About the Journal

Journal of Perioperative Nursing (JPN) is a trusted source of knowledge for perioperative nurses to provide patients with safe, effective, evidence-based care.

JPN publishes original research articles, reviews, discussion papers, case studies, and project reports on all aspects of perioperative nursing, spanning the period from a patient's referral for surgery to their discharge and full recovery.

The target audience of the journal is nurses caring for perioperative and peri-procedural patients in the pre-admission clinic, day surgery, interventional suite, operating theatre, recovery room, and surgical ward.

Multidisciplinary and international submissions that address the journal’s aim and are relevant to the global perioperative nursing community are welcomed.

JPN is a not-for-profit, peer-reviewed journal published by the Australian College of Perioperative Nurses (ACORN). 

The journal is diamond open-access, which means articles are freely available to readers, and there is no submission or processing charge for authors.

Authors retain the copyright of their work. Published articles are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).