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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Are older patients subjected to indignities and neglected following surgery?

Patients move quickly between different units during the surgical pathway. Older patients in particular are at risk of suffering related to care such as violations of dignity, neglect and poor pain management.

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Are older patients subjected to indignities and neglected following surgery?

Healthcare personnel can reduce the shame and stigma associated with obesity

How intensive care patients’ family members can play a more active role

Pain teams can provide good support to healthcare personnel in the pain relief of opioid-dependent patients

What factors prevent young adults from showing up for their addiction treatment?

Native language nurses and second language nurses document information in patient records differently

Prehospital healthcare personnel are apprehensive about paediatric airway management

How nursing research has developed

Doctor’s visits to nursing homes: Are out-of-hours doctors given sufficient patient information?

Palliative patients get greater relief from early screening of symptoms and implementation of measures

How to ensure safe and appropriate medication management

Small organisational adjustments can lead to better supervision of clinical practice in intensive care units

The ISBAR tool leads to conscious, structured communication by healthcare personnel

The traditional doctor–patient roles may be disempowering the patient

New practice model improved students’ leadership and organisational skills

The organisation of community nursing services may impact negatively on safety and the quality of care

No increase in in-patient detoxification completion rates following pre-hospital telephone intervention

New form is suitable for assessing clinical nursing education