insufficient knowledge about antibiotic resistance and appropriate antibiotic use

Current nursing capacity is well utilised

Nursing students want to provide spiritual care but need knowledge about faith and beliefs

Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy can create problems that are life-changing

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