British Journal of Nursing

The British Journal of Nursing (BJN) brings you closer to the forefront of nursing practice. If you are looking for a journal that contains the latest clinical developments, original research and evidence-based practice you should be reading BJN.

Subscribe to BJN for fortnightly issues featuring: • Cutting edge, peer-reviewed clinical research • Articles covering education and professional issues to keep nurse educators and general, specialist and student nurses up to date with care on the coalface • Innovations in nursing to keep you abreast on current professional developments and informed about how you can impact your own practice • In-depth patient safety, healthcare and legal analysis to help you guide clinical decision making and inspire the best in evidence-based practice and outcomes for your patients • 17 supplements focusing on tissue viability, oncology, stoma care, IV therapy and urology • Top-quality original research and comment in specialist nursing areas • Jobs, courses and events in nursing to support your continuing professional development

Articles in BJN are written by nurses and subject to peer review by leading authorities in the profession. It is highly regarded by practitioners in the field, and has been called "the most up-to-date clinically focused journal available" and an "essential companion to my studies" by our readers. Ensure that you have access to the best clinical papers and original research in BJN.

Diabetes is the focus of this issue of BJN, with a discussion on the role of the diabetes specialist nurse in secondary care. A clinical article explores the care of patients with secondary hypothalamic amenorrhoea. There is a product focus on preparing intravenous antibiotics using a needle-free connector. Two education articles examine hub-and-spoke clinical placement models and using a vive voce approach to clinical learning during the pandemic. A comment article asks why there are so few men in nursing. This issue also includes the Oncology supplement, in association with the UK Oncology Nursing Society (UKONS). There is an article on quality-of-life tools used in myeloma. A case study looks at using intrathecal drug delivery for cancer pain at the end of life. There is a discussion of social marketing of educational materials and the link to early detection of breast cancer. And there is a round-up of last year’s UKONS annual conference.