Editorial Team

Honorary Editor-in-Chief

  1. Joanne Profetto-McGrath, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Canada
  2. Donna Wilson, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Canada

Editorial Assistant

  1. Jacque Mercier, Sciedu Press, Canada

Associate Editor

  1. Laura Dzurec, College of Nursing, Kent State University, United States
  2. Sonya R. Hardin, School of Nursing, University of NC at Charlotte, United States
  3. Joanne Profetto-McGrath, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Canada
  4. Susan Wright, Adelaide Tambo School of Nursing Science, Tshwane University of Technology
  5. Dr. Isaac D. Montoya, United States
  6. Prof Margaret McAllister, School of Health and Sport Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
  7. Valerie Ehlers, Department of Health Studies, University of South Africa, South Africa
  8. Elizabeth McGann, Quinnipiac University, United States
  9. Judith Charmaigne Bruce, Faculty of Health Sciences University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
  10. HELENE LAPERRIERE, University of Ottawa, Canada

Guest Editor

  1. NÚRIA FABRELLAS, School of Nursing, University of Barcelona, Spain
  2. Eunmi Jun, Dept. of Nursing, Dong-Eui University, United States

Editorial Review Board

  1. Federico Bilotta, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
  2. Maria Beretta, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil
  3. EMİNE KIYAK, Faculty of Health Sciences Nursing Department, Atatürk Üniversity, Turkey
  4. Cindy Hadenfeldt, Creighton University, United States
  5. Carole Farley-Toombs, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States
  6. Charlotte Wilson, School of Nursing, Manchester University, United Kingdom
  7. Dr Wai Fong CHAN, Tung Wah Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong
  8. Carolyn Chew-Graham, School of Community Based Medicine, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
  9. Jean Toth, The Catholic University of America, United States
  10. Adetoro Adegoke, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK., United Kingdom
  11. Birgitte Nørgaard, Emergency Department, Kolding Hospital, Denmark
  12. Cara Calloway Young, School of Nursing, Vanderbilt University, United States
  13. Nancy Ahern, California State University, United States
  14. Angela Kydd, University Of The West Of Scotland, United Kingdom
  15. Amany A. Abdrbo, Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
  16. Jennifer Tiffen, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
  17. Dena Adele Evans, Department of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, United States
  18. Dr Donald Kimbler, Phase II Program Director US Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia Nursing, United States
  19. Elizabeth Thomas, School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
  20. Craig M Nelson, Kaiser Permanente, South Bay, Harbor City, California, USA
  21. Anurag Bhai Patidar, College of Nursing, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Punjab, India
  22. Antoinette Hauck, ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL, Bethpage, NY
  23. Michele Raquel Davidson, College of Health & Human Services George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
  24. Suresh Kumar Sharma, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Virbhadra Road, Rishikesh Uttarakhand, India, India
  25. Omisakin Folorunso Dipo, Faculty of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
  26. AL BIAG, HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY, Philippines
  27. Ass.- Prof. Dr. Andre Ewers, Institute of Nursing Science and Practice at Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
  28. Josefina Gallegos Martínez, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico
  29. Tarnia Michelle Taverner (Nee) Whitehead, School of Nursing, THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, United Kingdom
  30. Elena Hunt, Faculty of Professional Schools, Laurentian University, Canada
  31. Elaine Dietsch, School of Nursing, Charles Sturt University, Australia
  32. F. Michael Gloth, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, The Johns Hopkins University, United States
  33. Ilknur Avci, School of Health, Ondokuz Mayis University, Turkey
  34. Ann M. Harms, School of Nursing, Creighton University, United States
  35. Daphney St-Germain, Université Laval, Canada
  36. Professor Tarek Tawfik Amin, Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia.
  37. Manal Ibrahim Kassab, Maternal and Child Health Department, Jordan University of Science and Technology Honorary degree as clinical researcher at UTS, Jordan
  38. DEBORAH MCBRIDE, University of Hawaii, United States
  39. Zepure Samawi, Saint Xavier University, United States
  40. Larry W. Foster, Cleveland State University, United States
  41. ATHANASIOS PAPATSORIS, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Greece
  42. Panagiota Copanitsanou, General Hospital of Piraeus “Tzaneio”, Greece
  43. Gülsüm Ançel, Faculty of Health Science, Ankara University, Turkey
  44. Fathieh Abu Moghli, Faculty of Nursing (FON), University of Jordan (JU), Jordan
  45. HATİCE YILDIRIM SARI, Izmir Katip Celebi University Faculty of Health Science, Turkey
  46. Prof. Carlos Soares Pernambuco, Universidade Estacio de Sá - Campus Cabo Frio, Brazil
  47. Heeyoung Lee, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, United States
  48. Sheila Ann Hardy, COPD Project, NHS Northampton, Nene Commissioning, United Kingdom
  49. Virginia Plummer, SCHOOL OF NURSING & MIDWIFERY, MONASH UNIVERSITY, Australia
  50. Dale Pugh, De Montfort University, Singapore
  51. R. Mauricio Barría P., Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile
  52. Mary Jo Gagan, Christchurch south Health Centre, New Zealand
  53. Ignaas Devisch, Ghent University Artevelde University College, Belgium
  54. Tove Giske, Haraldsplass Deaconess University College and Haraldsplass Deaconess Hospital, Norway
  55. Kae Hwa Jo, College of Nursing, Catholic University of Daegu, Korea, Republic Of
  56. Marcos Hirata Soares, Universidade Estadual de Londrina-Brazil, Brazil
  57. Elizabeth Bancroft, Cancer Genetics Unit, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
  58. Sabrina Souza, Hospital Universitario / HU-UFSC, Brazil
  59. WEBSTER SAYUMPORN, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, Australian Catholic University, Australia
  60. Tsu-Yin Wu, Eastern Michigan University, United States
  61. Rita Moreira, Sao Paulo University UNESP, Brazil
  62. Mahmoud Al-Hussami, Faculty of Nursing, University of Jordan, Jordan
  63. Cheryle G. Levitt, School of Nursing, State University of New York, Delhi, United States
  64. Jane Cioffi, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Western Sydney, Australia
  65. Li-Ling Hsu, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taiwan, Province of China
  66. Lawrence Drudge-Coates, Dept of Urology King’s College Hospital Denmark Hill
  67. Hsiu-Hung Wang, College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan, Province of China
  68. Dr. Dimitri Beeckman, Ghent University, Belgium
  69. SULTAN KAV, Department of Nursing, Baskent University, United States
  70. Amanda Young, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
  71. Dr. Matthew J. Peterson, HSR&D/RR&D Center of Excellence, James A. Haley Veterans Medical Center, United States
  72. Anna Korompeli, Sismanoglio State General Hospital -Emergency Room department, Greece
  73. Dr. Jennie De Gagne, Ewha Womans University, United States
  74. Rosemary W. Eustace, College of Nursing and Health, Wright State University, United States
  75. Deborah Chapa, George Washington University, United States
  76. Ma'en Zaid Abu-Qamar, Faculty of Nursing Mu'tah University, Jordan
  77. Gülnaz Karatay, Tunceli Üniversity, Turkey
  78. Christiana Kouta, Department of Nursing, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
  79. NÚRIA FABRELLAS, School of Nursing, University of Barcelona, Spain
  80. Maryann O’Shea Forbes, School of Nursing, Adelphi University, United States
  81. Pam Gibson, Department of Psychology, James Madison University, United States
  82. Joan McDowell, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
  83. Lillian Diaz, North Shore LIJ Health System, United States
  84. Yen-Yi Chung, Taiwan, Province of China
  85. Marta Damasceno, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil
  86. Sheri Patten Palmer, College of Nursing Brigham Young University, United States
  87. Dr Kathleen R Delaney, Rush University, United States
  88. Yau Sui Yu, The Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  89. Chunping Ni, Faculty of Nursing, Fourth Military Medical University, China
  90. Niall Duncan Galbraith, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
  91. Bernice Skytt, Department of Health and Caring Sciences, University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden
  92. Hatice Kaya, Department of Fundamentals of Nursing, Istanbul University, Turkey
  93. Sanaa Azim, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University, Egypt
  94. FRANCO MANTOVAN, UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCE, Italy
  95. Dr Christine Mercer, New Zealand
  96. Seyedeh Fatemeh Haghdoost Oskouie, School of Nursing and Midwifery,Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran, Islamic Republic Of
  97. Taina Pitkäaho, Kuopio University Hospital, Finland
  98. Pamela Kirkpatrick, Robert Gordon University, United Kingdom
  99. Marli Backes, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil
  100. Maria Eugenia Firmino Brunello, School of nursing at University of Sao Paulo - department of maternal infant and public health, Brazil
  101. GAY WOODHOUSE, Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, United Kingdom
  102. Maxine Adegbola, United States
  103. Mojtaba Vaismoradi, College of Human and Health Sciences Swansea University, UK, Iran, Islamic Republic Of
  104. Dr. Lucille Travis, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, United States
  105. Drª Silvana Sidney Costa Santos, School of Nursing, Federal University of Rio Grande, Brazil
  106. Mrs Geraldine LEE, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia
  107. Rick Fisher, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
  108. Bárbara Tarouco da Silva, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil
  109. ORLA SMITH, Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Canada
  110. Der-Fa Lu, Department of Public Health, Ghent University, United States
  111. Margo Halm, Salem Hospital, United States
  112. Thein Oo, The University of Texas, United States
  113. Janet D. Pierce, University of Kansas Medical Center, United States
  114. Maria Vieira, Portugal
  115. Esther Gormley, University Of Victoria, United States
  116. Kristina Lämås, Department of Nursing, Umea University, Sweden
  117. Darlene Baker, Arkansas State University, United States
  118. Professor Heather Skirton, Plymouth University, United Kingdom
  119. Behice Erci, İnönü Üniversity, Turkey
  120. Gerrit De Niet, Pro Persona - Mental Health Services, Netherlands
  121. Judy Duchscher, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Canada
  122. Prof Margaret McAllister, School of Health and Sport Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
  123. José Carlos Amado Martins, Nursing School of Coimbra PORTUGAL, Portugal
  124. Kudakwashe MAPANGA, Department of Nursing, International Medical University, Malaysia
  125. Mary Kreitzer, University of Minnesota, United States
  126. Lisa Goldberg, Faculty of Health Professions, Dalhousie University, Canada
  127. Robert Ślusarz, Neurological and Neurosurgical Nursing Department, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland
  128. Jillian McCarthy, The University of Chester, British Indian Ocean Territory
  129. Kathleen Krichbaum, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, United States
  130. Bernadette Sol – de Rijk, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands
  131. Dennis Greenwood, University of Roehampton, United Kingdom
  132. Ulf Jakobsson, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Sweden
  133. Betty Ruth kupperschmidt, U.of Oklahoma, United States
  134. Gülsüm GÜLESER, Erciyes University, Turkey
  135. JACKLIN FISHER, Southern Cross University, Australia
  136. Jolanta Lewko, Department of Integrated Medical Care, Medical University, Poland
  137. Robyn Nash, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
  138. Ma. Elena Ledesma-Delgado, Universidad de Guanajuato campus Irapuato-Salamanca, Mexico
  139. Tina DeLapp, University of Alaska Anchorage, United States
  140. Tina Anneli Nordman, Department of caring science, Åbo Academy University, Finland
  141. DEBRA SIELA, Ball State University, Canada
  142. Oscar Tranvåg, Department of Nursing Education, Oslo University College, Norway, Norway
  143. Amy Johnston, Griffith University, Australia
  144. Wellam Yu Ko, Victoria Institute of Clinical Research and Evaluation, Peru
  145. Erin Demakos, United States
  146. Dr Amy A. Abbott, United States
  147. Kay Sackett, University of Alabama, United States
  148. Dr Lizeth Roets, South Africa
  149. Dr. Alina Martínez Sánchez, San Jorge University, Spain
  150. Pia Wieteck, ENP (European Nursing care Pathways) Research Development Group, Germany
  151. Maree Johnson, Australia
  152. Musso Guido, Argentina
  153. Bjørg Marit Andersen, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
  154. maureen elisabeth benbow, United Kingdom
  155. Marjorie Dobratz, United States
  156. Nancy Hanrahan, United States
  157. Laura Dzurec, College of Nursing, Kent State University, United States
  158. Catherine Harris, United States
  159. Mary Lashley, United States
  160. Elizabeth McGann, Quinnipiac University, United States
  161. Donna Wilson, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Canada
  162. Brian Keogh, Ireland
  163. Lisa Dougherty, United Kingdom
  164. Eva Gotell, Sweden
  165. Nick Bakalis, Greece
  166. Keri D Black, United States
  167. Ms Felicity Hasson, United Kingdom
  168. susan moscou, United States
  169. Valerie Ehlers, Department of Health Studies, University of South Africa, South Africa
  170. Ramzi Nasser, Qatar University, Qatar
  171. Barbara Jean Haag-Heitman, Cardinal Stritch University, United States
  172. Thomas Beverley, United Kingdom
  173. Filiz Kantek, Turkey
  174. William Scott Erdley, United States
  175. Margaret Mary Hansen, United States
  176. Tai-Yuan Chiu, Taiwan, Province of China
  177. Judith Charmaigne Bruce, Faculty of Health Sciences University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
  178. Sonja Kalauz, Croatia
  179. Maggi Banning, United Kingdom
  180. Beata Dobrowolska, Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin, Poland
  181. Carole Leone White, United States
  182. Semiha Akin, Bahcesehir University Faculty of Health Sciences Nursing Department, Turkey
  183. Dr Cynthia M Thomas, United States
  184. Peter G Johnson, United States
  185. Dr. Joanne L Lester, United States
  186. Joanne Rachael Garside, United Kingdom
  187. Dr Jennifer Chiok-Foong Loke, Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of Hull
  188. Syed Ghulam Sarwar Shah, United Kingdom
  189. YU FANG, United States
  190. Ayman Karkar, United Kingdom
  191. Elisabeth Carlson, Malmö University, Sweden
  192. Janet Foster, United States
  193. Stephen Handsley, United Kingdom
  194. Rosemarie Suhayda, United States
  195. Marcos Lopes, Brazil
  196. Karin Page-Cutrara, York University, Canada
  197. Shannan Kay Hamlin, United States
  198. Sonya R. Hardin, School of Nursing, University of NC at Charlotte, United States
  199. HELENE LAPERRIERE, University of Ottawa, Canada
  200. Mary Jo Clark, United States
  201. Dr. Isaac D. Montoya, United States
  202. Huong Que Nguyen, United States
  203. Dr. Roberta Waite, United States
  204. Dr Pamela Mary Parker, United Kingdom
  205. Harry Chummun, United Kingdom
  206. Mary Casey, Ireland
  207. Thembisile Khanyile, South Africa
  208. Kim Curry, United States
  209. SABİRE YURTSEVER, Mersin University, Turkey
  210. Sara Horton-Deutsch, United States
  211. Peter Gallagher, New Zealand
  212. injejina Jina Oh, Inje University, United States
  213. Sharon White Hutchinson, Joseph and Nancy Fail School of Nursing William Carey University, United States
  214. Allison Hughes Burfield, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States
  215. Kim Amer, United States
  216. Mary Gunther, United States
  217. Diane Holland, United States
  218. Glennena Haynes-Smith, United States
  219. Dr. Hanan Mohamed Tork, Pediatric Nursing department, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University,, Egypt
  220. Margaret Hansen, United States
  221. Nadine M Aktan, United States
  222. Alette de Jong, Netherlands
  223. pensri rukwong, Thailand
  224. Tracy Karen Gosselin, United States
  225. Eunmi Jun, Dept. of Nursing, Dong-Eui University, United States
  226. Joanne Profetto-McGrath, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Canada
  227. Myung sun Hyun, Korea, Republic Of
  228. Frans Fluttert, Netherlands
  229. Anna Clarke, Ireland
  230. Dr. Gwen G. Morse, United States
  231. Jane Blood-Siegfried, United States
  232. Sharon L. Moore, Centre for Nursing and Health Studies Athabasca University, Canada
  233. Aaltje Jansen, Ireland
  234. Susan Wright, Adelaide Tambo School of Nursing Science, Tshwane University of Technology
  235. Maja Söderbäck, Mälardalen university School of health, care and social welfare, Sweden
  236. Liana Orsolini-Hain, United States
  237. Julie Bliss, United Kingdom


Journal of Nursing Education and Practice

ISSN 1925-4040 (Print)   ISSN 1925-4059 (Online)

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