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The year would not be complete if I didn't take time to thank the dedicated volunteer expert reviewers who support The Journal of Nursing Administration (JONA). I am blessed to serve in this role and to able to collaborate with gifted and dedicated nurse leaders, educators, and researchers who perform the blinded peer reviews for JONA. Editorial board members and peer reviewers provide expert guidance to authors and make editorial suggestions to improve the hundreds of submissions that we receive each year to meet our high standards. Words cannot express my gratitude sufficiently!

  
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The Journal of Nursing Administration receives more than 350 manuscripts a year for consideration, plus thousands of hits to our Web site in accessing current and previous publications. We are a valued publication, with an acceptance rate of 15% (thus a rejection rate of 85%) and an impact factor that rose in 2013 to 1.373 fromour 2012 level of 1.329! This is only 1 way to measure the significance of the content of our journal, but I am proud of this affirmation of the work we publish.

 

Thanks to the authors who e-mail me with inquiries about ideas for articles. The changes in healthcare are daunting. I appreciate that the readers of JONA are looking to us for cutting-edge research, evidence-based practice, and outcomes. Have a blessed 2015!

 

Note: In addition to the editorial advisors listed on ourmasthead, the following people contributed to editorial development by reviewing manuscripts:

 

Mary K. Anthony, PhD, RN, CS

 

Professor and Associate Dean for Research; Director, PhD program, College of Nursing, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

 

Joyce Batcheller, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN

 

RWJ Executive Nurse Fellow Alumna

 

Austin, Texas

 

Joan Ellis Beglinger, MSN, MBA

 

Principal, Joan Ellis Beglinger Designing Tomorrow Cross Plains, Wisconsin

 

Kathleen Davis, RN, MBA, NEA-BC

 

Senior Vice President and CNO Presbyterian Healthcare Services

 

Albuquerque, New Mexico

 

Jean D. Dols, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE

 

AssociateProfessor, University of the IncarnateWord

 

San Antonio, Texas

 

Jane DeeEnglebright, PhD, RN,CENP, FAAN

 

Chief Nurse Executive, Hospital Corporation of America

 

Nashville, Tennessee

 

Susan Fetzer, RN, PhD, CNL

 

Professor, University of New Hampshire Durham, New Hampshire

 

Willa Fields, DNSc, RN, FHIMSS

 

Professor, San Diego State University

 

San Diego, California

 

Dominick L. Flarey, PhD, MBA, RN, FACHE

 

Executive Director The American Institute of Health Care Professionals, Inc

 

Warren, Ohio

 

Karen Frith, PhD, RN, NEA-BC

 

Professor, College of Nursing, University of Alabama in Huntsville

 

Huntsville, Alabama

 

Lynn Gallagher-Ford, PhD, RN, DPFNAP,NE-BC

 

Director, Center for Transdisciplinary Evidence-Based Practice; Clinical Associate Professor, The Ohio State University College of Nursing

 

Columbus, Ohio

 

Debra Hall, PhD, RN, CCRN

 

Director, Educational Development, Baptist Health Lexington

 

Lexington, Kentucky

 

Linda Harrington, PhD, RN-BC, CNS, CPHQ, CENP, CPHIMS, FHIMSS

 

Vice President/Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Catholic Health Initiatives

 

Englewood, Colorado

 

Deborah A. Jasovsky, PhD, RN, NEA-BC

 

Associate Chief Nurse Executive, Loyola University Medical Center

 

Maywood, Illinois

 

M. Lindell Joseph, PhD, RN

 

Chief Executive Officer and Lead Nurse Researcher, Courageous Healthcare

 

Orlando, Florida

 

Sharon K. Judkins, PhD, RN, NEA-BC

 

Associate Professor, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas

 

Rebecca Krepper, PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC

 

Professor, Nelda C. Stark College of Nursing, Texas Woman's University

 

Houston, Texas

 

Linda Searle Leach, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, CNL

 

Assistant Professor, UCLA School of Nursing

 

Los Angeles, California

 

Linda Lewis, MSA, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE

 

Director, Magnet Recognition Program, American Nurse Credentialing

 

Silver Spring, Maryland

 

C. Preston Lewis Jr, MSN, DNP, RN, CCRN

 

Evidence-Based Practice Consultant, Baptist Health Lexington

 

Lexington, Kentucky

 

Maura MacPhee, RN, PhD

 

Associate Professor, University of British Columbia, School of Nursing

 

Vancouver, BC

 

Kari A. Mastro, MSN, RN, NEA-BC

 

Vice President, Nursing and Patient Care Services, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital @ New York Presbyterian

 

New York City, New York

 

Donna McNeese-Smith, EdD, RN, NEA-BC

 

Professor Emeritus, Formerly Coordinator, Nursing Administration Graduate Program UCLA School of Nursing

 

Los Angeles, California

 

Demetrius James Porche, DNS, PhD, APRN, FNP, CS

 

Professor and Dean, School of Nursing, Health Sciences Center Louisiana State University

 

New Orleans, Louisiana

 

Kristin Seidl, PhD, RN

 

Director of Outcomes for Nursing and Patient Care Services, University of Maryland Medical Center

 

Baltimore, Maryland

 

Maria R. Shirey, PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN

 

Professor and Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs, University of Alabama School of Nursing Birmingham, Indiana

 

Wayne E. Soo Hoo, PhD, RN, CPHQ

 

Director, Clinical Quality Management and Patient Safety, Mercy San Juan Medical Center, Carmichael, California

 

Colleen H. Swartz, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC

 

Chief Nurse Executive, University of Kentucky HealthCare Office of the Executive Vice President for Health Affairs

 

Lexington, Kentucky

 

Maureen Swick, RN, PhD, NEA-BC

 

Senior Vice President/Chief Nurse Executive, Inova Health System

 

Falls Church, Virginia

 

Hussein Tahan, DNSc, RN

 

Director of Nursing Research and Education, New York Presbyterian Hospital; Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing Columbia University School of Nursing

 

New York, New York

 

Robin Toms, PhD, RN, NEA-BC

 

Associate Professor, Coordinator-Nursing, Health Systems Management, Nelda Starke College of Nursing, Texas Woman's University, Houston, Texas

 

Nora Triola, PhD, RN, NEA-BC

 

Executive Vice President and CNO Catholic Health East

 

Newtown Square, Pennsylvania

 

Joan M. Vitello-Cicciu, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, NEA-BC

 

Associate Chief Nurse Brigham and Women's Hospital

 

Boston, Massachusetts

 

Tina Volz, PhD, RN

 

Director, Nursing Research, St. Elizabeth Healthcare

 

Edgewood, Kentucky

 

Kimberly A. Windsor, DHA,MBA, RN, FACHE

 

Vice President of Clinical Services, AMN Healthcare

 

San Diego, California