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The PICOT addressed in this research topic is as follows:

In medical-surgical units (P), does interdisciplinary rounding (I), compared to rounding separately with patients (C), improve patient satisfaction with care (O) during the length of time they are admitted to the hospital (T)?

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Journal of Nursing Care Quality Online Submission and Review System

The primary objective of the Journal of Nursing Care Quality (JNCQ) is to provide practicing nurses and nurses in leadership roles with useful information about patient safety, quality care, and the application of quality principles in the clinical setting. Articles in the JNCQ address patient safety, innovative and effective approaches to improving quality and safety in healthcare, research on quality care, and evidence-based practice in nursing. The JNCQ provides a forum for the discussion of patient safety issues and "real world" implementation of quality-related activities.

The JNCQ is a peer-reviewed journal. Published manuscripts have been reviewed, selected, and developed with the guidance of the editorial board. Manuscript content is assessed for relevance, accuracy, and usefulness to practicing nurses, nurses in leadership roles, and other healthcare providers involved in evaluating and improving safety and quality of care.

Manuscripts are reviewed with the understanding that neither the manuscript nor its essential content has been published or is under consideration by others.
Authorship Responsibility
All persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship. Each author should have contributed significantly to the conception and design of the work and writing the manuscript to take public responsibility for it. The editor may request justification of assignment of authorship. Names of those who contributed general support or technical help may be listed in an acknowledgment placed after the narrative and before the references.

Although not necessary, query letters allow the editor to indicate interest in, and developmental advice on, manuscript topics.

Original Research: Research articles include reports of original quantitative and qualitative studies. Maximum page length: approximately 16 pages (abstract through references).

Manuscripts (non-databased): Non-databased articles present original work that provides new, innovative approaches. Maximum page length: approximately 16 pages (abstract through references).

Reviews (systematic, integrative, literature, and other types): Maximum page length: approximately 16 pages (abstract through references). Use guidelines for reporting the review (e.g., PRISMA). Table of included articles can be submitted as Supplemental Digital Content.

Quality Improvement: For manuscripts describing quality improvement studies, follow the Revised Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence (SQUIRE 2.0) guidelines at statement.or g/. (see also g g rinc G et al. SQUIRE 2.0 (Standards for QUality Improvement g Excellence): Revised publication uidelines from a detailed consensus process. J Nurs Care Qual. 2016;31(1):1-8.) For some manuscripts, it may not be appropriate to include every guideline item, but authors should consider each item in preparing their papers for submission. The "Discussion" section should include nursing implications.

Department: Short articles, limited to 1400 words (5 pages). Do not include an abstract.

From Clinical Nurse Leaders: Brief pieces to share innovations, best practices, and exemplars of CNL practice, limited to 250 words that include title, text, references (if any), and bio line at the end.

Prepare manuscripts according to the American Medical Association (AMA) Manual of Style (11th ed).

Double space the manuscript using a 12-point type size, any font style. Add continuous line numbers to the main manuscript text. All headings are flush left, in bold, and distinguished by level as follows:

FIRST-LEVEL HEADING (CAPITALIZED ON SEPARATE LINE) Second-level heading (Regular on separate line) Third-level heading (Italic on separate line)

Title of the manuscript;

Abstracts of research reports and reviews are structured and should include (with headings): Background, Purpose, Methods, Results, and Conclusions (no more than 150 words).

Abstracts of projects, innovations, and other non-databased papers are structured and should include (with headings): Background, Problem, Approach, Outcomes (if included), and Conclusions (no more than 150 words).

Abstracts of quality improvement studies are structured and should include (with headings): Background, Local Problem, Methods, Interventions, Results, and Conclusions (no more than 150 words).

Tables and figures, if any, should be saved as individual files. All tables must be numbered consecutively with Arabic numbers and have a title. All figures must be numbered consecutively with Arabic numbers and have a title. Tables and figures must be cited in numerical order in the text. All figures and other artwork should be submitted in black and white.
A) Creating Digital Artwork

1. Learn about the publication requirements for Digital Artwork: http://links.lww.com/ES/A42

2. Create, Scan and Save your artwork and compare your final figure to the Digital Artwork Guideline Checklist (below).

3. Upload each figure to Editorial Manager in conjunction with your manuscript text and tables.

B) Digital Artwork Guideline Checklist

Here are the basics to have in place before submitting your digital artwork:

Artwork should be saved as TIFF, EPS, or MS Office (DOC, PPT, XLS) files. High resolution PDF files are also acceptable.

Crop out any white or black space surrounding the image.

Diagrams, drawings, graphs, and other line art must be vector or saved at a resolution of at least 1200 dpi. If created in an MS Office program, send the native (DOC, PPT, XLS) file.

Photographs, radiographs and other halftone images must be saved at a resolution of at least 300 dpi.

Photographs and radiographs with text must be saved as postscript or at a resolution of at least 600 dpi.

Each figure must be saved and submitted as a separate file. Figures should not be embedded in the manuscript text file.

Remember:

Cite figures consecutively in your manuscript.

Number figures in the figure legend in the order in which they are discussed.

Upload figures consecutively to the Editorial Manager web site and enter figure numbers consecutively in the Description field when uploading the files.

Prepare references according to the style used in the AMA Manual of Style (11th ed.). References should be typed double-spaced and placed at the end of the manuscript. They should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are cited in the text. Whenever a reference is repeated in the text, it uses the same reference number each time. Journal titles should be abbreviated according to the listing in the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) NLM catalog database (PubMed Journals database) ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/journals/). If not listed there, journal titles should be spelled out.

The names (surname and initials) of all authors should be listed unless there are more than 6 authors: if more than 6, the names of the first 3 authors are used, followed by et al.

Examples:

Sarff L, O'Brien R. Evidence-based quality improvement training programs: building staff capability and organizational capacity. J Nurs Care Qual. 2020;35(2):95-101. doi: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000416

Journal article with more than 6 authors:

Poe SS, Dawson PB, Cvach M, et al. The Johns Hopkins Fall Risk Assessment Tool: a study of reliability and validity. J Nurs Care Qual. 2018;33(1):10-19. doi:10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000301

Book:

Oermann MH, Hays JC. Writing for Publication in Nursing. 4th ed. Springer;2019.

Website:

QSEN Competencies. QSEN Institute. 2020. Accessed March 1, 2020.
https://qsen.org/competencies/pre-licensure-ksas/
For other electronic references, follow guidelines in the AMA Manual of Style p. 95.

Written permission must be obtained from (1) the holder of copyrighted material used in the manuscript, (2) persons mentioned in the text or acknowledgment, and (3) the administrators of institutions mentioned in the text or acknowledgment. Where permission has been granted, the author should follow any special wording stipulated by the grantor. Letters of permission must be submitted before publication of the manuscript. Permission forms are available under Files and Resources.
Compliance with NIH and Other Research Funding Agency Accessibility Requirements
A number of research funding agencies require or request authors to submit the postprint (the article after peer review and acceptance but not the final published article) to a repository that is accessible online by all without charge. As a service to our authors, LWW will identify to the National Library of Medicine articles that require deposit and will transmit the postprint of an article based on research funded in whole or in part by the National Institutes of Health, Wellcome Trust, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, or other funding agencies to PubMed Central.

Authors must state all possible conflicts of interest in the manuscript, including financial, consultant, institutional and other relationships that might lead to bias or a conflict of interest. If there is no conflict of interest, this should also be explicitly stated as none declared. All sources of funding should be acknowledged in the manuscript. All relevant conflicts of interest and sources of funding should be included on the title page of the manuscript with the heading Conflicts of Interest and Source of Funding. For example:

Conflicts of Interest and Source of Funding: A has received honoraria from Company Z. B is currently receiving a grant (#12345) from Organization Y, and is on the speaker's bureau for Organization X - the CME organizers for Company A. For the remaining authors none were declared.

In addition, each author must complete the journal's copyright transfer agreement, which includes a section on the disclosure of potential conflicts of interest. A copy of the form is made available to the submitting author within the Editorial Manager submission process. Co-authors will automatically receive an email with instructions on completing the form upon submission. Co-authors do not have to register in Editorial Manager.
Online Manuscript Submission
All manuscripts must be submitted online through our Web-based Editorial Manager system at
http://jncq.edmgr.com. Submit your manuscript according to the author instructions. You will be able to track the progress of your manuscript through the system.

First-time users: Click the Register button from the menu (on the upper banner) and enter the requested information. On successful registration, you will be sent an e-mail indicating your user name and password. Save a copy of this information for future reference.

Return users: If you have received an e-mail from us with an assigned user ID and a password, or if you are a repeat user, do not register again. Just log in. Once you have an assigned ID and a password, you do not have to re-register even if your status changes (ie, author or reviewer).

After registering as an author, log on to http://jncq.edmgr.com and select "Submit a New Manuscript." You will then:

1. Select an "article type" from the drop down menu

2. Enter the title of your manuscript

3. Add information about the author(s) of the paper

4. Enter abstract of your manuscript

5. Enter a few key words that describe your manuscript's content

6. Enter your comments to the editor in a dialogue box, mentioning any prior query you may have had with the editor

7. Attach your various individual files containing elements of your entire manuscript. No file should contain information found in any other file:
Title/author biography page
Abstract
Manuscript text, ending with the references
As many individual files as necessary, each containing 1 table or figure.

When all files are attached, the system will prompt you to complete a process that will submit your manuscript to the editorial office. You will receive an e-mail to let you know that the journal office received your manuscript. After the review process, you will receive an e-mail letting you know the final disposition of the manuscript. You may check the status of your manuscript at any time by logging in to http://jncq.edmgr.com. Select "Submissions Being Processed."

If your manuscript is accepted for publication, the revision is submitted online at http://jncq.edmgr.com. Do NOT submit your revision as a "New Submission" under the heading "New Submissions." Log in using the same user name and password. On the Author Main Menu, under the heading"Revisions," select the "Submissions Needing Revision" link, which will be the only active link.

If at any time during this process you have questions, please e-mail [email protected] or [email protected] , phone 248-568-1848.

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Editorial Manager - Journal of Nursing Care Quality

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Journal of Nursing Care Quality Online Submission and Review System The primary objective of the Journal of Nursing Care Quality (JNCQ) is to provide practicing nurses and nurses in leadership roles with useful information about patient safety, quality care, and the application of quality principles in the clinical setting.

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Selected Publication: Journal of Nursing Care Quality

The Journal of Nursing Care Quality was selected for publication for multiple reasons. The first is that the journal recently won two APEX awards (Awards for Publication Excellence), including in the categories of "Writing/Topics—Education & Training" and "Writing/Topics—Health & Medical Writing." Many top research programs, including Johns Hopkins, utilize this publication to distribute their research, and this journal reaches a wide audience of the nursing community with a focus on quality improvement in care.

The second reason for selection is due to the nature of the PICOT question being addressed in this topic. As stated on its website, JNCQ's articles focus on patient safety and innovative approaches to improving the quality of care in nursing practice. At the heart of this question are the themes of patient safety and quality of care. This research topic addresses the importance of improving the quality of care through interdisciplinary rounding, making the Journal of Nursing Quality Care an ideal selection for publication.

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Author Guidelines: The Challenges

This journal requires a section in the manuscript entitled "Implications for Nursing Care Quality." This section addresses how the topic could improve quality care and why it's relevant to nursing practice. However, depending on the outcome of the research, this may be difficult to address if the hypothesis is incorrect, that interdisciplinary rounding improves patient satisfaction with care. This alone may disqualify the manuscript from being accepted by the publication, as it becomes irrelevant to the basis of the journal, which is quality improvement.

The second challenge of this specific publication is that it requires a section called "Quality Brief," which includes a description of the innovations, best practices, and exemplars of quality nursing practice. If the research comes back inconclusive, then this section may be a challenge to create. This section must be based-off of evidence based research, and if our reserach comes back inconclusive, then it will be difficult to include a section suggesting best practice.