Nursing Editors Speak disclosed on Timely Topics Peggy L Chinn.

Nursing Editors Speak disclosed on Timely Topics

Peggy L Chinn, Editor

Advances in Nursing Science

The primary intentions of Advances in Nursing Science (ANS) are to contribute to the unravelling of nursing science and to aid the application of emerging theories and research findings to practice. Articles deal with any of the processe of science, including research, theory progression in a continuously ascending gradation concept analysis, practical application of research and theory, and investigation of the values and ethics that influence the practice and research endeavors of nursing sciences. Acceptance or rejection of an article is based forward the judgment of peer reviewers.

For the nearest couple of issues, we are seeking articles that are related to:

* Nursing Care Management (due July 15 2003) Manuscripts will be considered that address theoretic, philosophic, or empirical perspectives that inform advances in nursing care management. Emphasis will be onward ideas and evidence that can shape the coming events of nursing care management, and that have potential for improving nursing care delivery.

* Advances in Research rules (due October 15, 2003). This issue will focus forward recent developments in research classifications and methodologies. Theoretic and philosophic underpinnings are encouraged. All adumbrations of methods and methodologies will be considered.

* Emotional and Mental Health (due January 15 2004) This issue will focus in succession nursing as related to emotional and mental health. We welcome manuscripts that report complet research related to nursing care, theoretic and philosophic disentanglements in nursing, ethical issues that address emotional and mental health. Manuscripts should include evidence of advances in nursing knowledge as well as implications for nursing practice and health care.

For more information about our forthcoming topics and for author guidelines, visit the ANS domestic circle page at www.ans-info.net or pass directly to the author guidelines' page at http://www.ans-info.net/ANSathgd.htm. ANS is a refere scholarly journal. We consider manuscripts up to about 25 pages in fulness - Peggy L. Chinn, RN PhD FAAN, Editor, 341-1 East Center public way #141, Manchester, CT 06040-4445 (e-mail: peggy.chinn@uconn. edu)

Sue T Hegyvary, Editor

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

The Journal of Nursing Scholarship (JNS) is a peer-reviewed journal, published quarterly for subscribers and members of Sigma Theta Tau International. JN is distributed in through the whole extent of 90 countries. Manuscripts are invited in four categories including:

* Clinical scholarship

* Health policy and systems

* Profession and society

* World health

Manuscripts should be consistent with the JN mission to advance knowledge of health and illness of the world's the bulk of mankind Please refer to "Tips for Getting Your Manuscript Accepted" and "Checklist for Authors" upon the JNS home page at www.journalofnurs ingscholarship.org. Also, ascribe to the "Guidelines for Manuscripts" from the domestic circle page or directly from the Web at http://www.nursingsociety.org/publications/manuscrip_image.shtml.

Manuscripts must not exce 20 pages, including abstract, paragraph references, tables, and figures. The author is responsible for compliance with APA format and for the accuracy of all information, including citations and verification of all intimations with citations in the text

Readers are invited to become members of the JN reviewer panel. To do in the same manner please go to the JN Web site, download the pair forms for reviewers, and either fax or mail the complet forms to the editor-Sue T Hegyvary, Journal of Nursing Scholarship, Professor and Dean Emeritus, University of Washington drill of Nursing, Box 357266, T-601 Health Sciences, 1959 Pacific Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98195 (fax: 206-543-4771 e-mail: tjns@u.washington.edu).

Suzanne K Powell, Editor Lippincott's Case Management

Lippincott's Case Management: Managing the Proces of Patient Care features articles onward best practices and industry benchmarks for the professional case manager that are focused in succession coordination of services, management of payer issues, population- and disease-specific aspects of patient care, efficient use of resources, improving the quality of care, data and issues analysis, and patient advocacy. The journal provides practical, hands-on information for the day-today activities involved in managing the proces of patient care.

General topic areas of interest include academia for case management, accreditation issues and standards of practice, best practices in case management, business side of case management, complimentary and alternative treatment, demonstration concocts disease management, ethical/legal issues, financial management, health care delivery plans international case-management issues and stretchs information systems, administrative and advanced skills, quality issues for case managers, and utilization management.

Lippincott's Case Management is a peer-reviewed journal. In general, cast should be patterned after the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), (5th edition). Submissions should not exce 20 manuscript pages, excluding respects tables, and figure legends. Biographies of approximately 50 words each of all authors should be included with manuscripts, and an acknowledgments section may come next the text.