Role of the Nursing Research in Patient Care Improvement

Dear Colleagues,

Healthcare research has grown tremendously in the past decades. To address the increasing complexity of care, nurse leaders should enable the knowledge, tools, and resources essential to improve patient experience and care outcomes.

This Special Issue, titled "Nursing research and innovation: opportunities and challenges to patient care", intends to disseminate studies focused on the development, implementation or assessment of innovative strategies and technological solutions related to nursing care.

Studies conducted within this field will be accepted for revision, regardless of the development stage of the innovative strategy/technological solution (from concept evaluation to clinical trials). Authors may choose to submit studies with observational or experimental designs, as well as literature reviews of high methodological quality.

Dr. Pedro Parreira
Dr. Anabela Salgueiro-Oliveira
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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