Author Guidlines

TEXT WRITING INSTRUCTIONS

 

Jurnal Ilmiah Keperawatan IMELDA is a national journal published twice a year with the following scope:

  1. Surgical medical nursing,
  2. Emergency nursing,
  3. Mental nursing,
  4. Maternity nursing and children,
  5. Community nursing, family and elderly
  6. Nursing management.

Jurnal Ilmiah Keperawatan IMELDA accepts manuscripts in the form of research results, reviews, and case reports, theses, dissertations in Indonesian or English. The published manuscript has gone through the selection stage of the editorial board and has been reviewed by bebestari partners.

 

General Terms of Writing

 

  1. The manuscript is written in Indonesian or English using Times New Roman 11 single spaced on an A4 sized page bordered by left 4, right 2, top 3 and bottom 1.5
  2. In Indonesian texts, foreign words must be written in italics.
  3. The tables and figures shown are numbered and titled. Table numbering uses numbers and is written above the table, while figure numbering uses numbers and is written below the figure. Table numbers and titles are written in single spaced Times New Roman 10 letters.
  4. Tables displayed in the manuscript must be in tabular format (not images). Also make sure the images displayed are of high resolution.

 

Systematic

 

  1. Title and Author

The title is written in Indonesian and English with a maximum length of 15 words. If the manuscript is written in English, an Indonesian title is not required. The author's name is listed without using a title accompanied by the author's institution of origin. The last name of each author is not allowed to be abbreviated.

  1. Abstract

The abstract is written in 1 paragraph with a length of 100-250 words which briefly contains the objectives, methods, and research results. At the end of the abstract, 3-5 keywords are included.

  1. Introduction

The introduction contains a brief background, the recentness of the research, and ends with the research objectives that support the research's novelty.

  1. Method

The research method contains the research design, population and data collection (sampling technique), the number of representative samples, and includes the inclusion and exclusion criteria of the study. Data analysis techniques are presented at the end of the method briefly and clearly.

5. Results and Discussion

Each data displayed is discussed comprehensively with the flow: conveying data, comparing it with other similar studies, and presenting relevant theories related to the existing data.

6. Conclusion

Conclusions are written in one paragraph, without numbering, and answer the research objectives in a concise and clear manner.

7. Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments to those who helped (eg funders, for example if the results of research grants from RISTEK DIKTI), if any.

8. Bibliography

The bibliography was compiled using a reference manager (recommended Use Mendeley) in the style of the American Psychological Association. The bibliography contains at least 80% of primary references. Referenced sources are new sources with a limit of the last 10 years.

 

Shipping Instructions

1. Manuscripts that will be processed are only those sent by the author online via http://jurnal.uimedan.ac.id/index.php/JURNALKEPERAWATAN/index
2. For writers who do not have a username, they are required to register first. For authors who have registered, please login using the existing username and password. Click new submission to submit a new manuscript. There are five stages in submitting a new manuscript, namely:
a. Start
Put a tick on all the existing checklists related to the readiness of manuscript submission. Make sure the submitted manuscript is in .doc or docx format (not .pdf)
b. Upload Submission
Select the script file to be sent, then press the upload button.
c. Enter Metadata
Fill in metadata related to the submitted manuscript, starting from the author's identity, title and abstract, language code, contributors, and bibliography
d. Upload Supplementary Files
Upload the cover letter according to the format specified in this section by selecting the file to be sent, then pressing the upload button. Cover letter sent in pdf format
e. Confirmation
This step contains a summary of the submission of a new manuscript, press the finish submission button to end the submission process
3. The editorial board takes 2-3 months to select and review incoming manuscripts until it is decided that a manuscript can be accepted (issuing a letter of acceptance). The author can see the status of the manuscript on the web http://jurnal.uimedan.ac.id/index.php/JOURNALKEPERAWARAN/index

4. For convenience and uniformity of format, script templates and cover letter templates have been provided which can be downloaded at http://jurnal.uimedan.ac.id/index.php/JURNALKEPERAWATAN/index