Nursing in Critical Care is an international peer-reviewed journal covering any aspect of critical care nursing practice, research, education or management. Critical care nursing is defined as the whole spectrum of skills, knowledge and attitudes utilised by practitioners in any setting where adults or children, and their families, are experiencing acute and critical illness. Such settings encompass general and specialist hospitals, and the community. Nursing in Critical Care covers the diverse specialities of critical care nursing including surgery, medicine, cardiac, renal, neurosciences, haematology, obstetrics, accident and emergency, neonatal nursing and paediatrics.

Papers published in the journal normally fall into one of the following categories:

-research reports

-literature reviews

-developments in practice, education or management

-reflections on practice

《Nursing In Critical Care》是一本由WILEY出版商出版的专业医学期刊，该刊创刊于1996年，刊期6 issues/year，该刊已被国际权威数据库SCIE、SSCI收录。在中科院最新升级版分区表中，该刊分区信息为大类学科：医学 4区，小类学科：护理 2区；在JCR（Journal Citation Reports）分区等级为Q1。该刊发文范围涵盖护理等领域，旨在及时、准确、全面地报道国内外护理工作者在该领域取得的最新研究成果、工作进展及学术动态、技术革新等，促进学术交流，鼓励学术创新。2021年影响因子为2.897，平均审稿速度>12周，或约稿。