期刊名称:MCN-THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING
期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Scope MCN抯 mission is to provide the most timely, relevant information to nurses practicing in perinatal, neonatal, midwifery and pediatric specialties. MCN is a peer reviewed journal which meets its mission by publishing clinically relevant practice and research manuscripts aimed at assisting nurses toward evidence-based practice.
Instructions to Authors
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MCN, The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing
Online Submission and Review System
SCOPE MCN抯 mission is to provide the most timely, relevant information to nurses practicing in perinatal, neonatal, midwifery and pediatric specialties. MCN is a peer reviewed journal which meets its mission by publishing clinically relevant practice and research manuscripts aimed at assisting nurses toward evidence-based practice. |
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General Manuscript Preparation:
- Double spaced, Times Roman 12 point type, 1?inch margins all around
- APA format (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed, 2001)
- Number each line of text in the left margin, and each page at the top center
- Twenty pages are the maximum, including references, tables, figures and boxes (each table, figure or box must be on a separate page)
- Provide a running head at the top right of each page which describes the title in 4 words or less.
- If you use 搕rack changes?during the writing of your manuscript, you must remove the hidden data before submitting
- There should be no identifying information about any of the authors anywhere in the manuscript.
- Provide a 250 word (or less) abstract (research submissions require a structured abstract)
- Notify the editor if data from the submitted research has been used in other publications (see number 1 below)
- Send through Editorial Manager using this URL: http://mcn.edmgr.com
Specific Instructions:
1. Title Page: The title of the article should be 60 characters in length or less. No identifying information about the authors should be included. Identify research funding sources. Conflict of interest must be disclosed, including any financial interest or affiliation with any organization or company related to the material in this manuscript. If data in this manuscript have been used in other publications, or if this is a secondary analysis, please send the editor a copy of all publications which have come from this research. Call or email the editor with any questions about this.
2. Next page: 5 callouts and 4 key words. Callouts are single sentences which highlight the important themes of the manuscript, and make the article interesting for the reader (see past issues of MCN for examples of callouts in each article). Key words are single words which classify the manuscript. Use MeSH (Index Medicus) key words only.
3. Next page: Abstract of 250 words describing the purpose of the article and the clinical implications. Clinical research articles require a structured abstract with the headings: Purpose; Study Design and Methods (including data collection, sample, instruments, analysis); Results; Clinical Implications
4. Next page: Begin text. Twenty pages are the maximum, including references, tables and figures. Each table and figure must be on a separate page. Manuscripts detailing practice issues should have clearly labeled sections starting with Introduction and ending with Clinical Implications.
5. Clinical research submissions: Label sections as Introduction (which will include the literature review), Study Design and Methods, Results, Clinical Implications. If a survey instrument, questionnaire or psychometric instrument has been used, indicate where the reader can obtain the full instrument. Description of psychometric instruments should include reliability and validity statistics. Sample size must be described fully. Provide a power analysis whenever inferential statistics are used. Include a separate box at the end of the manuscript containing a bulleted list of Suggested Clinical Implications. MCN only publishes research with strong Clinical Implications sections.
6. Pilot study submissions: Please read the following before submitting: Perry S.E. (2001). Appropriate use of pilot studies. Journal of Nursing Scholarship 33(2):107. Pilot studies will be considered on a case-by-case basis, and must include a power analysis if inferential statistics are being used.
7. References (check each carefully for completeness and accuracy before submitting): Unpublished data, personal communication, submitted manuscripts, and non-peer reviewed publications may not be listed as references. No more than 30 references should be included. References should not be more than 10 years old. If you used a reference manager program such as End Note to prepare the manuscript, be sure to remove all the 揻ield codes?(which turn the references grey) before submitting the manuscript.
8. Tables, Figures, Boxes: Combined maximum is 5, each on a separate page.
9. Copyright Transfer Form: All authors must sign a copy of the Journal抯 揂uthorship Responsibility, Financial Disclosure, and Copyright Transfer?form and submit it at the time of manuscript submission. This form can be downloaded and signed. You can submit this form one of two ways: 1) Scan the signed document and save as a PDF file; attach the file to your submission as a submission item. OR 2) FAX the signed form to the Journal Editor at 631-547-8943.
10. Submit manuscript to: http://mcn.edmgr.com
Your manuscript will be reviewed by the editor and sent for peer review if it meets MCN抯 standards. If sent for peer review, you can expect to be notified about the disposition of the manuscript approximately 6-8 weeks after submission. It is rare that a manuscript is ever accepted without revision.
Editorial Board Editorial Board & Publication Staff
Editor-in-Chief Margaret Comerford Freda EdD, RN, CHES, FAAN Professor and Director of Patient Education Programs Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health Albert Einstein College of Medicine Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, New York margaretfreda@yahoo.com
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Assistant to the Editor Melissa Illames melissaillames@yahoo.com Phone: (718)405-8161
Editorial Office 100 Bay Drive East Huntington Bay, NY 11743 Phone: (631) 424-3747 Fax: (631) 547-8943
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Editorial Board Judy Beal, DNSc, PNP, RN Chairperson and Professor of Nursing Associate Dean Graduate School for Health Studies Simmons College Boston, MA E-mail: judy.beal@simmons.edu
Lynn Clark Callister, PhD, RN, FAAN Professor, College of Nursing Brigham Young University Provo, Utah E-mail: lynn_callister@byu.edu
Kathleen Leask Capitulo, DNSc, RN, FACCE Chief Nursing Officer North Shore University Hospital Manhasset, NY E-mail: DrKatieRN@hotmail.com
Laura L. Hayman, PhD, RN, FAAN Professor, Division of Nursing New York University New York, New York E-mail: llh2@is.nyu.edu
Maureen Heaman, PhD, RN 307 Lindenwood Drive West Winnipeg, MB Canada R3P 2A8
Heidi VonKoss Krowchuk, PhD, RN, PNP, FAAN Associate Professor University of North Carolina at Greensboro E-mail: heidi_krowchuk@uncg.edu
Terri H. Lipman, PhD, CRNP, FAAN Associate Professor Nursing of Children Division University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Division of Endocrinology/Diabetes Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania E-mail: lipman@nursing.upenn.edu
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Patricia R. McCartney, PhD, RNC, FAAN Clinical Professor School of Nursing State University of New York University at Buffalo Staff Nurse, Labor and Delivery Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo, New York E-mail: mccartny@acsu.buffalo.edu
Kathleen Rice Simpson, PhD, RNC, FAAN Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist Women's and Children's Care Center St. John's Mercy Medical Center St. Louis, Missouri E-mail: KRSimpson@prodigy.net
Linda Beth Tiedje, PhD, RN, FAAN Adjunct Associate Professor Department of Epidemiology School of Human Medicine Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan E-mail: Tiedje@pilot.msu.edu
Sylvia H. Wood, MSN, CNM, RN Associate Professor Pacific Lutheran University School of Nursing Tacoma, Washington E-mail: woodsh@plu.edu
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