Nursing journal?

Question:

I am a first year nursing student taking my prereq’s (currently struggling to learn all the bones in the skull. So thank you for all the info you’ve provided to me in the past. In one of my classes I need to review an article in a professional nursing journal. Could someone recommend a journal that is easy to understand for a nursing student? I don't know much terminology yet (taking Anatomy and Physiology I). Also, where would I purchase it?

Answer:
Try Nursing00. It is fairly basic and should be in your resource library at the college. There are also several on-line resources. Do a web search for nursing journals and you will be able to reach many of the web sites.
Nursing is the first one that comes to mind for me, too. I've been reading it since it was Nursing '70, at least, when I was a student. You can get a copy in the library and get the subscription address from it, and maybe even one of those little blow-in cards to send off.

Nursing '00 is probably your best bet. Of the major nursing magazines
(Nursing, RN, and AJN) Nursing is probably the most basic, fundamental and easy to read of the three. AJN is more political and RN is like Nursing
201. Try what I did. I read the articles that I felt the most comfortable with and then moved onto the harder ones, but with one caveat. While you’re reading the articles, have with you your med book, your nursing dictionary/encyclopedia and your lab book. Every time I read an article, it raised more questions (for me) than it answered. So when you're reading it and come across a term or drug you don't understand, look it up. You'll not only understand the article better, but learn much more than the single topic.

And remember this; never stop being a student! Even after you've graduated and have been working for 10 years, you still have more to learn. The nurses that excel are the ones who realize they'll never know everything, but try to anyway. The mediocre nurses think that they know enough to do their job, and stop there.

Seriously, though, I read my magazines with a Tabers and Drug Guide minimum. I might also pull out A&P and/or various and sundry med-surg books. I turn everything into a project, but you can bet I understand the subject when I'm finished.