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.

Nurse retention is the focus of this issue of BJN, with an article exploring how the retention of newly qualified nurses can be enhanced. There is a report of a study examining nurse academics’ understanding of the use of guidelines. Another article discusses the experiences of women working in nursing higher education. How nurses can foster a more internal locus of control in patients is explored in another article. There is also a review of the impact of becoming a professional nurse advocate. This issue features the Stoma Care Supplement, in association with the Association of Stoma Care Nurses UK. There is an article describing how research can be used in stoma care. Another article looks at how colostomy care education can increase the skills of parents caring for a child with a stoma. And a project looking at a comprehensive collaborative approach to caring for stoma patients is explored.