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19.05.2004: CONNECT: The World of Critical Care Nursing

Purpose and Aims
The main purpose of CONNECT is to provide a forum for critical care nurses around the world to share good practice. It aims to be the voice of critical care nurses world-wide. One of its founding principles is that of support of the Critical Care Nursing speciality. CONNECT aims to create a nurturing environment that enables all critical care nurses to have a voice. As such, the editors believe that all nurses have something valuable to contribute to CONNECT, that others may learn from. For this reason, no articles are rejected on the basis of language, and the editors undertake to provide help to authors, especially those writing in a second language.

The main focus of CONNECT is clinical practice, and we (the editors) are particularly keen to receive articles that describe or evaluate developments in nursing. The journal contains a mixture of articles, including descriptions of practice innovation, literature reviews, letters, conference reports, clinical skills guidelines, news items, research and, of course, all the latest information about developments in WFCCN. Its aim is to be a friendly journal – one that nurses read because they are interested – and we make no apologies for its informal style!

Editorial Board
The co-editors of CONNECT are Paul Fulbrook (UK) and Lynne Harrison (UK) - both of whom have many years’ experience in critical care nursing practice, education and research. The editors are supported by the associate editors: Birte Baktoft (Denmark), Francis Loos (Canada), Karl Øyri (Norway), Ged Williams (Australia) and Violeta Lopez (Hong Kong). Additionally an international advisory board of prominent critical care nurses from all over the world supports the editors. Its geographical spread reflects the journal's international critical care nursing perspective.

More about the journal – what makes CONNECT different?
Making CONNECTions is the central theme for the journal. We want the journal to be about communication and collaboration on critical care issues, which are relevant to the world nursing community. Making CONNECTions embraces all of these ideas, hence the main title of the journal is CONNECT.

As stated above, the editors want a friendly journal - we want to encourage dialogue. We recognise the challenge of communicating in a single language and provide a range of opportunities for nurses to communicate through the journal. Our intention is that no article should be rejected on the basis of language, and that all authors will be offered support from the editorial board. The aim of CONNECT is to be the voice of critical care nurses world-wide.

The CONNECTions theme is developed throughout the journal and there are several regular features, to which all critical care colleagues – from anywhere in the world - are invited to contribute:

Clinical CONNECTions (practice: ideas, development, review articles, news, information, support, equipment)
Global CONNECTions (world news, information, exchange programmes)
Internet CONNECTions (useful web site information about critical care)
Research CONNECTions (research, abstracts, news)
Conference CONNECTions (conference news, reports, adverts, information)

The Publisher
Connect Healthcare Publishing Ltd
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