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The ANJ is a journal for all Australian nurses, distributed to more than 80,751 nurses around Australia with an estimated readership of around 120,000. The ANJ offers news, features and analysis to keep nurses well informed. The Australian Nursing Journal - essential for good health... take one monthly.

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ANJ Subscription Rates 1 Year (11 Issues)
ANF WA/NSWNA/QNU members AUD $ 33.00
Students AUD $ 33.00
Non-members (individuals within Australia only) AUD $ 66.00
Australian libraries, universities, institutions and hospitals AUD $ 99.00
All overseas subscribers AUD $130.00

Nurses who are members of the Australian Nursing Federation in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory automatically receive the ANJ as part of their membership. Members of the NSW Nurses' Association (ANF NSW Branch), The Queensland Nurses Union (ANF Queensland Branch) and the Western Australia Branch (ANF WA), receive their own branch journal but can subscribe to the ANJ at reduced rates. Please call + 61 (03) 9602 8500 for more information.

Contribute to the Australian Nursing Journal

ANJ Writing Guidelines

Content
The ANJ welcomes articles written by nurses for nurses. These guidelines are intended to help contributors write articles that are clear, accurate, interesting and easy to read.

Having your article published in the Australian Nursing Journal means your work will be read by thousands of other nurses, working in a wide variety of practice areas. To write in a way that appeals to them, avoid jargon and overly technical language, except where appropriate (i.e. in clinical update).

Please contact the editor/s first to make sure your article is appropriate for the journal and to avoid disappointment in case a similar article has already been scheduled for publication.

Please note: All submissions selected for publication will be edited by the ANJ editors.

All submissions must include complete author details: name, address, work and home phone numbers and email address, present position and qualifications. Submissions should be original and should not have been published or submitted elsewhere.

Submissions for the following sections are welcome: letters, network, working life, focus, and clinical update.

Submit your article by emailing anj@anf.org.au

Letters
Letters should be no more than 250 words. All letters must be dated and have the writer's name, address, job title and telephone number written clearly.

Email letters to: anj@anf.org.au or post to:
The Editor, Australian Nursing Journal, Level 1, 365 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Please indicate clearly if you wish to have your name withheld from publication.

Network
The Network section helps nurses maintain links interstate, intrastate and across specialties. If you need help from colleagues or are planning a reunion, email or fax your information to the address above.

Working Life
This section provides an opportunity for nurses to write a personal account of their nursing work, or for the ANJ to publish interviews with nurses about their 'working life'. Submissions to this section should be easy to read, informative and of no more than 750 words. Articles should provide details about the particular nursing work/role and the challenges and highlights of this role. They must be accompanied by a publication quality photograph.

(The onus is on the contributor to obtain permission to use the photo. Photos should be sent with the names of participants, a suggested caption, and a statement that identifiable participants have given their permission for the photograph to be used. If photos are emailed, they should be high resolution (300 dpi), saved as a 'jpeg' file.)

Nursing Focus
If you have been involved in an innovative project or undertaken research of direct relevance to nursing, consider writing a focus article.

Articles should be between 200 and 400 words and be simple and to the point. They should highlight the importance of the project/research to nurses or nursing and present any practical outcomes that have improved nursing work or patient care, or helped nurses resolve issues critical to their area of nursing practice.

We welcome colour photographs to accompany the story. The onus is on the contributor to obtain permission to use the photo. Photos should be sent with the names of participants, a suggested caption, and a statement that identifiable participants have given their permission for the photograph to be used. If photos are emailed, they should be high resolution (300 dpi) saved as a 'jpeg' file.

Clinical Update
Before writing a clinical update, please contact the editor/s to discuss your topic.

A clinical update should be a best practice 'how to guide' for nurses in an area of nursing practice relevant to a wide cross section of nurses and be between 2000 and 2400 words. The focus should always be on nursing interventions and practice.

A clinical update may include a case study/ies, guidelines, graphs, tables, or illustrations. (Please send as separate documents and clearly indicate where they are to be placed in the text).

If you wish to submit a draft, the following structure may assist: introduction; overview of the problem/issue; risks to health in the target group; opportunities to address; project outline - aims/nursing interventions; results; conclusion.

Nursing Issues
Articles in this section should be approximately 800 words and raise an issue of current relevance to nurses. They should be written in the third person, and be thought provoking, challenging nurses to reflect on and possibly modify their view or practice. Please contact the editors to discuss your ideas.

Referencing
The ANJ uses the author/date system. The closest bibliographic style is Chicago B. References in the text should cite the author/s names followed by date of publication, in date order, eg (Chalmers 2004; Barnett and Renior 2003; Quillan et al 2001). Page numbers should be given in the text for all quotations and paraphrases (eg Smith 2004, pp.26-27). Where there are three or more authors, the first authors' name followed by et al will suffice, but all authors should be cited in the reference list. A reference list should be provided in alphabetical order of first authors' names. All references should be to primary sources. Publications listed in references should follow the format below:

ANJ style is as follows:

Please check and recheck your references/bibliography before submitting your manuscript.

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2012 advertising rates

Conditions
Advertising is accepted for publication in the Australian Nursing Journal subject to the terms and conditions set out in the rate card below.

ANJ Rate Card

All cancellations must be received in writing. The listed price is charged if cover bookings are cancelled with less than three months notice or other bookings are cancelled after the fifth day of the month prior to publication, i.e. February for bookings for the March Journal.

All advertisements including inserts are subject to acceptance by the publisher. The publisher reserves the right to refuse to publish or republish any advertisement, without explanation for such action.

The word "advertisement" will be placed on advertising, which, in the publisher's opinion, resembles the journal's editorial style or could be mistaken by readers for editorial matter.

The publisher shall not be liable in any manner for any loss or damage whatsoever to any negatives, artwork or other materials the property of the advertiser which may be deposited with the publisher for the purpose of fulfilling the order, and such materials shall, at all times, and in respect of all things remain at the risk of the advertiser.

All orders are subject to rate adjustments that occur during the period of the order.

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