Writer Guidelines

Minority Nurse aims to provide nurses of color with a targeted career road map by offering practical articles on job opportunities, employment trends, and continuing education. Readers represent a wide range of educational backgrounds, from associate degree to Ph.D. holders, from students to practicing nurses and nursing faculty. Minority health disparities and culturally competent health care are frequent concerns, as are specific efforts to increase the number of African American, Asian, Hispanic, Filipino, and Native American/Alaska Native nurses in the profession.

Media Kit: https://info.springerpub.com/minority-nurse-magazine-mediakit

Write for Us: https://info.springerpub.com/write-for-us

Magazine Frequency: 10 times per year

Blog Frequency: Several times per week

When preparing and submitting an article, please keep the following in mind:

a. Our editorial is written in an informal but informative manner. We prefer not to use footnotes or endnotes, as this gives the appearance of a scientific journal. Also, please note that Minority Nurse is not a peer-reviewed publication.

b. Generally, we follow the Chicago Manual of Style in all matters related to punctuation and grammar.

c. Please include the location (city and state) of any companies, organizations, or schools cited in the text.

d. Please include the professional and educational credentials of any nurses cited in the text (on first usage only): e.g., Jane Hernandez, RN, BSN, MPH.

e. Our preferred length for print articles is 1,800 to 2,400 words for features and 800 to 1,000 words for columns, such as Academic Forum, Degrees of Success, and Second Opinion. For MinorityNurse.com articles, the suggested length for blog posts is 400 to 800 words.

f. Please submit your article via e-mail to [email protected] as an attachment. We use Microsoft Word, though we can also accept documents prepared in some other word processing programs, such as WordPerfect.

g. Whenever possible, we like to use photos, preferably four-color, to illustrate feature articles. Please ask any minority nurses you interview to send photos of themselves directly to the magazine via e-mail ([email protected]). We are especially partial to “action shots,” such as nurses working with patients, minority students participating in recruitment or retention activities, pictures taken at community health events, etc.

Electronic or scanned photos must be at least 3″ x 5″ in size with a resolution of at least 300 dpi. For photos taken with digital cameras, use the “fine” or “high resolution” setting. We prefer a JPG file format; however, we can accept TIF and EPS formats for photos and EPS and AI formats for vector art and logos, if applicable.

h. All authors should include a one- to two-sentence biography with articles they have written.

i. Please do not include product promotions in the title of articles and do not use more than 2 links to products (not applicable to product reviews).

View a list of all contributing writers.

If you have any questions about writing for Minority Nurse, or need any additional information, please contact [email protected].

 

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