Journal of Nursing Administration Online Submission and Review System

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Editorial Purpose
The Journal of Nursing Administration (JONA) is designed for nurse leaders in a variety of healthcare systems, such as hospitals, home care agencies, and clinics. JONA provides information on management and leadership development; human, material, and financial resource management; staffing and scheduling systems; staff development; labor-management relations; policy, legislation, regulations, and economics related to healthcare and program development; legal, ethical, and political issues; interdisciplinary collaboration; organization-wide projects; corporate issues; diversity management; community relations; innovations; and professional trends.

The May issue is our annual research issue. In this issue, formal reports of research are presented. The end of the 3rd week in September is the deadline for submitting research manuscripts for the following year’s May research issue.

JONA is not a research journal. We seek practical, applied content, informed by data (that may have been gathered through a formal research process). Please contact the editorial office (JONAEditor@aol.com) before submitting formal reports of research for any issue but the May issue. We will provide guidance in styling the content for submission to a regular issue of JONA.

Manuscript Review

JONA is a refereed journal. Published manuscripts have been reviewed, selected, and developed with the guidance of our editorial advisors. Manuscript content is assessed for relevance, accuracy, and usefulness to administrators in healthcare service settings.

Manuscripts are reviewed with the understanding that neither the manuscript nor its essential content has been published or is under consideration by others. The review process starts on the first day of every month. As example, February 1 is the start of the review process for all manuscripts received during January. Publication decisions and author notification occur within 8 weeks from the beginning of the review process.

Authorship Responsibility

All persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship. Each author should have contributed significantly to the conception and design of the work and writing the manuscript to take public responsibility for it. The editor may request justification of assignment of authorship. Names of those who contributed general support or technical help may be listed in an acknowledgment that is placed after the narrative and before references.

Query Letters

Although not necessary, query letters allow the editor to indicate interest and developmental advice on manuscript topics. These can be sent to JONAEditor@aol.com

Manuscript Preparation for Online Submission

Unless otherwise stated, prepare manuscripts according to the American Medical Association (AMA) Manual of Style (10th edition). The maximum manuscript length is 3600 words (abstract through references). As a general rule, a paper of this length should have no more than 4 figures or tables. For examples of style, please see a recent issue of the journal.

Institutional Review Board Approval

If your research or a quality review project met any of the following criterion (intervention to evaluate new or existing practices, adds human subject risks beyond the institutional standard of care, generates new knowledge, and/or the findings have implications beyond the unit or institution), you may need to provide information in the manuscript about your Institutional Review Board (IRB) process and informed consent. A manuscript reporting a quality improvement initiative generally does not need IRB approval if it meets these criteria: assesses internal process improvement, results are specific only to author's institution and are not intended for use in other organizations, describes standard of care, and is informational in nature, lessons learned).

Format

1. Double space the manuscript using a 10 point type size, any font style.
   
2. The maximum manuscript length is 3600 words (abstract through references).
   
3. Attach your various individual files containing elements of your entire manuscript. No file should contain information found in any other file:
   • 1 page Word file - Title/author bio page
   • Word file containing text of manuscript, starting with the abstract and ending with the references
   • As many individual files as necessary, each containing 1 table or figure
     
4. Add page numbers in the upper right hand corner of each page.
   
5. Left justify all text, including headings.
   
6. Do not indent paragraphs; separate paragraphs with an extra return.
   
7. Subdivide the text into main sections by inserting subheads.
   
8. All headings go flush left and are distinguish by level as follows:
• First Level Heading (Bold Italic on Separate Line)
• Second Level Heading (Bold Regular on Separate Line)
• Third Level Heading (Regular Italic on Separate Line)
• Fourth Level Heading (Regular text, a period, then start the text)
9. Do not put any reference numbers in superscript. They should be normal size text, enclosed with parentheses, e.g. (1-4, 15)
   
10. Do not use running headers or footers.

Title/Author Biography Page

Information for the title/biography page is placed in a 1 page Word file. The information should not be placed in any other file. This 1 page Word file should contain only:

1. Title of Manuscript
   
2. Author(s) names and credentials (highest earned credential only, followed by RN, and certifications (optional).
   
3. Author(s') Affiliation(s) (edit this heading as appropriate) followed by a colon and the following (as appropriate): job title (If more than one author is from the same institution, list job title first, person's name in parentheses, then a comma followed by the next person's job title, etc.), department, institution, city, state.
   
4. Corresponding Author (use this heading). For publication, it is preferable to use a work address. You may include an e-mail address (optional) at end of your mailing address.
   
5. (optional) Funding information and other disclaimer or disclosure information.

Example of a title/bio page with one author
Nursing Revisited: Creative Solutions To Old Problems
Helen Williams, EdD, RN

Author Affiliation: Chief Executive Officer, Y Institution, Big City, Calif.

Correspondence: Dr Williams, Grace Medical Center, PO Box 54, Gray, TX 22222 (hwill@GMC.com).

Example of a title/bio page with two or more authors
Nursing Revisited: Creative Solutions To Old Problems
Jane Doe, PhD, RN, Kathy Free, MSN, RN, May Brown, PhD, RN

Authors' Affiliations: President (Dr Doe), Health Systems, Inc., Gray, Tex; Chief Nurse Officer (Ms Free), James University Medical Center, Louisville, Mass; Instructor (Dr Brown), Adjunct Professor (Dr Doe), School of Nursing, Sunny University, San Diego, Calif.
NOTE: If all authors are from the same place, just list job titles followed by each person's name in parentheses, then the department, institution, city, and state.

Corresponding Author: Dr Doe, Health Systems, Inc., 2656 Loop Road, Gray, TX 77054 (janedoe@hs.com).

Abstract

Abstract for non-research paper: 50-75 word abstract that stimulates readers' interest in the topic and states what readers will learn or how they will be better off after reading the article.

Abstract for a research paper: structured abstract of no more than 150 words, with 5 headings - objective, background, methods, results, and conclusions.

Tables and Figures

Tables (information in 2 or more columns) and figures (information in text format, photos, graphs/charts with boxes and/or lines, arrows, etc.), if any, should each be saved in individual files. If you have 4 tables, you will upload 4 Word files.

All tables must be numbered consecutively with Arabic numbers and have a title. All figures must be numbered consecutively with Arabic numbers and have a title.

Figures and tables must be cited in numerical order in the text. Please submit all graphics in black and white. If you have any question about working with graphics files, please contact the office for help.

References

DO NOT USE ENDNOTES (OR SIMILAR PROGRAM) TO FORMAT YOUR REFERENCES. REFERENCE NUMBERS IN TEXT AND THE ENTIRE REFERENCE LISTING MUST BE IN NORMAL TYPE AND MANUALLY ENTERED. DO NOT USE SUPERSCRIPT.

References are double-spaced and placed at the end of the manuscript file. References are cited consecutively by number and listed in citation order in the reference list. Whenever a reference is repeated in text, it uses the same reference number each time. Journal titles should be abbreviated in the reference listing according to Index Medicus style. If not listed in Index Medicus, journal titles should be spelled out.

Reference example for a journal article:
Reigle BS, Stevens KR, Belcher JV, et al. Evidence-Based Practice and the Road to Magnet Status. J Nurs Adm. 2008;38(2):97-102.

Reference example for a book:
McSherry R, Wadding A, Pearce P. Healthcare Governance through Effective Leadership. In: Jasper M, Mansour J. Effective Healthcare Leadership. Malden, MA: Blackwell; 2005:58-72.

Please see http://healthlinks.Washington.edu/hsl/styleguides/ama.html reference citation examples.

Permissions

If applicable and your paper is accepted for publication, obtain and submit copies of written permission from copyright holders of reprinted material used in the manuscript. Where permission to reprint has been granted to use copyrighted material, the author should inform the editorial office of any special wording stipulated by the grantor.

If applicable and your paper is accepted for publication, obtain and submit copies of written permission from 1) persons mentioned in the acknowledgment or narrative, acknowledging that they have seen the use of their name in the manuscript and approve it and 2) the appropriate administrator of institutions mentioned by name in the narrative, acknowledging that they have seen the use of their institution’s name in the manuscript and approve it. A “Consent to Acknowledge” form is available on the home page under “Files and Resources.”

Initial Online Manuscript Submission

Manuscript must be submitted electronically through our Web-based Editorial Manager system, http://JONA.EdMgr.com/.

After registering as an author, login into http://JONA.EdMgr.com/, select "Submit a New Manuscript." You will then:

1. Enter the title of your manuscript.
2. Select an “article type” from the drop down menu.
3. Add information about the author(s) of the paper.
4. Enter a few key words that describe your manuscript’s content.
5. Select your document’s classifications from a list of possible content descriptors. Make sure you first select the main heading you want, then select various sub-topics within that main heading.
6. Enter your comments to the editor in a dialogue box, mentioning any prior query you may have had with the editor.
7. Attach your various individual files containing elements of your entire manuscript. No file should contain information found in any other file:
   • 1 page Word file - Title/author bio page
   • Word file containing text of manuscript, starting with the abstract and ending with the references
   • As many individual files as necessary, each containing 1 table or figure

When all files are attached, the system will prompt you to complete a process that submits your manuscript to the editorial office. You will receive an e-mail to let you know the journal office received your manuscript. After the review process, you will receive an e-mail letting you know the final disposition of your manuscript.

You may check the status of your manuscript at any time by logging in at http://JONA.EdMgr.com/. Select "Submissions Being Processed."

If at any time during this process you should have questions, please email JONAEditor@aol.com or call (941)753-5662 between 9:00 and 5:00 Monday through Friday (Eastern).

Compliance with NIH and Other Research Funding Agency Accessibility Requirements
A number of research funding agencies now require or request authors to submit the post-print (the article after peer review and acceptance but not the final published article) to a repository that is accessible online by all without charge. As a service to our authors, LWW will identify to the National Library of Medicine (NLM) articles that require deposit and will transmit the post-print of an article based on research funded in whole or in part by the National Institutes of Health, Wellcome Trust, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, or other funding agencies to PubMed Central. The revised Copyright Transfer Agreement provides the mechanism.

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