As is the tradition of ANS, this current issue of the journal contains articles that will quite likely prompt many interesting discussions! The issue of human rights might seem to be primarily one that belongs in the realm of politics and policy, but as the authors of the articles in this issue of ANS so… [Read more…]
May 21, 2012
by peggychinn
The month of May typically prompts some attention to nursing in most Euro-centric countries, given that May 12th was Florence Nightingale’s birthday, and the second week of the month has been designated as Nurses’ Week in the United States. May is also the month of Mother’s Day in the U.S. — a parallel fact that… [Read more…]
February 15, 2012
by Olga Jarrín
Due to technical difficulties with my webinar last week I decided to make a recording of my presentation that is now available as a YouTube video. The length is just under 30 minutes. I hope you will join me for “lunch” or “tea” to experience the video, and share your thoughts and critique here or on… [Read more…]
February 2, 2012
by Olga Jarrín
Valentine’s Day edit: Here is a link to narrated slides from the presentation I gave last week. Redefining the Metalanguage of Nursing Presentation “Lost Souls” by Richard Cowling ~ 2002 NurseManifest Research Study I just watched the film “The Politics of Caring” featured on the nursemanifest.com website and oh, does it make some powerful statements… [Read more…]
January 15, 2012
by peggychinn
One of the most important tasks for any author, new or seasoned, is finding a place to have your scholarly work published. These days one “criteria” that many authors use is to find out which journals have high impact factor scores, and then pursue publication in one of those journals. While there are many reasons… [Read more…]
January 6, 2012
by peggychinn
One of the unique features of ANS is that it has maintained the “Issue Topic” focus for each issue. When we began publication in 1978, the publisher at the time (Aspen Publishers) wanted all of their journals to conform to a topical format. Since this was my first experience as a journal editor, and was… [Read more…]
December 7, 2011
by peggychinn
Whatever your interest is in the realm of scholarly publishing, one thing is clear – the landscape is changing dramatically! The most challenging aspect of what is happening is that nobody knows exactly how things are going to evolve and what direction will be the most viable in the future. What we do know is… [Read more…]
September 14, 2011
by peggychinn
The current issue of ANS is now available on our ANS Web site, and it promises to another issue of lasting influence! If you have not already done so, take a look at the Table of Contents and see for yourself what this issue contains. We will be featuring each of these articles in the “Featured… [Read more…]
August 29, 2011
by peggychinn
By now most authors have at least heard this term, but it has only recently begun to be more clearly understood! So if you are still wondering what the fuss is all about – take heed! I won’t go into a lot of detail here because the details are described very well by in a… [Read more…]
August 11, 2011
by peggychinn
Last week was the annual conference of the International Academy of Nursing Journal Editors (INANE) in San Francisco! You might wonder about the choice of our name! I don’t have an accurate historical account about this, but I do know that this name helps us all to remember the pitfall of taking ourselves too seriously!… [Read more…]
May 28, 2012
by peggychinn
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