Call for Papers: The Digital Movement in Nursing

Call for Papers: FOCUS The Digital Movement in Nursing

Focus Edition Guest Editor

Prof. Camille Cronin, Director of Research and Impact, School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex, UK

The Journal of Research in Nursing (JRN) is a leading peer-reviewed journal that underpins good research with current policy and aims to publish papers that will influence nursing practice and health- and social-care policy.

Over the last two years we have seen an unparalleled digital-technological response to the COVID-19 pandemic that has re-shaped the way health- and social-care functions, for better or worse. This change has been fast and relatively unevaluated, with little time or opportunity made available for the involvement of nurses, critical discussions or reflections. What did this do to the nursing world? JRN is commissioning this focussed edition to find out more.

We are seeking papers that showcase, describe, and highlight the impact of new digital technology and innovation on digital health related to nursing. These might include:

• showing how nurses are leading the development of such technologies or digital solutions; or
• how service users were involved in developing a digital resource using participatory practices; or
• the impact these innovations have had on nurses, and patients and their families – e.g. on accessing health care, on delivering and evaluating care; or
• what do we expect for the future and how do we enable the future health-care workforce to keep pace with such change?

Papers can be built around different research designs, case-studies, evaluations, or service improvement initiatives and may address any of these issues in relation to digital health:

• improving the quality of health-care and health, access, and safety through digital health;
• using digital health data to improve health- and social-care services;
• improving recruitment, deployment and retention of health- or social-care workers using digital technology;
• developing innovative technology and digital health strategies to improve care;
• developing or using technology;
• demonstrating initiatives that use technology to promote health and/or wellbeing; and
• what, if any, are the consequences of the rapid insurgence of digital health technology?

As JRN’s mission is to contribute knowledge to nursing practice, research and local, national and international health and social policy, the contribution of the paper to, or implications for, both nursing practice and health and social-care policy must be made explicit.

Authors interested in contributing to this edition of JRN should submit by 1 JANUARY 2023.

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