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    Undergraduate Nurses’ and Midwives’ Participation and Satisfaction with Live Interactive Webcasts

    G.R. Williamson, I. Maramba, R.B. Jones and J. Morris

    The Open Nursing Journal, 2009; 3: 1.
    Electronic Publication Date: April 3, 2009
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    Factors Related to Quality of Life in Treatment-Adherent, Successfully Treated HIV Patients in France

    José Côté, Philippe Delmas, Cyrille Delpierre, Hélène Sylvain, Simone Delon and Geneviève Rouleau

    The Open Nursing Journal, 2009; 3: 10.
    Electronic Publication Date: April 30, 2009
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    The Use of Descriptive Words and Metaphor in Patient and Carer Experience of Palliative Day Care: Secondary Analysis of a Qualitative Study

    J. Richardson and J. Grose

    The Open Nursing Journal, 2009; 3: 18.
    Electronic Publication Date: June 05, 2009
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    Lost in Translation: Reflecting on a Model to Reduce Translation and Interpretation Bias

    Pamela Kirkpatrick and Edwin van Teijlingen

    The Open Nursing Journal, 2009; 3: 25.
    Electronic Publication Date: June 23, 2009
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    A Review of Pregnancy in Women Over 35 Years of Age

    Reeta Lampinen, Katri Vehviläinen-Julkunen and Päivi Kankkunen

    The Open Nursing Journal, 2009; 3: 33.
    Electronic Publication Date: August 6, 2009
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    Nurse Leaders as Stewards: The Beginning of Change

    Norma Sinnott Murphy

    The Open Nursing Journal, 2009; 3: 39.
    Electronic Publication Date: August 20, 2009
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    Important Issues to Quality of Life Among Norwegian Older Adults: An Exploratory Study

    Mary Kalfoss and Liv Halvorsrud

    The Open Nursing Journal, 2009; 3: 45.
    Electronic Publication Date: August 20, 2009
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    Obtaining a Foundation for Nursing Care at the Time of Patient Admission: A Grounded Theory Study

    Inger Jansson, Ewa Pilhammar and Anna Forsberg

    The Open Nursing Journal, 2009; 3: 56.
    Electronic Publication Date: August 31, 2009
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    Consideration of Shared Decision Making in Nursing: A Review of Clinicians’ Perceptions and Interventions

    Noreen M. Clark, Belinda W. Nelson, Melissa A. Valerio, Z. Molly Gong, Judith C. Taylor-Fishwick and Monica Fletcher

    The Open Nursing Journal, 2009; 3: 65.
    Electronic Publication Date: October 2, 2009
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    Promoting the Self-Regulation of Clinical Reasoning Skills in Nursing Students

    R. Kuiper, D. Pesut and D. Kautz

    The Open Nursing Journal, 2009; 3: 76.
    Electronic Publication Date: October 2, 2009
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        The Open Nursing Journal

        ISSN: 1874-4346
        Volume: 13, 2019

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      • About the Editor

        W.T. Chien
        Nethersole School of Nursing
        Faculty of Medicine
        The Chinese University of Hong Kong
        Shatin
        Hong Kong
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        Biography of W.T. Chien

        Prof. CHIEN was graduated from his Ph.D. in Nursing at King’s College London, United Kingdom and obtained the grandfather fellowship of Hong Kong Academy of Nursing in Education and Research in 2012 and the Research Scholarship Award (Community Leader), Pi Iota Chapter, The Sigma Theta Tau International Honour Society of Nursing in 2009. Prof. Chien is a professor in mental health nursing and Associate Head (Research) in School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has secured over 30 health research grants and published over 130 scientific publications. Prof. CHIEN has contributed to mental health promotion and care Hong Kong and Asia in the past 20 years by establishing psycho-education, motivational interviewing, mindfulness-based, and other psychosocial intervention programs to people with mental health problems and their family members.

        Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
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        • Articles
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        • m-Health in the Surgical Context: Prospecting, Review and Analysis of Mobile Applications

          January 31, 2019
        • Screening for Underlying Osteoporosis in Fragility Fracture Patients: The Patients Perspective

          January 31, 2019
        • Effects of Gargling with an Aroma Solution on Xerostomia, Halitosis, and Salivary pH in Hemodialysis Patients – A Randomized Controlled Trial

          January 23, 2019
        • Effects of a Standardized Care Protocol for Patients with Degenerative Spine Disease

          Bo-Yeoul Kim, Hwa-Jung Lim
          February 6, 2019
        • The Development and Psychometric Evaluation of a Questionnaire on the Nurses’ Recognition of Elder Abuse by Family Caregiver

          Atefeh Alipour, Abbas Shamsalinia, Fatemeh Ghaffari, Zahra Fotokian
          February 06, 2019
        • What is the Current Effectiveness of Olaparib for Breast Cancer Patients with a BRCA Mutation? A Systematic Review

          Polly Marsh, Graham R Williamson
          January 16, 2019
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          • Volume 13, 2019
          • Volume 12, 2018
          • Volume 11, 2017
          • Volume 10, 2016
          • Volume 9, 2015
          • Volume 8, 2014
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          • Volume 6, 2012
          • Volume 5, 2011
          • Volume 4, 2010
          • Volume 3, 2009
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          News release date: March 29, 2018

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          The Open Nursing Journal is an Open Access online journal, which publishes research articles, reviews, letters, case reports and guest-edited single topic issues in all areas of nursing. Bentham Open ensures speedy peer review process and accepted papers are published within 2 weeks of final acceptance.

          The Open Nursing Journal is committed to ensuring high quality of research published. We believe that a dedicated and committed team of editors and reviewers make it possible to ensure the quality of the research papers. The overall standing of a journal is in a way, reflective of the quality of its Editor(s) and Editorial Board and its members.

          The Open Nursing Journal is seeking energetic and qualified researchers to join its editorial board team as Editorial Board Members or reviewers.

          The essential criteria to become Editorial Board Members of The Open Nursing Journal are as follows:

          1. Experience in nursing with an academic degree.
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          The Roles of Editorial Board Member are to:

          1. Offer advice on journals’ policy and scope.
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