Aim, Focus, and Scope

AIM

The REAL in Nursing Journal (RNJ) is peer-reviewed, open-access journal. Distinctively, RNJ emphasizes nursing and healthcare challenges delivered to aboundant innovations in Indonesia, ASEAN and other low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), highlighting cultural perspectives, local contexts, and practical solutions that are often underrepresented in leading international journals.

Scope

RNJ publishes contributed to the development of nursing that covers all nursing areas including basic nursing, medical-surgical nursing, emergency, and critical nursing, maternity nursing, pediatric nursing, mental health nursing, community nursing, nursing management, gerontology nursing, and family nursing by publicizing articles and accepts original article, case report and article review. The Articles submitted to the journal will be screened by the editor and decide whether the article will be sent to the reviewer or not. The selected article will be sent to the reviewers and return to the authors to revise. These processes take around two- three months. The reviewers should have expertise in nursing field. original research, reviews, and applied studies in nursing, prioritizing work that addresses service delivery, care models, and health outcomes in nursing areas and culturally diverse settings. The scope includes, but is not limited to:

Nursing
Medical-Surgical Critical Care Emergency Disaster Maternal & Child Health Mental Health Community & Family Health Geriatrics Oncology Palliative & End-of-Life Care Nursing Education Tele-Nursing Nursing Management Evidence-Based Nursing Nursing Informatics
Health Delivered to Nursing Care
Public Health Family Medicine Midwifery Pharmacy (Community & Herbal) Epidemiology Health Promotion Disease Prevention Hospital Administration Occupational Health Nutrition Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Psychology Health Informatics & Technology Complementary Practices

RNJ particularly values manuscripts that address applied healthcare models, culturally informed practices, and innovations for low-resource settings.

Focus

RNJ is primarily focused on clinical questions and applied research, and on issues relating to patients and clinical care in terms of prevention, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment that address real-world challenges in patient care and health systems.

Specific focus or topics covered in the journal include:

Evidence-based practice that improves patient outcomes in diverse and resource-limited settings.
Interdisciplinary collaboration across nursing, medicine, and allied health.
Community and public health initiatives are designed and adapted to local sociocultural contexts.
Cultural and contextual perspectives that shape health behaviors, patient–provider interactions, and models of care delivery.
Healthcare innovation and technology, including digital health and telemedicine, are adapted to local reality.

REAL in Nursing Journal (RNJ) — contributed to the development of nursing that covers all nursing areas including basic nursing, medical-surgical nursing, emergency, and critical nursing, maternity nursing, pediatric nursing, mental health nursing, community nursing, nursing management, gerontology nursing, and family nursing. Advancing the nursing research, practice, and education through culturally informed, contextually relevant, and innovative.