The journal Nursing in the 21st Century has been regularly published since 2002. It was initiated by prof. dr hab. Irena Wrońska. Until 2010 Nursing in the 21st Century was published by the Publishing house Czelej, and since 2011 the journal has been published by the Publishing house of the Medical University of Lublin. In 2016 an agreement with De Gruyter Open was signed, one of the biggest publishing houses publishing in “open access”.

Nursing in the 21st Century is issued quarterly, and the subject matter of the published articles includes: nursing, midwifery and other health sciences. Editorial Committee of the journal consists of the prominent representatives of health sciences from Poland and from abroad.

According to the list of scientific journals prepared by the Ministry of Science and Education from 17th July 2023, Nursing in the 21st Century obtained 40 points. The journal is indexed in the prestigious databases ERIH PLUS, SCOPUS, Web of Science - Emerging Sources Citaiton Index. In Index Copernicus, Index Copernicus Value (ICV) for the year 2023 is equal to 152.00 points. 

Journal Metrics: Impact Factor 0.2; JCI 0.09; Cite Score 0.4; SJR 0.135; SNIP 0.145; MEiN 40; ICV 152,00.

As of 2022, the magazine is published exclusively in electronic format.

Purchase of the archival edition (2017-2021) in paperback: online via eKiosk.