Journal of Family Nursing
Your Best Resource for the latest Advances in Family Nursing, Theory, Practice, Research, and Education
The Journal of Family Nursing is a forum for lively debate and critical dialogue on the nursing of families in health and illness.
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A Valuable Resource Whatever Your Speciality
Whether you're a researcher, practitioner, teacher, or student. . . whether you work directly with families or deal with families because you work with patients in such areas as pediatrics, gerontology, mental health, oncology or cardiology . . . you'll find the Journal of Family Nursing a vital and valuable resource.
Comprehensive Coverage
The Journal of Family Nursing is a peer-reviewed journal publishing nursing research, practice, education, and policy issues, as well as empirical and theoretical analyses on the subject of family health. The journal represents both "family as context" and "family as unit", examining cultural diversity and families across the life cycle. Interdisciplinary and collaborative perspectives are published from international contributors. The mission of the journal is to extend knowledge about family response to health and illness and improve healthcare offered to families.
Your Best Source for Family Nursing Information
The first periodical devoted exclusively to family nursing, the Journal of Family Nursing brings you the best in family nursing scholarship from a variety of perspectives. Articles in the Journal of Family Nursing examine such diverse topics as:The first periodical devoted exclusively to family nursing, the brings you the best in family nursing scholarship from a variety of perspectives. Articles in the examine such diverse topics as:
- Advances in family nursing education
- Families experiencing chronic illness
- Families experiencing life-shortening illness
- Families and health promotion
- Childbearing/childrearing families
- Family assessment and intervention
- Advances in practice
- Family care across the life span
- Legal and ethical issues
- Cross-cultural health issues
- Family nursing theory and policy
- Advances in research methodology and instrumentation
In addition, Journal of Family Nursing regularly features book and videotape reviews, as well as providing a place for you to communicate information and exchange ideas with others in the field through the Family Nursing Network. The Calendar section lists upcoming conferences and other events of particular interest to nurses who work with families.
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Become a Member of the International Family Nursing Association
The vision of the International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) is, “Nurses transforming health for families worldwide.”
Become a member today: Visit https://internationalfamilynursing.org/ for more information.
NEW International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) Position Statement on Planetary Health and Family Health: https://internationalfamilynursing.org/2020/04/18/ifna-position-statement-on-planetary-health-and-family-health/
International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) Position Statement on Graduate Family Nursing Education: https://internationalfamilynursing.org/2018/06/28/graduate-family-nursing-education/
International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) Position Statement on Advanced Practice Competencies for Family Nursing: https://internationalfamilynursing.org/2015/07/31/ifna-position-statement-on-generalist-competencies-for-family-nursing-practice/
International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) Position Statement on Generalist Competencies for Family Nursing Practice: https://internationalfamilynursing.org/2015/07/31/ifna-position-statement-on-generalist-competencies-for-family-nursing-practice/
International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) Position Statement on Pre-Licensure Family Nursing Education: https://internationalfamilynursing.org/2015/07/30/ifna-position-statement-on-pre-licensure-family-nursing-education/
Submit your manuscript today at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/JFN
The mission of the Journal of Family Nursing (JFN) is to extend knowledge about family response to health and illness and improve healthcare offered to families. JFN is a peer-reviewed journal publishing scholarly work on nursing research, practice, education, and policy issues related to families in health and illness. Appropriate articles of empirical and theoretical analysis on the subject of family health will also be considered for publication. Both family-as-context and family-as-unit are represented. The journal recognizes a strong mandate to represent cultural diversity and families across the life cycle and encourages interdisciplinary and collaborative perspectives as well as international contributions. Papers will be selected for their scientific merit and creative treatment of significant issues in the field. One of the objectives of the journal is to establish a forum in which practitioners, educators, and researchers in various clinical specialties and settings can extend the lively debate and begin a more critical dialogue about the family in health and illness.
| Janice M. Bell, RN, PhD | University of Calgary, Canada |
| Joel G. Anderson, PhD, CHTP, FGSA | University of Tennessee, USA |
| Kristofer Årestedt, RN, PhD | Linkoping University, Sweden |
| Jennifer Baumbusch, PhD, RN | University of British Columbia, Canada |
| Catherine A. Chesla, RN, DNSc, FAAN | University of California, San Francisco, USA |
| Janet Deatrick, PhD, RN, FAAN | University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Fabie Duhamel, RN, PhD | University of Montreal, Canada |
| Suzanne Feetham, PhD, RN, FAAN | University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA |
| Lawrence H Ganong, PhD | University of Missouri, USA |
| Cristina García -Vivar, PhD, MSc, RN | University of Navarra, Spain |
| Ann Garwick, PhD, RN, LP, LMFT, FAAN | University of Minnesota, USA |
| Catherine L. Gilliss, PhD, RN, FAAN | University of California, San Francisco, USA |
| Laura Gultekin, PhD, FNP-BC, RN | University of Michigan,USA |
| Kiyoko Kamipebbu, PhD, RN, PHN, FAAN | The University of Tokyo, Japan |
| Kathleen Knafl, PhD, FAAN | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA |
| Maureen Leahey, RN, PhD | Canada |
| Wendy Looman, PhD, RN, CNP | University of Minnesota, USA |
| Carol J. Loveland-Cherry, PhD, RN, FAAN | University of Michigan, USA |
| Karen S. Lyons, PhD, FGSA | Boston College, USA |
| Helene Moriarty, PhD, RN, FAAN | Villanova University College of Nursing, USA |
| Nancy Moules, RN, PhD | University of Calgary, Canada |
| Roberta Rehm, RN, PhD, FAAN | University of California at San Francisco, USA |
| Sue Robins, BA | Bird Communications, Canada |
| Luke Russell, PhD, CFLE-P | Illinois State University, USA |
| Susan Sullivan-Bolyai, DNSc, CNS, RN, FAAN | UMass Medical School-Graduate School of Nursing, USA |
| Erla Kolbrun Svavarsdottir, RN, PhD, FAAN | University of Iceland, Iceland |
| Veronica Swallow, RGN, RSCN, MMedSCi, PhD | University of Leeds, United Kingdom |
| Marcia Van Riper, RN, PhD, FAAN | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA |
| Chintana Wacharasin, RN, PhD | Burapha University, Thailand |
| Lorraine M. Wright, RN, PhD | University of Calgary, Canada |
| Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani, PhD, RN | The University of Tokyo, Japan |
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