ISSN 0080-6234 printed version
ISSN 1980-220x on-line version

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

• Scope and policies
• Manuscript format and preparation
• Manuscript Submissions

Articles, which may be written in Portuguese, English or Spanish, must be original and reserved exclusively for REEUSP and cannot be published simultaneously in any other periodical, concerning the text, such as illustrations and tables, either fully or partially, with the exception of abstracts or preliminary reports published in the annals of scientific meetings.

Since September 2009(volume 42 n.3), the Journal has had an edition in the English language, which is an online edition. After the study is approved for publication, the authors must provide the translation to English according to REEUSP instructions.

In research involving humans, authors must send a copy of the letter of approval granted by an ethical committee that is recognized by Brazil's National Commission for Ethics in Research (Conep) according to the rules set down by the National Health Council (CNS) resolution 196/96, or similar organ in the country where the research was carried out.

REEUSP supports the policies for the registration of clinical essays set by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), recognizing the importance of such initiatives for the registration and the international diffusion of information on clinical essays in open access. Thus as of 2007 this journal will only accept articles about clinical essays that have received an ID number from one of the Clinical Essay Registers validated through the criteria established by WHO and ICMJE, whose addresses are available at the ICMJE site. The ID number must be placed in the end of the abstract.

The author(s) of the articles is entirely responsible for them, and must sign and submit the Declaração de Responsabilidade e de Cessão de Direitos Autorais (Declaration of Responsibility and Copyrights).

DECLARATION OF RESPONSIBILITY AND CESSION OF COPYRIRIGHT

We hereby submit to the approval of the REEUSP the article _______________________________________ and inform that all proper ethic procedures have been duly observed. We declared that the article has not been previously published and is being sent to the REESUSP with exclusivity. We agree that, in case the article is accepted, its copyright will be exclusive property of the REEUSP.

Category of the article *____________________________________________________

Author(s) signature(s)                                                                                                          

Date: ___/____/____

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* Please check in the guidelines the types of collaboration accepted by the REEUSP.

Types of work accepted by the journal

• Original article: Research work with original results and that add value to the Nursing area. Limited to 15 pages. Its structure must include:

  - Introduction: presentation and delimitation of the topic, the research objectives and other elements necessary for situating the article's theme.

  - Objectives: specify in a clear and succinct manner the aim of the research, with details concerning the aspects that will or will not be discussed. If pertinent, the objectives may be defined as general or specific, in accordance with the author's judgment.

  - Literature Review: selected survey of the literature on the subject that was the basis for the proposed research. It provides the antecedents for the comprehension of current knowledge on a given topic and clarifies the importance of the new study. In some areas there already exists a tendency to limit the review only to the most important works, those that have a direct relation to the research that has been developed, giving priority to the most recent publications. When there is no need for a chapter for literature review due to the historical extension of the topic, it may be included in the Introduction.

  - Methods: a complete description of the methodological procedures that make possible to reach the objectives. This part should present: data on the place where the research was carried out, the studied population, kind of sample, selected variables, material, equipment, techniques and methods that were adopted for data gathering, including those of statistical nature.

  - Results: should be presented clearly and directly, with no personal interpretations or comments. For better comprehension, they may include charts, tables, illustrations, photographs, etc.

  - Discussion: must be restricted to the data obtained and to the results achieved, emphasizing the new and important aspects that were observed and discussing the common points and the divergences regarding other published research.

- Conclusion: the objectives or hypotheses must be presented in a logical, clear and concise manner, based on the results and the discussion, coherent with the title, the proposition and the methods.

• Theoretical studies: Analysis of theoretical constructs, inquiries into existing models and the development of hypothesis for future research. Limited to 15 pages.
  
  
• Reports on professional experience: Case studies, containing analysis of conceptual implications or descriptions of intervention strategy procedures, methodological evidence appropriate for the evaluation of efficacy, of interest to nurses from different areas. Limited to 10 pages.
  
  
• Critical reviews of literature: A broad analysis of literature or reflection on a subject of interest for the advancement of Nursing, in which conclusions must be presented. Maximum of 10 pages.
  
  
• Bedside manner: Questions with objective answers about practical conduct. Maximum of 10 pages.
  
  
• Letters to the Editor: Readers' comments on works published in the periodical expressing agreement or disagreement. No longer than 1/2 a page.

Description of procedures:

Each article submitted to the journal is first checked to see if it meets the criteria established in the Publication Guidelines, and will be summarily returned in case it does not. If approved, it is sent for evaluation by two reviewers, who analyze it on the items of the Instrument of Analysis and Judgment elaborated specifically for that end. They also evaluate it as to the methodological rigorousness of the approach used. When there is disagreement between the reviewers, the original is sent to a third reviewer. Confidentiality is guaranteed throughout the evaluation process. The reviewers’ opinions are analyzed by the Editorial Board, which, if necessary, indicates the changes that have to be made. The work is published only after the final approval of the reviewers and of the Editorial Board. Relationships that can create any conflict of interests, including cases in which it does not occur, must be clarified.

The journal's potential audience is nurses, professionals of the Health area and Nursing and Health area students.

Article preparation
Works should be typed using MsWord processor with the following page configuration: A4 paper, with 1.5 line spacing, font Times New Roman size 11. 2 cm bottom and side margins and a 3 cm top margin.

• Identification page: The top page should contain the unabbreviated title (no more than 16 words) of the article in Portuguese, English or Spanish, and should contain no acronyms; name(s) of the author(s), with a footnote indicating their position, the institution they belong to, titles and professional education, address for correspondence, including e-mail and telephone. If it is based on a thesis or dissertation, indicate the title, year and institution where it was presented.

  - Quotes - the numerical system is to be used for the identification of the authors mentioned in the sequence in which they are quoted in the text. The numbers that identify the authors should be indicated in superscript and in parentheses. If they are sequential, the first and last numbers should be indicated, separated by a hyphen - ex.: ^(1-4) ; if they are random, they should be separated by a comma - ex.: ^(1-2,4).

  - Footnotes - should be indicated with an asterisk, start in each page and be restricted to the minimum indispensable.

  - Declarations - sentences or paragraphs by subjects of the research follow the same rules of quotes regarding quotation marks and margins, but in italic and with its identification coded on the author's discretion in parentheses.

  - Tables - if the table is taken from another study, the original source must be mentioned below the table.

  - Addenda and attachments - should be avoided.

  - Photographs - will be published only in black & white, with no identification of the subjects except with written permission for use for scientific purposes.

  - Acknowledgements - contributions by individuals who gave intellectual support to the research, such as scientific assistance, critical review of the research and data collection, among others, but who do not fulfill the requisites for being named co-authors should be mentioned in the Acknowledgements, as long as they give express permission for such. Also under the Acknowledgements the institutions that supported, gave technical assistance and/or provided other types of support may be mentioned in the last part of the article.

  - Erratum: After an article is published, if the authors believe an erratum is needed, they should send it to the REEUSP secretary immediately, preferably by e-mail.

Please note: no more than five illustrations (tables, charts, figures, photographs, graphs etc.) will be accepted.

Abstract: must have a maximum of 150 words. It should include the objective, the method and the results of the research.

Key words: for articles written in English, 3 to 5 key words that make possible the identification of the subject should be indicated from vocabulary extracted from the Medical Subject Headings (MESH).

References: Limited to 22, except in the literary review articles. References should be standardized in accordance with the Vancouver Style, elaborated by the International Committee of Medical Journals Editors (http://www.icmje.org), and the title of the periodical should be abbreviated in accordance with the List of Journals Indexed (http://www.nlm.gov/tsd/serials/lji.html). The list presented in the end of the article should be numbered consecutively and authors should be mentioned in the sequence in which they were quoted in the text, with no need for the number in parentheses. Ex: 1. Gomes A.

Manuscripts should be submitted to: http://submission.scielo.br/index.php/reeusp/login