Contemporary Nurse is the preferred Asia-Pacific forum for nursing educators, researchers and professionals who require high-quality, peer-reviewed research, research methods, literature review on emerging research fronts, clinical papers, perspectives & protocols, community & family health, cross-cultural research, recruitment, retention, education, training and practitioner perspectives. Contemporary Nurse: Healthcare Across the Lifespan is an independently published, peer-reviewed journal designed to increase nursing skills, knowledge and communication, assist in professional development and enhance educational standards by publishing stimulating, useful and interesting articles on a range of issues influencing professional nursing. A subscription to Contemporary Nurse includes includes Advances in Contemporary Nursing (ISSN 1832-9861) special issue subseries. International editorial board of high calibre East Asian, North American, European and Australasian perspectives Guest Editorials in each issue in topical subjects Regular literature reviews Book reviews in each issue Feature research articles and clinical papers Methodology articles in each issue Clinical vignettes, student papers, exemplars and polemical articles