About the Journal

The Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing (AJAN) is the peer-reviewed scholarly journal of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF).

The mission of AJAN is to provide a forum to showcase and promote a wide variety of original research and scholarly work to inform and empower nurses, midwives and other healthcare professionals to improve the health and wellbeing of all communities and to be prepared for the future.


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Current Issue

Vol. 40 No. 4 (2023): September - November 2023

Published: 18-12-2023

EDITORIAL
Up next on the agenda: evidence-based reforms and reform-driven research.
Clarke J, Marnie C, Peters MDJ

RESEARCH ARTICLES
Barriers and facilitators to managing uncertainty in nurses’ clinical reasoning in post-anaesthesia care units: a qualitative thematic analysis.
Cunha LDM, Pestana-Santos M, Lomba L, et al.

From residential aged care worker to Dementia Care Support Worker: a qualitative study of senior aged care staff perceptions of the role.
Lea EJ, Robinson AL, Doherty KV

‘Ice in the Family’: Exploring the experiences of close family members when another family member is using methamphetamine. A longitudinal qualitative study.
Gordon DG, Russell K, Coventry T

REVIEWS AND DISCUSSION PAPERS
Preventing care factor zero: improving patient outcomes and nursing satisfaction and retention through facilitation of compassionate person-centred care.
Waird A

Editorial

Up next on the agenda: evidence-based reforms and reform-driven research

Jarrod Clarke, Casey Marnie, Micah DJ Peters
Abstract 374 | View PDF Downloads 157

Research Papers

Barriers and facilitators to managing uncertainty in nurses’ clinical reasoning in post-anaesthesia care units: a qualitative thematic analysis

Lara Daniela Matos Cunha, Márcia Pestana-Santos, Lurdes Lomba, Margarida Reis Santos
Abstract 447 | View PDF Downloads 261

Reviews and Discussion Papers

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