File Word ®, Times New Roman font, size 12, Line spacing 1.5. Side, top and bottom margins of 2.5. Maximum 4000 words (not including bibliography, tables and figures). The abbreviations are they will define when they are mentioned for the first time.
The The first page must contain the title of the work, both in Spanish and English (not exceeding 16 words), to Then, the names and surnames of the authors, with the degree academic, institutional affiliation and ORCID. In the end you will record the correspondence author with his postal address, mail email, telephone and ORCID.
Also A list of the initials (name and surname) of the authors with the sections in which they have collaborated in the article.
It It will specify if there is any financing in the realization of the investigation, and if there is a conflict of interest with a person, company or institution.
The The second page should include a structured abstract , in Spanish and English, with an approximate limit of 250 words for each language y between three and five keywords that must be normalized according to Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) or Descriptors in Health Sciences Health (MeCS).
The bibliography should appear delimited throughout the manuscript as super index (consecutively and with Arabic numerals between parenthesis). It will appear in the bibliography section according to the Vancouver standards.
The manuscript must be accompanied by a letter stating that:
- The The manuscript conforms to the publication standards of the journal.
- The The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest with the person, company or institution.
- The authors have participated in the drafting of the manuscript and approves the final version of it.
- What the manuscript has not been simultaneously submitted to other magazines.
- What the manuscript has not been presented to any Conference or Congress. In otherwise, it will be made explicit in the manuscript.
- Yes permission has been requested to reproduce images or figures of others authors or publications.
- What the intellectual property of the research is ceded to the journal, as well as the right to reproduce data and/or images.
Types of articles
Originals and reviews
Investigations with quantitative, qualitative or mixed methodology, which have relationship with Nursing, especially clinical trials randomized (RCT), quasi-experimental (pre-post) and analytical (case-control and cohorts), high-level systematic reviews, and meta-analysis.
Sections recommended:
- Summary. Maximum 250 words. Structure: introduction and objectives, material and methods, results and most important conclusions.
- A Then, between 3 and 5 keywords (mandatorily they must to be Mesh/Desh).
- Introduction (conceptual and contextual theoretical framework). Background, contextualization (current state of the phenomenon under study). Justification, applicability and objectives of the investigation.
- Materials and methods. Study design, population (N), sample (n), variables, data collection process, statistics, plan of analysis. Ethical considerations if applicable. conflicts of interest.
- Results. Descriptive variables (sociodemographic and dependent), presentation of information related to the objectives of the study. Tables and corresponding graphs according to the variables, delimited in the text in order of appearance.
- Discussion. The results will be discussed comparing them with other relevant investigations (differences and similarities), without repeating data presented in the results section. limitations of study. Generalization of the findings. Applicability. possible lines of research.
- Conclusions. Verification of compliance with the objectives.
- Bibliography. Vancouver Standards. Maximum 50 bibliographical references.
Shipping of manuscripts
Files to include, in the following order:
- Letter presentation.
- File 2:
- Title in Spanish and English.
- Name and last names of the authors.
- Affiliation institutional.
- Name, email, telephone and postal address of the author of correspondence.
- Financing.
- Conflict of interest.
- Count of words in the abstract and in the manuscript.
- Manuscript without information from the authors (anonymized).
- Tables and graphics, with its corresponding footer
Editorial process
- The Editorial Committee will evaluate the suitability of the research received.
- Once this selection is passed, the research will be submitted to a “double blind” evaluation (the authors will not know the identity of their reviewers), and by peer review, two external evaluators (members of the Scientific Committee).
- Once the manuscript is accepted, the editors may make style changes and modifications in order to facilitate the clarity of the manuscript.
- The accepted manuscripts will remain in the possession of the journal, and cannot be reproduced without the pertinent permission.