Aims & scope

Nurse Education Today is calling for papers for a special issue on Diversity and Social Justice. Meeting the health care needs of diverse people and groups has brought challenges for nurses. At the same time, nurses from diverse backgrounds working in health care organisations have also faced their own challenges. The nursing profession has a mandate for social justice and equity, with a particular focus on how care is conceptualised and delivered to meet the needs of individuals with experiences resulting from processes and systems of othering. Critical awareness of social justice and equity in nursing has a powerful influence on the quality of life and wellbeing of those accessing and receiving care as well as those nurses delivering care.

This special issue will focus on how nurses, midwives and health visitors care for people including staff from diverse backgrounds and deliver social justice as fundamental care. We are open to submissions focussing on critical approaches to pedaogogy that challenges the normative classroom systems of academia. We would be interested in leadership approaches, knowledge, competencies and innovative practice required to promote care in diverse groups and embed social justice in clinical practice and education, enabling health and wellbeing to be maximised

We welcome: Original research and contemporary issue papers that discuss contemporary issues within nursing, midwifery and health profession education, and stimulate scholarly debate, are welcomed. Authors who have ideas which address issues of substantive concern to the disciplines, particularly those of a controversial nature, should consider submitting a Contemporary Issue piece. The issues must be current and, although they can be of national agenda, they must have international implications or be of relevance to an international audience.

Contemporary Issues should consist of editorial-style. No abstract is required, but Keywords and up to 8 references should be included (following the style as outlined in this Guide). References and Keywords are included in the word count. Contemporary Issues should be submitted online in the usual way for the journal.

We also invite reviews that address gaps in knowledge related to all aspects of diversity and social justice in nursing with relevance to health care education including evaluations of health care practitioners’ contribution to, roles in, and responsibilities for: care, access to services, workforce development, their role in multi-professional teams; policy barriers and facilitators affecting diversity and social justice. We particularly welcome rigorous empirical studies of:

Evaluation of care delivered by nurses using innovative methods to meet the health care needs of diverse groups (e.g. but not limited to racial minority, sexual minority, disability, mental health, religious and indigenous and migrant groups) Nurses’, Midwives’ and Health Visitors’ contribution to improving access to care services, outcomes and social justice practices Evaluation of services that support nurses from diverse backgrounds (e.g. LGBTQI, racialised minority, migrant nurses) to progress their career, work in a safe environment and feel valued as part of a workforce Initiatives related to diversity and social justice that support student nurses professional careers Evaluation and design of curriculum development that embeds social justice and equity practices in teaching and learning Role of policies around social justice impacting workforce and the care delivered Evaluations of the impact of social justice in nursing on the sustainable development goals

We also welcome rigorous systematic reviews, contemporary issues papers and articles utilising qualitative methodologies to investigate various aspects of diversity and social justice in care and wellbeing.

Submitted manuscripts should not be published or under review elsewhere. All submissions will be subject to the journal’s standard peer-review process. Criteria for acceptance include originality, contribution, scientific merit and relevance to the field of interest of the Special Issue. Papers accepted for publication will be published in a standard issue of the journal to avoid delay in publication. The papers will be added also to the virtual special issue, available and open to view, on the journal’s website. We expect to close the virtual special issue on the 31st of December 2021.

All papers should be submitted via the regular route at https://www.editorialmanager.com/net/default.aspx.  Authors should indicate that the paper is being submitted for consideration for publication in this special issue, selecting the “SI: Diversity and Social Justice in Nursing” special issue article type; otherwise the submission will be handled as a regular manuscript. For author guidelines, please visit the website of the journal: https://www.elsevier.com/journals/nurse-education-today/0260-6917/guide-for-authors

Paper submission by 31st of December 2021.

We invite papers for consideration from Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors working in acute, sub-acute, primary care, community and residential care settings. We also invite papers from culturally and linguistically diverse experiences; from consumer-practitioner teams and interdisciplinary teams. All submissions will undergo regular peer review and are not guaranteed acceptance.

The deadline for submissions is 31st of December 2021 . For more information, please see our Author Guidelines or contact the Editorial Office at Nurse Education Today.

Guest Editors:

Prof Calvin Moorley, London South Bank University, UK (He/Him)

Dr Jeffery Adams, Massey University, New Zealand (He/Him)

Ms Ismalia De Sousa, Doctoral Student, The University of British Columbia, Canada (She/Her)

Dr Beverly Joshua, University of East London, UK (She/Her)

Dr Eula Miller, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK (She/Her)