International Journal for Human Caring

Edited by:
Editor-in-Chief: Mary Ellen Wright, PhD, APRN, CPNP
Editor Emerita: Zane Robinson Wolf, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN
Editorial board
ISSN (print): 
1091-5710
ISSN (online): 
2578-2304

The International Journal for Human Caring (IJHC), the official journal of the International Association for Human Caring (IAHC), is a peer-reviewed quarterly that serves as a forum for identifying major philosophical, epistemological, and professional dimensions of care and caring to advance the body of knowledge of human care.

IJHC is designed to:

  • Assist nursing and other disciplines to use care and caring knowledge in human relationships.

  • Explicate the nature, scope, and functions of care and caring and their relationship to nursing.

  • Identify the major components, processes, and patterns of care and caring in relation to nursing.

  • Stimulate and support nurse scholars and other professionals worldwide to systematically investigate care and caring.

  • Disseminate research findings about caring and share knowledge through publications, public forums, and research conferences.

Authors from all disciplines are encouraged to submit manuscripts that meet these purposes.

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The International Journal for Human Caring (IJHC), the official journal of the International Association for Human Caring (IAHC), is a peer-reviewed journal that serves as a scholarly forum for:

  • Identifying major philosophical, epistemological, and professional dimensions of care and caring to advance the body of knowledge of human care.

  • Assist nursing and other disciplines to use care and caring knowledge in human relationships.

  • Explicate the nature, scope, and functions of care and caring and their relationship to nursing.

  • Identify the major components, processes, and patterns of care and caring in relation to nursing.

  • Stimulate and support nurse scholars and other professionals worldwide to systematically investigate care and caring.

  • Disseminate research findings about caring and share knowledge through publications, public forums, and research conferences.

Authors from all disciplines are encouraged to submit manuscripts that meet these purposes.

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Editor-in-Chief


Mary Ellen Wright, PhD, APRN, CPNP
[email protected]

USA

Editor Emerita

Zane Robinson Wolf, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN
[email protected]
[email protected]

USA

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Kathleen L. Sitzman, PhD, MS, RN, ANEF, FAAN
Associate Editor, Student Articles
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Nursing
East Carolina University, College of Nursing
Greenville, NC USA

Nancey France, PhD, RN
Associate Editor, Book Reviews and Continuing Education
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL USA

Holly Wei, PhD, RN, CPN, NEA, BC, FAAN
Associate Editor, Quantitative Analysis
Professor and Assistant Dean of the Ph.D. Program
University of Louisville School of Nursing
Louisville, KY USA

 

ASSISTANT EDITORS

Charlotte Barry, Ph.D., RN
Editor, Essays
Florida Atlantic University
USA

Shirley C. Gordon, Ph.D., RN, NCSN, AHN-BC, HWNC-B
Editor, Continuing Education
USA

Marian Turkel, RN, PhD, FAAN
Editor, Book Reviews and Continuing Education
Florida Atlantic University
USA

A. Lynne Wagner, EdD, MSN, RN
Editor, Poetry
Watson Caring Science Institute
USA

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

Julie Benbenishty, RN, MNSc, PhD
[email protected]
Israel

Anne Boykin, PhD, RN
[email protected]
USA

Chantal Cara, PhD, RN
[email protected]
Canada

Lorena Chaparro Diaz, PhD, RN
[email protected]
Colombia

Joanne R. Duffy, DNSc, RN, FAAN
[email protected]
USA

Candida Durāo, PhD, RN
[email protected]
Portugal

George Efstathiou, RN, PhD
[email protected]
Cyprus

Jane Flanagan, Ph.D., RN, AHN-BC, ANP-BC, FAAN
[email protected]

Dawn Freshwater, PhD, RN
[email protected]
Australia, Great Britain, New Zealand

Shirley Gordon, PhD, RN, NCSN, AHN-BC
[email protected]
USA

Sigridur Halldorsdottir, RN, MSN, PhD (Med Dr)
[email protected]
Iceland

Naohiro Hohashi, PhD, RN, PHN, FAAN
[email protected]
Japan

Anne Kasén, PhD, LicNsc, MNsc, RN
[email protected]
Norway, Finland

Beth King, PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC
[email protected]
USA

Jane Lee-Hsieh, RN, MSN
hsiehjane@[email protected]
Taiwan, Republic of China

Claire Mallette, RN, PhD
[email protected]
Canada

Patricia L. Munhall, PhD, RN, FAAN
[email protected]
USA

Marilyn A. (Dee) Ray, RN, PhD, CTN-A, FAAN
[email protected]
USA

Forough Rafii, PhD, RN
[email protected]
Iran

Maj-Britt Råholm, PhD, RN
[email protected]
[email protected]
Norway

Arne W. Rehnsfeldt, PhD
[email protected]
Norway

Gwen Sherwood, PhD, RN, FAAN
[email protected]
USA

Savina Schoenhofer, PhD, RN
[email protected]
USA

Marlaine Smith, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN
[email protected]
[email protected]
USA

Kristen M. Swanson, PhD, RN
[email protected]
USA

Donna Taliaferro PhD, RN
[email protected]
USA

Tetsuya Tanioka, RN, PhD, FAAN
[email protected]
[email protected]
Japan

Kathleen Louise Valentine, RN, MS, PhD
[email protected]
USA

Dominika Vrbnjak, PhD, RN
[email protected]
Slovenia

Emeritus
Katie Eriksson, PhD, RN
[email protected]
Finland

EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD

Cynthia M. Archibald, PhD, RN, CNE
[email protected]
USA

Theresa Adelman-Mullally, PhD, RN, CNE
Taadel,@ilstu.edu
USA

Catherine Aquino-Russell, RN, BScN, MN, PhD
[email protected]
Canada

Darlene Amendolair, PhD, MN.RN
[email protected]
USA

Jan Anderson, EdD, MSN, RN, AHN-BC
[email protected]
USA

Lisa Bagnall, PhD, RN, CNL
[email protected]
USA

Denise Nagle Bailey, EdD, MEd, MSN, CNE, RN
[email protected]
USA

Katelyn Barley, DNP, RN, CCRN, CNE
[email protected]
USA

Charlotte Barry, PhD, RN, FAAN
[email protected]
USA

Mark D. Beck, DNP, MSN, BS, RN, CENP
[email protected]
USA

Maria Bjork, PhD, RN
[email protected]
Sweden

Maria Björkmark, PhD, RN
maria.bjö[email protected]
Finland

Diane Breckenridge, PhD, MSN, RN, ANEF, FAAN
[email protected]
USA

Sylvain Brousseau, RN, MN, PhD
[email protected]
Canada

Howard Butcher, RN, PhD, FAAN
[email protected]
USA

Deborah Byrne, PhD, RN
[email protected]
USA

Gayle L. Casterline, PhD, RN, CNE
[email protected]
USA

Sherrilyn Coffman, PhD, RN
[email protected]
USA

Lisa Davis, PhD, RN
[email protected]
USA

Rodnita K. Davis, MSN, RN, CNE
[email protected]
USA

Charlotte Delmar, PhD, RN, FAAN
[email protected]
Denmark

Mary E. Desmond, PhD, RN, AHN-BC
[email protected]
USA

Patricia Welch Dittman, PhD, RN, CDE
[email protected]
USA

Dr. Charlene Downing
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South Africa

Dorothy Dunn, PhD, APN, FNP-BC, AHN-BC
[email protected]
USA

Kelly Dyar, EdD, RN, CNN, CNE
[email protected]
USA

Michelle Ferguson, DNP, APRN, NPI
[email protected]
USA

Tara L. Flood, DNP, RB, CBC
[email protected]
USA

Nancey France, PhD, RN, AHN-BC
[email protected]
USA

Wrennah L. Gabbert, PhD, RN, CPNP, FNPB-C
[email protected]
USA

Kunta Gautam, PhD(c), MPH, CPNP-PC
[email protected]
USA

Lorraine Gdanetz, PhD, RN, PCCN
[email protected]
USA

Lynette M. Gibson, PhD, RN
[email protected]
USA

Marlienne Goldin, RN, BSN, MPA
[email protected]
USA

Lucia Gonzalez, PhD, MSN, MBA, FNP-C, AGPCNP-BC
[email protected]
USA

Kathryn Gramling, PhD, RN
[email protected]
USA

Christine Griffin, PhD, RN, NPD-BC
[email protected]m
USA

Susan Sweat Gunby, PhD, RN
[email protected]
USA

Deborah J. Hain, PhD, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, FNKF
[email protected]
USA

Mary Hanson-Zalot, EdD, MSN, RN, AOCN, CNE
[email protected]
USA

Donna M. Hedges, PhD, MSN, MBA, RN, CNE
[email protected]
USA

Kathryn Stewart Hegedus, DNSc, RN
[email protected]
[email protected]
USA

Sheryl Jacobson, MS, CNE, RN
[email protected]
USA

Lisa George Jordan, PhD, RN
[email protected]
USA

Lina Najib Kawar, PhD, RN, CNS
[email protected]
USA

Dawn Taylor, PhD, MSN-Ed, RN, COI
[email protected]
USA

Dimitri Létourneau, PhD, Inf.
[email protected]
Canada

Rozzano Locsin, PhD, RN, FAAN
[email protected]
USA

Dana Lusk, MS, RN, CRRN, CHPN
[email protected]
USA

Maryann Malloy, MSN, RN
[email protected]
USA

Margaret Marino, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC
[email protected]
USA

Colleen Maykut, DNP, RN, FCAN
[email protected]
Canada

Suzanne Fiona McBean, PhD, BSc, MSc, GGN
[email protected]
Northern Ireland
Great Britain

M. Patrice McCarthy, PhD, RN, CNS
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USA

Joyce P. Miller, DNP, RN
[email protected]
USA

Denise Miner-Williams, PhD, RN, CHPN
[email protected]
USA

Susan Diemert Moch, PhD, RN
[email protected]
USA

Dona Molyneaux, PhD, RN
[email protected]
USA

Tara Nichols, DNP, ARNP, RN-BC, CCNS, AGCNS-BC
[email protected]
USA

Mary O’Connor, PhD, RN, FACHE
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USA

Wongchan Petpichetchian, PhD, RN
[email protected],ac.th
[email protected]
Thailand

Kathryn Lesley Reid
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New Zealand

Teresa Sakraida, PhD, RN
[email protected]
USA

Deborah K. Schuhmacher, DNP, RN, HTC
[email protected]
USA

Karen Sousa, PhD, RN, FAAN
[email protected]
USA

Susan Karen Steele-Moses, DNS, RN
[email protected]
USA

Cherrill Stockman, PhD, RN, CNE
[email protected]
USA

Louise Sullivan, PhD, RN
[email protected]
USA

Jane Sumner, PhD, RN, APRN-BC
[email protected]
[email protected]
USA

Rebecca L. Turpin, PhD, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
[email protected]
USA

Delene Volkert, PhD, RN, CNE
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USA

A.Lynne Wagner, EdD. MSN, RN
[email protected]
USA

Jennie Wagner, EdD, RN, MSN, CNE IBCLC
[email protected]
USA

Holly Wei, PhD, RN, CPN, NEA-BC
[email protected]
USA

Susan Welch, EdD, RN, NE
[email protected]
USA

Mary Wilby, PhD, MSN, MPH, CRNP, ANP-BC, RN
[email protected]
USA

Gail B. Williams, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC
[email protected]
USA

Zane Robinson Wolf, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN
[email protected]
[email protected]
USA

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