The record
- Full journal title
- Medical-Surgical Nursing Journal
- Abbreviation
- msnj
- NLM title
- Med Surg Nurs J
- Publisher
- Brieflands
- Scientific collaborator
- Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
- e-ISSN
- 2322-4169
- p-ISSN
- 2322-178X
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- quarterly
- Publishing model
- Per-article continuous
- Subject area
- Surgery
Aim & scope

Medical-Surgical Nursing Journal has been launched aimed to publish the most recent findings of scientific research in the fields of medical-surgical nursing care in acute and chronic situations with an emphasis on evidence-based nursing. This journal publishes papers to health promotion, prevention, disease management, and improvement of the health status of patients and their families in different forms of articles (As mentioned in the Authors Guide) in the below headings:
- Clinical research in Medical-Surgical Nursing
- Advanced evidence-based care in medical-surgical nursing
- Nursing care in acute disorders
- Care and rehabilitation in chronic disorders
- Nursing care of adult patients
- Nursing care of elderly patients
- Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions in nursing
- Patient safety in medical-surgical wards
- Professional relationship
- Medical-surgical care in High-Risk Pregnancy (HRP)
- Professional ethics in medical-surgical wards
- Medical-surgical care in women
Article types
Medical-Surgical Nursing Journal is an authentic clinical journal which its content is devoted to the particular compilation of the latest worldwide and interdisciplinary approach and findings including original manuscripts, meta-analyses and reviews, health economic papers, debates, and consensus statements of the clinical relevance of Risky behaviors and addiction. In addition, consensus evidential reports not only highlight the new observations, original research and results accompanied by innovative treatments and all the other relevant topics but also include highlighting disease mechanisms or important clinical observations and letters on articles published in this journal.
Peer review
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Access & licensing
License policy
This open-access article is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which allows for unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.
Publication charges
- Publishing Open Access models: Full Gold Open Access
- Access: Immediate permanent free to access after publication
- Reader subscription fees: None
- Article Processing Charge: Author pays APC
- Embargo period: None
- License for reuse: CC BY-NC 4.0
- Publishing services: Full
- Indexing: Full
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