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ISSN: 1730-1912
e-ISSN: 2450-646X
Quarterly

The journal Nursing in the 21st Century has been regularly published since 2002. Nursing in the 21st Century is issued quarterly, and the subject matter of the published articles includes: nursing, midwifery and other health sciences.

Indexing and Evaluation

The journal is indexed in the prestigious databases ERIH PLUS, Scopus, DOAJ, Web of Science - Emerging Sources Citaiton Index. 

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The journal has been awarded 40 points in the list of scientific journals published by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

Rejection rate: 43%
Average number of weeks between article submission & publication: 25 (from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025).

Purchase of the archival edition (2017-2021) in paperback: online via e-mail: journals@umlub.edu.pl

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Current Issue

Vol. 25 No. 3 (2026): Nursing in the 21st Century
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Published: 2026-09-30

Original papers

  • Students’ opinions at the Fire University on the use of virtual reality technology in learning qualified first aid procedures

    Łukasz Dudziński, Tomasz Kubiak, Klaudia Madej-Węgier, Łukasz Czyżewski (Author)
    205 - 215
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12923/pielxxiw-2026-0032

  • Challenges of self-care at home after orthopaedic implant surgery in Indonesia: A qualitative study

    Sahrudi Sahrudi, Achmad Fauzi Kamal, Masfuri Masfuri, Kasiyah Junus (Author)
    216 - 222
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12923/pielxxiw-2026-0033

  • Mentoring during the professional adaptationof nurses and its association with professional values, moral sensitivity and caring competence

    Grażyna Rożek, Piotr Szulich, Marianna Liliana Charzyńska-Gula, Beata Dobrowolska (Author)
    223 - 233
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12923/pielxxiw-2026-0021

  • Team approach and interprofessional collaboration in managing heart failure patients to improve health literacy

    Tamara Štemberger Kolnik, Andreja Hrovat Bukovšek, Gorazd Voga, Andreja Ljubič (Author)
    234 - 240
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12923/pielxxiw-2026-0031

  • Perceptions of artificial intelligence among nursing students: an exploratory study comparing full-time and part-time students

    Denis Černeka, Boštjan Žvanut (Author)
    241 - 247
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12923/pielxxiw-2026-0034

  • Feeding difficulties in children with orofacialcomplex disorders

    Monika Budkowska, Wojciech Kolanowski, Anna B. Pilewska-Kozak (Author)
    248 - 253
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12923/pielxxiw-2026-0014

  • Professional competencies of nurses in providing spiritual care

    Renata Bernadeta Dziubaszewska, Dawid Makowicz, Małgorzata Moskal-Szybka, Klaudia Glazar (Author)
    254 - 265
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12923/pielxxiw-2026-0035

  • Perceived stress and coping strategies among medical staff in psychiatric wards – a cross-sectional study

    Katarzyna Olczak, Kacper Kuderko, Kopczyńska Kopczyńska, Weronika Maliszewska (Author)
    266 - 274
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12923/pielxxiw-2026-0036

  • Assessment of the usefulness and feasibility of implementing the spaghetti diagram, Ishikawa diagram, and the HFMEA analysis in a hospital emergency department – a pilot study

    Ada Anita Lisowska, Tomasz Holecki (Author)
    275 - 282
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12923/pielxxiw-2026-0037

  • Investigation of intercultural competence among nursing students: perspectives from Northern Cyprus

    Kemal Elyeli, Candan Ozturk (Author)
    283 - 291
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.12923/pielxxiw-2026-0038

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The journal is co-financed by the Ministry of Education and Science under the “Development of scientific journals” program under contract no. RCN/SP/0296/2021/1 of December 22, 2022. Project implementation period: December 1, 2022 - November 30, 2024. Funding value PLN 40,000.

The main objective of the project is to increase the recognition of the journal Pielęgniarstwo XXI wieku/Nursing in the 21st Century in international circulation by maintaining the journal's indexing in international databases, publishing works of an international nature and scope, and increasing the citation index of works published in the journal.