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Biological Research For Nursing

Integrating Biobehavioral Research into Health Care

eISSN: 15524175 | ISSN: 10998004 | Current volume: 26 | Current issue: 2 Frequency: Quarterly

One of the greatest challenges in nursing today is how to integrate information from many basic disciplines—biology, physiology, chemistry, engineering, education, communication, and the social sciences—into nursing research, theory, and clinical practice. Biological Research for Nursing is the only publication that helps nurse researchers, educators, and practitioners meet this important challenge by focusing on biological and physiological changes in healthy and unhealthy populations from a nursing perspective.

Published quarterly, this journal offers peer-reviewed original and systematic review articles focused on:

  • Normal and abnormal biological phenomena, such as stress, pain management, and wound healing.
  • Improvements in healthcare interventions/techniques developed through biological and physiological research.
  • New methods, instruments, and techniques for biological and physiological health research.
  • Pathophysiology and the biological foundations of nursing practice.
Biological Research for Nursing features original research papers, systematic reviews/meta-analyses/theoretical articles, and conference summaries that relate to nursing care written by scientists and researchers in nursing and the basic sciences, such as:

  • Genetics
  • Pathophysiology
  • Microbiology
  • Reproduction
  • Neuroscience
  • Pharmacology
  • Infectious Disease
  • Oncology
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Pulmonary Disease
  • Immunology
  • Endocrinology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Hematology
  • Neonatology
  • Nephrology
  • Nutrition and Exercise

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
 

Created to fill the gap between nursing science and basic science, Biological Research for Nursing offers a lively forum for empirical and methodological issues related to normal and abnormal physiological functions that can affect nursing care. Published quarterly, the scope of the journal includes but is not limited to:

  • Normal and abnormal biological phenomena, such as stress, pain management, and wound healing.
  • Improvements in healthcare interventions/techniques developed through biological and physiological research.
  • New methods, instruments, and techniques for biological and physiological health research.
  • Pathophysiology and the biological foundations of nursing practice.
Editor
Carolyn B. Yucha, RN, PhD, FAAN Professor and Dean Emeritus, School of Nursing, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Associate Editor
Barbara St. Pierre Schneider, PhD, RN, FAAN Professor, Endowed Chair, University of Texas, Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
Managing Editor, Emeritus
Marnie Wiss, BA Gainesville, FL, USA
Founding Editors
Patsy A. Perry, PhD, RN Arizona State University, USA
Christine E. Kasper, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACSM Graduate School of Nursing at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Editorial Board
Sheila A. Alexander, PhD, RN, FCCM Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Flávia Figueiredo Azevedo, PhD Professor, Nursing Department, Technical High School of Campinas (COTUCA), State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Sivia Barnoy, RN, PhD Associate Professor, Nursing Department, School of Health Professions, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Robert L. Burr, MSEE, PhD Research Professor Emeritus, Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Informatics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Barbara Waag Carlson, PhD, RN Robert and Doris Klabzuba Professor of Nursing and Associate Dean for Research, Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA
Ann Cashion, PhD, RN, FAAN Professor Emerita, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
Omar Cauli, PharmD, MD, PhD Associate Professor and Director of Master in Nursing Oncology, Department of Nursing, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Catherine Cherwin, PhD, RN Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Yvette Conley, PhD, FAAN Professor of Nursing and Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
María Correa-Rodríguez, PhD, RN Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada, Spain
Elizabeth J. Corwin, PhD, RN, FAAN Vice Dean for Research, Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY, USA
Patricia Cowan, PhD, RN, FAAN Dean and Professor, College of Nursing, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
Chad L. Cross, PhD, PStat® Associate Graduate Faculty Professor, School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
Deana Davalos, PhD Professor, Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, USA
Georgina L. Dobek, DVM, DACLAM Director, Department of Comparative Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
Jennifer R. Dungan, PhD, RN Associate Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science, University of Florida College of Nursing, Gainesville, FL, USA
Melissa Spezia Faulkner, PhD, RN, FAAN Professor and Lewis Distinguished Chair in Nursing, Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing & Health Professions, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Du Feng, PhD Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
Maureen Wimberly Groër, PhD, RN, FAAN Gordon Keller Professor, College of Nursing, University of South Florida, Tampa, Tampa, FL, USA
Margaret McLean Heitkemper, PhD, RN, FAAN Elizabeth Sterling Soule Chair and Chairperson, Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Informatics, Co-Director, Center for Innovation in Sleep Self Management, School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Kathleen Insel, PhD, RN Professor, College of Nursing, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Paule Valery Joseph, PhD, MS, FNP-BC, CTN-B Lakser Clinical Research Scholar, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD, USA
Maria Dyah Kurniasari, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga City, Central Java, Indonesia
Deborah A. Lekan, PhD, RN-BC Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA
Adetola Louis-Jacques, MD Assistant Professor, Morsani College of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Nursing, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
Donna McCarthy, PhD RN Professor Emeritus, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Victoria Menzies, PhD, APRN, FAAN Associate Professor, College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Christine Miaskowski, RN, PhD, FAAN Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Physiological Nursing, American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor and Sharon Lamb Endowed Chair in Symptom Management Research, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Todd B. Monroe, PhD, RN, FNAP, FGSA, FAAN Distinguished Professor of Aging Research, The Ohio State University College of Nursing, Columbus, OH, USA
Tiffany A. Moore, PhD, RN Associate Professor, College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
Madalynn Neu, PhD, RN, FAAN Associate Professor, College of Nursing, University of Colorado, Nurse Scientist, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
Karen Pridham, PhD, RN, FAAN Helen Denne Schulte Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Gholam Rasul Mohammad Rahimi, PhD Vahdat Institute of Higher Education, Torbat-e-Jam, Iran
Sharon L. Ruyak, PhD, CNM, RN Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Karen L. Saban, PhD, RN, APRN, CNRN, FAHA, FAAN Professor and Associate Dean of Research and Scholarly Innovation, Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Joseph I. Shapiro, MD Dean and Professor of Medicine, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA
Leslie-Faith Taub, PhD, ANP-C, GNP-BC, CDE, CBSM, CME (DOT), FAANP Clinical Associate Professor and Director, Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Program, Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, USA
Pei-Shan Tsai, PhD, RN, BCIA Distinguished Professor, School of Nursing, Dean, Office of Global Engagement, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
Reba Umberger, PhD, RN, CCRN-K Loewenberg College of Nursing, University of Memphis, Tennessee, USA
JoEllen Wilbur, PhD, APN, FAAN Professor and Endowed Independence Foundation Chair in Nursing, Associate Dean for Research, College of Nursing, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA
Michelle L. Wright, PhD, RN, FAAN Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Feng Zhang, PhD, RN Associate Professor and Academic Leader, Department of Nursing, Xingling College, School of Nursing, Nantong University, Jiangsu, China
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