advantages, disadvantages, and nursing implications; the physical, psychosocial, and educational issues confronted by patients, families, and the nurses caring for them; and sufficient detail on nursing interventions. Essentially, the reader needs to know, “What can I take away from this piece that will improve the care I provide or my patients’ lives?” Provide examples and specific details. QI studies. AJN welcomes papers on practice innovations and QI that include detailed descriptions of the innovation or intervention and the outcome data. It’s important to describe why the project was undertaken (what was the issue/problem?), who was involved in developing and implementing it (who did what and why), and what were the results; include problems encountered and recommendations. Authors should follow the SQUIRE 2.0 guidelines for QI papers (see http://www.squire-statement.org). Include an abstract that details a statement of the problem, purpose, methods, interventions, results, and conclusions (limit 200 words). Not all areas in the SQUIRE guidelines must be addressed in detail in a QI manuscript, but authors should ensure that the major themes in the guidelines are adequately addressed. Original research. research. Authors should refer to the guidelines set forth by the ICMJE (www.icmje.org), although references should be submitted in APA format. Authors need to state institutional review board (IRB) review status. All interventional studies should be registered in an approved, publicly accessible clinical trial registry such as www.clinicaltrials.gov (see http://jama.ama-assn.org/misc/authors.dtl for a list of approved research registries). Authors must include the registration number in the cover letter. Authors of interventional research not registered should contact the editor-in-chief for a waiver before submitting the manuscript. Original research manuscripts should follow reporting guidelines endorsed by the ICMJE; the CONSORT Group (www.CONSORT-statement.org) for randomized clinical trials, including the checklist for authors; and the Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Nonrandomized Designs (TREND) checklist (www.cdc.gov/trendstatement/pdf/trendstatement\_TREND\_Checklist.pdf) for nonrandomized studies. See the EQUATOR Network above. Reports on quantitative studies on quantitative studies should include the following sections:

- • structured abstract that includes a statement of the problem and its significance, the study • structured abstract that includes a statement of the problem and its significance, the study design, the sampling method, the variables examined, the most important finding(s), and most important conclusion(s)
- • stating the problem and its significance • stating the problem and its significance
- • and/or literature review • and/or literature review
- • of the study aims, research questions, and/or hypotheses • of the study aims, research questions, and/or hypotheses
- • including study design; a statement showing IRB approval and procedures for • including study design; a statement showing IRB approval and procedures for obtaining informed consent from or for subjects; details of the sampling plan and instruments; and protocols or procedures (please include a copy of the protocol as an attachment if the research is an interventional study)
- • or Results, including flow of participants throughout the study, using the CONSORT • or Results, including flow of participants throughout the study, using the CONSORT Group guidelines (the flow diagram of the CONSORT Group is available at www.CONSORT- statement.org); descriptive statistics with absolute numbers as well as summary statistics (for