Journal of Pediatric Nursing

*Journal of Pediatric Nursing*
Discipline	Pediatric nursing
Language	English
Edited by	Mandie Jane Foster
Publication details
History	1986–present
Publisher	Elsevier
Impact factor	1.800 (2017)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	J. Pediatr. Nurs.
Indexing;
ISSN	0882-5963;
Links
	Journal homepage;

The Journal of Pediatric Nursing (also known as JPN) is a peer-reviewed nursing journal publishing evidence-based practice, quality improvement, theory, and research papers on a variety of pediatric nursing topics, covering the life span from birth to adolescence.^[1]^[2] It is published by Elsevier.

History

The journal was established in 1986, with Dr Cecily L. Betz as its founding editor-in-chief.^[3] It is the official journal of the Society of Pediatric Nurses and the Pediatric Endocrinology Nursing Society and its current editor-in-chief is Dr Cecily L. Betz (University of Southern California).^[4]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 1.800.^[5]

References

^ Standley, J. M. (2002). "A meta-analysis of the efficacy of music therapy for premature infants". Journal of Pediatric Nursing. 17 (2): 107–113. doi:10.1053/jpdn.2002.124128. PMID 12029604.
^ Beyer, J. E., Denyes, M. J., & Villarruel, A. M. (1992). "The creation, validation, and continuing development of the Oucher: a measure of pain intensity in children". Journal of Pediatric Nursing. 7 (5): 335–346.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Betz, C. L. (2006). "Examining the status of special education students: implications for pediatric nurses". Journal of Pediatric Nursing. 1 (21): 1–3. doi:10.1016/j.pedn.2005.12.003. PMID 16428008.
^ Betz, C. L. (2006). "The nursing shortage, pediatric and child family nursing". Journal of Pediatric Nursing. 21 (2): 85–87. doi:10.1016/j.pedn.2006.02.011. PMID 16545668.
^ Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.) (2017). "Journal of Pediatric Nursing". Clarivate Analytics. 2018. Archived from the original on March 24, 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2019.