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Oct 30

Dr. Mona Shattell appointed ANS Associate Editor


We are delighted to announce the appointment of Mona Shattell, PhD, RN, FAAN as Associate Editor of Advances in Nursing Science!  Dr. Shattell has served as a reviewer and member of the Advisory Board for a number of years.  She was the lead author on a study of the ANS peer review process  (which also included the Journal of Holistic Nursing and Issues in Psychiatric Mental Health, the

Mona M. Shattell, PhD,RN,FAAN

Mona M. Shattell, PhD, RN, FAAN

report of which was published in 2010 in the Journal of Nursing Scholarship (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1547-5069.2009.01331.x/abstract) . She has been a member of the International Academy of Nursing Editors (INANE) since 2009, and also serves as Associate Editor of Issues in Mental Health Nursing. Dr. Shattell will be involved in managing the ANS manuscript review process, and will provide editorial leadership shaping the future of the journal.

Dr. Shattel is the Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development in the College of Science and Health and is an associate professor in the School of Nursing at DePaul University.  She received a PhD in nursing from the University of Tennessee Knoxville, a Master of Science degree in nursing from Syracuse University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing, also from Syracuse University.  Prior to joining the faculty at DePaul University, she taught at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.  Dr. Shattell’s clinical specialty is in psychiatric and mental health nursing.  Her research focuses primarily on the mental health of vulnerable populations, therapeutic relationships, acute care psychiatric environments, community mental health, Latinas with depressive symptoms, the mental health and physical health of long-haul truckers, and psychosis.  Dr. Shattell is a regular blogger for The Huffington Post, and the author of more than 95 journal articles and book chapters.

Sep 16

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ANS is Featured Journal on Lippincott’s NursingCenter.com


The current issue of ANS, focusing on the timely topic of “Peace and Health” is the current featured journal on NursingCenter.com!  As a featured journal, all contents are available for free download until October 1!  Here is what NursingCenter.com says about ANS:

Advances in Nursing Science (ANS) is the most stimulating publication in nursing science and education today. ANS is 36-3 coverintellectually challenging, yet readable; innovative, yet scientifically sound; reliable research without the tedious, traditional hard science approach found in so many other journals.

This issue would not be possible if it were not for the scholarship of the nurses whose work focuses on this very important topic.  Here is  the Table of Contents:

Sep 3

Just announced: Future issue topic “Models of Care for the Future”


ANS Vol 38:2  will focus on Models of Care for the Future.  As nations worldwide seek to establish models of care that provide quality and efficiency, nurse leaders are emerging to play a significant role in the development of these models.  For this issue of ANS we are seeking manuscripts that provide theoretical underpinnings of creative models of care, as well as  evidence that supports their implementation.  Manuscripts should be clearly grounded in a nursing perspective; the content can include philosophic, theoretic, empirical or ethical aspects related to the model.   Manuscripts will be due October 15, 2014.

For a complete updated listing of all future issue topics, and the due dates for manuscripts, visit the ANS web site!

Aug 8

ANS Issue “Peace & Health” just released!


This just-released issue of ANS focuses on the topic of  “Peace and Health.” I believe that nursing can significantly influence conditions the

ANS 36:3 "Peace & Health"

ANS 36:3 “Peace & Health”

promote peace. In fact to reach for an ideal of  high-level wellness and health for all, understanding and creating peace is an absolute necessity. The articles in this issue of ANS stand as a signal that within the nursing community, this potential does exist. Nursing

scholarship and research contributes to understanding relationships between peace and health, and evidence that can be used to build family-wide, community-wide, nation-wide and even world-wide possibilities for peace. I hope that as a reader you will be inspired to join these authors, and many others in the nursing community to build a science, and a practice, that promotes peace!

Apr 16

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Manuscript due date extended for “Innovations in Health Care”


Spread the word!  we have extended the manuscript due date for “innovations in Health Care” to April 25, 2013!  Given the challenges of the current system changes, and nursing’s unique role in creating these changes, this issue topic is extremely important.  We want a strong nursing “voice” to come through in this ANS issue!  Here is a description of the topic:

Innovations in Health Care Delivery
Vol 36:4 –  December 2013anspic2004.jpgManuscript Due Date: Extended to April 25, 2013
Health care systems worldwide have undergone dramatic changes since the beginning of the 21st century, and for this issue of ANS we are calling for manuscripts that provide evidence of approaches to health care that address pressing issues that gave rise to the changes. In particular, we seek manuscripts that describe nursing models that have influenced health care delivery, and evidence related to outcomes based on these models. We also welcome manuscripts that present theoretical and philosophical perspectives that contribute to understanding and shaping health care delivery policy and decisions.

 

Nov 29

Update on Future Issue Topics!


We  have added a new issue topic for ANS 37:3 – Health Equities!  Here is our complete list of future topics; follow the links for the issue topics to see a description of the kinds of manuscripts we are seeking for each.

36:3 – Peace & Health – September 2013
Manuscript Due Date – January 15, 2013

36:4 – Innovations in Health Care Delivery – December 2013
Manuscript Due Date – April 15, 2013

37:1 – Emerging Theories for Practice – March 2014
Manuscript Due Date – July 15, 2013

37:2 – Relationships & Health – June 2014
Manuscript Due Date – October 15, 2013

37:3 – Health Equities – September 2014
Manuscript Due Date – January 15, 2014

Nov 18

NEW! ANS for the iPad!


Just released – the ANS app for the iPad!    The app is free, and for a limited time, you will have access to all the current issue contents to read and download!  I am very excited about this feature.  For quite a while now many folks have speculated about the future of journal publishing, and the possibility of paper becoming obsolete. The time has not arrived for paper to disappear for ANS, nor for most professional journals, but the arrival of the ANS app for the iPad certainly unveils a new possibility!

Soon we will begin featuring video abstracts of articles provided by the authors, and these will be directly accessible on the iPad.  Links to the video abstracts will also be available on article PDF files, and will be noted in the paper issue of the journal.  But the iPad app opens up a realm of many multi-media possibilities!  Watch for these as they begin to appear in the months to come!  Download the app today to begin exploring this great new journal feature!

 

Sep 5

Nursing perspectives on culture and health


The article now featured in our “Editor’s Picks”by Martha Baird illustrates perfectly, to me, many of the features that characterize nursing perspectives.  The article, titled “Well-being in Refugee Women Experiencing Cultural Transition,” recounts two research studies that Dr. Baird conducted.  These studies provided evidence from which she developed a situation-specific theory of wellness among South Sudanese refugees in her community.  The concepts that stand out as specific concerns for nursing include culture, wellness, transition, family, relationships and health.  Here Dr. Baird describes the experience of this research, and the South Sudanese family who helped make her work possible:

The research that led to the Theory of Well-being in Refugee Women in Cultural Transition would not have been possible without the help and guidance of Rebecca Mabior and John Akuei, my friends, translators, and interpreters. They have not only served as culture brokers between the South Sudanese community and myself, but have become part of our extended family.

John and Rebecca came to the US in 2001 as refugees. John was one of the Lost Boys of Sudan from the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya. Rebecca came from Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, where she was practicing as a registered nurse. She and John met in the US, married, and have three children Atem 8 years, and Akon and Akuei, 3 year-old twins (see family picture). Their families still live in South Sudan and have never met their three children. Since South Sudan became a separate nation on July 9, 2011, they are able to visit their homeland for the first time in over 10 years. Next year, their oldest son, Atem will meet his grandparents for the very first time.

Working with the Sudanese refugee community on these two research projects has taught me the importance of long-term and sustainable relationships with the communities we are serving and hoping to effect positive health change.

Aug 24

From the author: Denise Drevdahl


Meet Denise Drevdahl (right in the photo), with her co-author Kathleen Shannon Dorcy (left) with one of their “buddies” on the Oregon coast!  Denise and Kathleen wrote the current featured article  “Transitions, decisions, and regret: Order in chaos after a cancer diagnosis”.  Their research explores the dilemma of entering an experimental treatment in the midst of a life-changing illness.  I was particularly inspired by the closing sentences in their article: “It is not so much the ability to remain stable and unchanged that should be the goal of care encounters, rather the goal should be flexibility and responsiveness to new paths and ways to traverse the unknown terrain and transitions together. Chaos, it seems, does give us the opportunity to see the world differently.” In reflecting on their ANS article, Denise wrote:

Kathleen and I are honored that our article was selected as an Editor’s Pick for the current issue of ANS. I have had the pleasure of teaching with Dr. Shannon Dorcy since 1996 and then working with her since 2004 on the research project that generated the data for the present manuscript. It has been a collaboration that has endured over time even though we come from different clinical backgrounds and expertise (mine in community/population health; Kathleen’s in cancer and cancer research). Despite (or perhaps because) of these differences, we share many commonalities, including an abiding interest in issues of social justice, as well as an ongoing commitment to examining concerns central to nursing through “a different lens.” A prime example is Kathleen’s inspiration to use a model of epigenetics to illustrate the transitions that occur in those participating in cancer research. This line of research has generated an interest in examining how physician/researchers, research nurses, and IRB members understand the differences between research and treatment. That, along with our continuing work on bringing social justice to nursing practice, education, and research promises to keep us working together far into the future.

Aug 22

From the Author: Lynn Rew


It is a pleasure to introduce Lynn Rew, lead author on one of my Edtitor’s Picks for the current issue.  I suspect that most ANS readers have had some connection to the experience of adolescence, either personally or professionally!  The current “Editor’s Pick” article by Lynn Rew and her colleagues Diane Tyler, Nina Fredland and Dana Hannah reports a research study that sheds light on changes that occur during this highly-charged experience.  Their research provides significant evidence that can guide nursing practice, research and theory development.  Their article is titled “Adolescents’ Concerns as They Transition Through High School”, and while it is featured you can download it for free from the ANS Web site!

Here is a message from Dr. Rew about her experiences of working with adolescents, and some background on the experience of conducting this study:

Not everyone shares my enthusiasm for studying adolescents. Having been an adolescent and parenting two adolescents, I am always curious about how they  change so rapidly and adapt (or not) to these changes. I want to know what adolescents are thinking and doing and why. I began with a longitudinal study of pre-adolescents (4-6thgraders) and found that, for the most part, they engaged in health and safety behaviors; however, when they made the transitions from grade school to middle school and then to high school, many of these behaviors were replaced with what I called health-risk behaviors.

Data for this article came from a longitudinal study of over 1200 adolescents who reside in rural areas in central Texas. For the analysis, I assembled a team that included two family nurse practitioners and a pediatric nurse practitioner.  We met often to determine how we would analyze the written responses of these kids to the prompt, “My main concern is . . .” This writing experience was fun and exciting, not only because we enjoyed reading and interpreting these responses, but also we began to recognize strengths and talents in each other that we hadn’t known before.

Faculty often complain that there is never enough time to write, but when you have a team of nurses who are willing to learn, not only from analyzing the data, but also from each other, writing becomes a joy! I was blessed to be part of such a team.

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