Child health nursing journals

The RCN Library and Information Service contains one of the largest collections of nursing journals in Europe.

Journals are for in-library use only, although photocopying facilities are available. We can do it for you and post them out. This service takes two weeks from receipt of your request. A charge of £1.50 per article is payable. You must first print off and forward an online request and copyright form. See your relevant RCN library services pages for requesting articles. Online request forms are available. For Northern Ireland, follow this link.

The RCN Library holds many journals of relevance to nurses working with children and young people. Some are listed below. If you can't find what you want try the full A-Z listing for the UK-wide library.

Children & Young People's nursing journals

  • Archives of Disease in Childhood
    Full text available for articles over 12 months old at ADC Online.
  • Archives of Disease in Childhood. Education and Practice Edition. The full text is also available on their website. 
  • Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition
    Full text articles over 12 months old are available in the Archives of Disease in Childhood website.
  • British Journal of Children's Nursing (supplement published as part of British Journal of Nursing)
  • British Journal of Developmental Psychology
  • Child Abuse Review
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Primary Care (CAMH in Primary Care)/Primary Care Mental Health Education (PrimHE) 
  • Child: Care, health and development: This journal is available online free to RCN members. You can access the full text version in the RCN eLibrary.
  • Children & Society
  • Children's Health Care (US)
  • Childright/The Children's Legal Centre
  • Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
  • Education and Health/Schools Health Education Unit
  • Issues in comprehensive pediatric nursing
  • Journal of Adolescence
  • Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing  (Belfast library)
  • Journal of Child Health Care
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
  • Journal of Child Psychotherapy 2000-03 (Belfast library )
  • Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology  (US)
  • Journal of Family Health Care (continuation of: Professional Care of Mother and Child)
  • Journal of Family Nursing (US)
  • Journal of Neonatal Nursing
  • Journal of Pediatric Nursing
  • Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing
  • Journal of Pediatric Psychology
  • Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing
  • Journal of School Nursing (US)
  • JSPN/Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing
  • MCN: The American Journal of Maternal and Child Nursing
  • NASN Newsletter/National Association of School Nurses
  • Neonatal Network (US)
  • Neonatal, Paediatric and Child Health Nursing (Australia)
  • Nursery World
  • Paediatric Nursing
  • Pediatric Nursing (US)
  • Pediatrics
  • Young Minds  (Belfast library).