Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, and the International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN) have announced an agreement to publish Journal of Forensic Nursing. The journal is the official journal of IAFN. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, will become the publisher for Journal of Forensic Nursing, beginning with the first Quarter 2013 issue.
Journal of Forensic Nursing claims to be only journal dedicated exclusively to this emerging nursing specialty. The journal will continue on its quarterly publication schedule. In addition to print publication, LWW will develop a new journal website and iPad app edition.
Each issue of the Journal of Forensic Nursing presents original research, reviews, and editorials addressing the wide range of healthcare, legal and ethical, and other issues in which these nurse specialists participate. The first issue of 2013 will be devoted to Correctional Nursing, and will feature articles that advance the forensic nursing role in the correctional milieu. This special issue represents the cumulative efforts of the IAFN Correctional Nursing Task Force that was formed in the spring of 2011.
