American Association of Nurse Practitioners Selects The Journal for Nurse Practitioners as Official Publication

NEW YORK, February 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, is pleased to announce that The Journal for Nurse Practitioners (JNP), the leading source of information for practicing nurse practitioners (NPs), has been chosen as an official publication of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).

AANP is a new organization formed by the merger of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the American College of Nurse Practitioners. With approximately 40,000 members, AANP serves as the largest professional membership organization for NPs of all disciplines.

AANP President Angela K. Golden, DNP, FNP-C, FAANP, said, "We welcome the addition of JNP to our extensive membership benefits. Since patients are the ultimate beneficiaries of the knowledge and skills of NPs, AANP is pleased that we now have two peer-reviewed journals available for our members."

Published 10 times a year, JNP provides a highly credible resource to help NPs stay current with the clinical and policy concerns affecting their day-to-day practice. In addition to peer-reviewed clinical articles, JNP features continuing education opportunities, opinions and commentaries on pressing legislative, regulatory, and clinical practice issues.

JNP Editor-in-Chief Marilyn W. Edmunds, PhD, NP, said, "The merger of these organizations is an important step forward in supporting NPs in practicing to the full potential of their education. JNP is pleased to be a part of this advancement and I believe the journal is a powerful platform to support NP advocacy, policy development, and dissemination of NP research."

Nina Milton, Publishing Director of Nursing Journals at Elsevier, added, "We are delighted to have this opportunity to collaborate with AANP and continue our longstanding relationship with the NP community."

For more information, go to http://www.npjournal.org.

About The American Association of Nurse Practitioners

AANP is the largest full-service national professional membership organization created for NPs of all specialties. As The Voice of the Nurse Practitioner®, AANP represents the interests of the approximately 155,000 NPs around the country, advocating for the active role of NPs as providers of high-quality, cost-effective health care. http://www.aanp.org

About The Journal for Nurse Practitioners

JNP provides a highly credible resource to help nurse practitioners stay current with the clinical and policy concerns affecting their day-to-day practice. In addition to peer-reviewed clinical articles, JNP features continuing education opportunities and opinions and commentary on pressing legislative, regulatory, and clinical practice issues. http://www.journals.elsevier.com/the-journal-for-nurse-practitioners or http://www.npjournal.org

About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. The company works in partnership with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet and Cell, and close to 20,000 book titles, including major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include ScienceDirect, Scopus, Reaxys, ClinicalKey and Mosby's Nursing Suite, which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite and MEDai's Pinpoint Review, which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.

A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC, a world-leading provider of professional information solutions in the Science, Medical, Legal and Risk and Business sectors, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).

Media contact
Nina Milton
Elsevier
+1-215-239-3728
n.milton@elsevier.com

Nancy McMurrey
American Association of Nurse Practitioners
+1-512-276-5906  
nmcmurrey@aanp.org