Journal of Nursing Science is a scholarly, interdisciplinary and fully refereed journal devoted to publishing new research that demonstrates a significant impact or advance of scientific understanding of interest to the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. It publishes original articles, brief reports, letters to editor and reviews. It also welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and academic excellence. All articles published in this journal will be peer-reviewed. Papers will be published shortly after acceptance.