Special Issue on Clinical Nursing

The ultimate purpose of clinical nursing is patient care. Clinical nursing research is a systematic inquiry into the problems encountered in nursing practice and into the modalities of patient care. The goal of this special issue is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in this area of Clinical Nursing.

In this special issue, we invite front-line researchers and authors to submit original research and review articles that explore Clinical Nursing.  In this special issue, potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Development of clinical research, evaluation, evidence-based practice and scientific enquiry
• Patient and family experiences of health and health care; illness and recovery
• Nursing research to enhance patient safety and reduce harm to patients
• The nature of nursing need, intervention, social interaction and models of service delivery
• Clinical nursing leadership
• Examination of clinical decision-making
• Exploration of organisational or systemic factors that enhance or impede the provision of effective, high-quality nursing care
• Application and dissemination of clinical knowledge and theory
• Role development and inter-disciplinary working, exploring the scope and changing boundaries of clinical nursing
• Cultural comparisons and evaluations of nursing practice in different health sectors, social and geographical settings

Authors should read over the journal’s For Authors carefully before submission. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal’s Paper Submission System.

Please kindly specify the “Special Issue” under your manuscript title. The research field “Special Issue – Clinical Nursing” should be selected during your submission.

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