The International Journal of Nursing Studies provides a forum for publication of original papers of the highest standard that
report research findings and research-based reviews and analysis of interest to an international readership of nurses, midwives, educators,
administrators and researchers in all areas of nursing and health care sciences. It aims to contribute to the advancement of the science
and practice of nursing and interrelated disciplines worldwide by the international dissemination of sound information based on rigorous
methods of research and scholarship. The journal welcomes submissions of original research papers, protocols of controlled intervention
studies, short reports of scale development, reviews (including systematic reviews, literature reviews and policy reviews), discussion
papers and commentaries on previously published papers. Guidelines for authors can be accessed at http://ees.elsevier.com/ijns.
Authors should highlight the significance of their work to nursing and midwifery theory, practice and education and the organisation
of care. They should also identify how this might have relevance to countries other than their own, including other disciplines. All
published papers are peer-reviewed.
