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.
