International Journal of Nursing Practice is a fully refereed journal that publishes original scholarly work that advances the international understanding and development of nursing, both as a profession and as an academic discipline. The Journal focuses on research papers and professional discussion papers that have a sound scientific, theoretical or philosophical base. Preference is given to high-quality papers written in a way that renders them accessible to a wide audience without compromising quality. The primary criteria for acceptance are excellence, relevance and clarity. All articles are peer-reviewed by at least two researchers expert in the field of the submitted paper.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Professor Lin Perry
Faculty of Health, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Lin Perry is Professor of Nursing Research and Practice Development, University of Technology Sydney. As a mixed-methods researcher she has a strong international profile and 20 years experience managing and delivering service development and evaluation projects in Australia and the UK. She has fifteen years experience of human research ethics committee membership and journal editorship. An experienced guideline developer, she has played a lead role in development of many of the national and international documents that translate research on chronic disease management into practice guidance. She can be contacted at: IJNPEditor@gmail.com
RECEIVING EDITOR: NURSING PRACTICE
Dr Kylie Porritt
The Joanna Briggs Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Canada: Dr Doris Grinspun
Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO), Toronto, Canada
USA: Dr Daphne Stannard
University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Centre, San Francisco, USA
South America: Dr Dina de Almeida Lopes Monteiro da Cruz
Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo,Sao Paulo, Brasil
Australasia: Professor Patrick Crookes
Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Asia: Professor Hu Yan
School of Nursing, Fudan University, Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China
Middle East: Dr Ma'en Zaid Abu-Qamar
Faculty of Nursing, Mu'tah University, AL-Karak, Jordan
Dr Palle Larsen Preben
Project Manager of the National Clearinghouse for Clinical Guidelines, University of Aalborg
EDITORIAL BOARD
Professor Heather Loveday University of West London, UK
Dr Arja Holopainen Nursing Research Foundation, Finland
Bart Geurden University of Antwerp, Belgium
Deborah Norton Westwood SIDRA Medical Centre, Qatar
Dr Patricia McInerney University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Professor Peifan Mu National Yang Ming University, Taiwan ROC
Professor Guifang Guo Peking University, Peoples Republic of China
Professor Lisa Hopp Purdue University, USA
Dr Susan Weeks Texas Christian University, USA
FOUNDING EDITOR
Professor Alan Pearson
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING PRACTICE INCORPORATES:
COCHRANE NURSING CARE SUPPLEMENT
RECEIVING EDITOR
Dr Craig Lockwood
The Joanna Briggs Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia
EDITORIAL BOARD
Professor Lisa Hopp Purdue University, USA
Professor Marriane Lamb Queens University Canada
Dr Donal O’Mathuna Dublin City University, Ireland
Professor Tracey Howe Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland
Dr Coral MacRury SNBTS, Scotland
Professor William Lauder University of Stirling, Scotland
Professor Teresa Moreno-Casbas Institute of Health Carlos III Centre for Coordination and Development of Nursing Research Madrid, Spain