As the official journal of the American Academy of Nursing, NURSING OUTLOOK provides peer-reviewed articles, timely reports, and innovative ideas for leaders in the nursing profession. Each issue examines current issues and trends in nursing practice, education, and research, offering progressive solutions to the problems facing the profession. The journal serves nursing educators, policy makers, administrators, and practitioners with practical advice, new teaching methods and recruiting techniques, curriculum and health policy developments, and information on proposals that will affect the profession. NURSING OUTLOOK is recommended for initial purchase in the 1998 Edition of the Brandon-Hill study, Selected List of Nursing Books and Journals.

作為美國護理學會的官方期刊，《護理展望》為護理行業的領導者提供同行評議的文章、及時的報告和創新的想法。每一期都探討當前護理實踐、教育和研究方面的問題和趨勢，為該專業面臨的問題提供循序漸進的解決方案。該雜志為護理教育者、政策制定者、管理者和實踐者提供實用的建議、新的教學方法和招聘技巧、課程和健康政策的發展，以及關于影響該職業的建議的信息。《護理展望》建議初次購買1998年版的《布蘭登-希爾研究》(Brandon-Hill study)，這是一本精選的護理書籍和期刊。