Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Official Journal of ISPN
www.psychiatricnursing.org

 

A reminder about the following upcoming special issues of the journal. Please plan to submit!

Submission Deadline: February 1, 2020

The Archives of Psychiatric Nursing is planning a special issue of research, systematic review and other scholarly articles related to Creating Safe and Healthy Care Environments for the December 2020 issue. The guest co-editors are Drs. Sara Horton-Deutsch and Angela McNelis.

We are seeking manuscripts focused on improving healthcare environments for patients, families, healthcare professionals, and systems (including academe and healthcare organizations). Suggestions include, but are not limited to:

  • Advancing and strengthening nursing leadership
  • Practice change initiatives that improve healthcare culture
  • Employee, patient, and student wellness initiatives
  • Courageous caring conversations
  • Empowering health professionals and enhancing organizational effectiveness
  • Building inclusive excellence and “just cultures”
  • Improving quality and reducing barriers to speaking up
  • Exploring healthy self-management strategies and cultivating self-care
  • Enhancing work environments
  • Solutions to incivility, bullying and unhealthy toxic work environments
  • Fostering mutual support among employees and administrators in practice and academic settings
  • Addressing and preventing second victim phenomena

Submissions may include single site or pilot studies; descriptions of innovative approaches; descriptions of exemplary programs; systematic reviews. Please review our Author Guidelines and submit your manuscript no later than February 1, 2020. Be sure to note in the MANUSCRIPT COMMENT box that your submission is intended for the special December 2020.

If you have any questions, please contact the co-editors, Sara and/or Angela.