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Edit orial
Edit ors of Lat in Am erican Journal of Nursing of Ribeirão Pret o of t he Universit y of São Paulo at Ribeirão Pret o College of Nursing - WHO Collaborat ing Cent re for Nursing Research Developm ent : 1 Full Professor, e- m ail: iam [email protected]; 2 Associat e Professor, e- m ail: m [email protected]
PERMANENT CHALLENGES I N NURSI NG KNOW LEDGE:
SOCI ALI ZATI ON, APPLI CATI ON AND EXCELLENCE
I sabel Am élia Cost a Mendes1 Mar ia Helena Palucci Mar ziale2
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et w een Nov em ber 2 7 t h an d 3 0 t h 2 0 0 6 , Bu en os Air es h ost ed t h e Pr ecoloqu io an d t h e X Coloqu io Panam er icano de I nv est igación en Enfer m er ía, w hose cent r al t hem e w as “ I n Healt h, Nur sing car e m ak es t he d if f er en ce”.Ev er since it s fir st edit ion, held in Bogot á, Colom bia in 1988, dr iv en by Mar icel Manfr edi and t he Pan Am erican Healt h Organizat ion, t he Colloquium goals have been t o socialize advances in Nursing know ledge, as w ell as t o guide t heir use in pr act ice t hr ough t he ex change of r esear ch ex per iences and t he dev elopm ent of r elev ant st r at egies t o achiev e t his.
I n t he sense of k now ledge socializat ion, dur ing t his ev ent , t he I ber o- Am er ican Net w or k of Scient ific Edit ing in Nur sing w as est ablished, w it h a v iew t o fine- t uning t he v oices of Spanish and Por t uguese- speak ing nurses who are act ive in scient ific edit ing. The m ission of t his Net work is t o find st rat egies t hat support Nursing j our nal ex cellence t hr ough j oint and shar ed w or k by all edit or s w ho w ish t o associat e t hem selv es.
Th is in it iat iv e is coor din at ed by t h e WHO Collabor at in g Cen t r e for Nu r sin g Resear ch Dev elopm en t -EERP- USP - Br azil, w hich w ill at t em pt t o int egr at e Nur sing j our nals ar ound a ser ies of obj ect iv es and goals: - St r engt hen Nur sing j our nals fr om I ber o- Am er ican count r ies;
- I ncr ease t he par t icipat ion of Nur sing j our nals in t he SciELO – Scient ific Elect r onic Libr ar y Online Collect ion and ot her indices;
- Mobilize edit or s of scient ific j our nals in healt h;
- St im ulat e t he est ablishm ent of specific goals for each j ournal in t erm s of indexat ion in dat abase and achievem ent of im pact lev el t ar get s;
- Pr om ot e nur sing k now ledge access and dissem inat ion t hr ough t he I nfor m at ion Technology ( I T) infrast r uct ur e offer ed by t he Elect r onic Nur sing Jour nals Por t al of t he Vir t ual Healt h Libr ar y - Nur sing, m aint ained by BI REME/ OPAS/ OMS.
I n view of t he challenge not only t o st im ulat e knowledge produced by Nursing and healt h professions, but also t o st im ulat e and increase it s applicat ion in pract ice, t his issue of t he Lat in Am erican Journal of Nursing, published in Por t uguese, English and Spanish, pr esent s a ser ies of new appr oaches t o r esear ch and clinical pr act ice, including t heir pot ent ial cont r ibut ion t o t he healt h of t he populat ion.
We hope t hese ar t icles w ill offer you pleasant r eading and st im ulat e an incr easingly ev idence- based p r act ice.
