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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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        Graham R. Williamson
        University of Plymouth, School of Nursing and Midwifery
        The Exeter School of Nursing
        Exeter
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        Biography of Graham R. Williamson

        Dr. Williamson obtained his doctorate (Ph.D.) from Plymouth University School of Nursing and Midwifery, where he is an Associate Professor. Much of his teaching concerns evidence and nursing practice. He has published extensively on issues of student support as well as other areas of clinical nursing. He has co-authored texts on undergraduate project planning, and action research. Dr Williamson was previously Associate Editor of The Open Nursing Journal before becoming Editor-in-Chief in 2019.

        University of Plymouth, School of Nursing and Midwifery, The Exeter School of Nursing, Exeter, UK
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        The Open Nursing Journal

        ISSN: 1874-4346
        Volume: 15, 2021

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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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        3. Proficiency in English language.

        The Roles of Editorial Board Member are to:

        1. Offer advice on journals’ policy and scope.
        2. Submit or solicit at least one article for the journal annually.
        3. Contribute and/or solicit Guest Edited thematic issues to the journal in a hot area (at least one thematic issue every two years).
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