INANE Conference Business Meeting: Tuesday PM 8/5/25 The following information was provided by Marty Lewis-Hunstiger, Editor In Chief of Creative Nursing Suzanne Smith (left), Sandy Kasko, and Jenn Brogan at INANE 2011 in San Francisco The Suzanne Smith INANE Editor Fellowship is named in honor of Suzanne Smith, INANE champion and beloved mentor. Suzanne passed … Continue reading Addendum 2: Suzanne Smith INANE Editor Fellowship Presentation

INANE Conference Business Meeting: Tuesday PM 8/5/25 The following information was provided by Marty Lewis-Hunstiger, Editor In Chief of Creative Nursing Honoring Marie Manthey: Journal article by current and past members of Creative Nursing. Editorial Board: Cyrus Batheja, Dennis Demedts, Barbara Greene, Susan Lampe, Marty Lewis-Hunstiger, Teddie Potter, Laurence A. Savett, Tammy Sinkfield-Morey, Rebecca Smith, Lorraine … Continue reading Addendum 1: Remembering Marie Manthey

Reflections from your INANE Conference Reporter: Starstruck in the Presence of Nursing Giants Melissa Anne here, reporting from INANE 2025 for the last time. In fact, I am penning this reflection in the now-empty conference room, basking in the quiet echo of the vibrant intellectual exchange that I have been honored to witness over the … Continue reading That’s a Wrap for INANE 2025!

INANE Conference: Wednesday PM 8/6/25 Speakers: Bernie Keenan, Lisa Kidd, Helen Sisson Abstract: Background: Opportunities to support, mentor, encourage growth and leadership for future editors are limited. This session reports on the learning from and evaluation of an Editorial Development Programme (EDP), established by Evidence Based Nursing (EBN) and supported by BMJ Publishing, designed to … Continue reading Knowledge Session #9: Supporting Future Nurse Editors: Experiences of an Editorial Development Programme

INANE Conference: Wednesday PM 8/6/25 Speaker: Donna Hallas, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Pediatric Health Care Abstract: Experienced Clinicians and Professors step into the role of Editor-in-Chief, and the world turns upside down and chaotic! Words that describe these experienced individuals, such as organized, efficient, timely, attentive to details, and possibly perfectionist, suddenly become jumbled like Scrabble … Continue reading Knowledge Session #8: Retracted Corrigendum, Plagiarism, Speed: What’s an Editor to Do Within This Chaos?

INANE Conference: Wednesday PM 8/6/25 Speakers: Patricia Normandin, DNP, RN, CEN, CPN, CPEN, FAEN, Journal of Emergency Nursing Associate / Clinical Editor, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions (MGH IHP) Term Lecturer, MGH ED nurse, Tufts CTSI Research Participant Advocate Susan Barneson, PhD, RN, APRN-CNS, CEN, CCRN, FAEN, FAHA, FAAN, Professor, UNMC College of … Continue reading Knowledge Session #7: Nursing Journal Editors’ Hidden Asset- The Associate Editor

INANE Conference: Wednesday AM 8/6/25 Speaker: Jacqueline Owens, PhD, RN, CNE – MCF Leadership Award Winner, 2025 Description: INANE recognized Dr. Jacqueline Owens, as the 2025 Recipient of the Margaret Comerford Freda Award to Editorial Leadership in Nursing Publication. Julia Snethen, chair of the MCF Award Committee, presented the award, after which Dr. Owens gave … Continue reading MCF Leadership Presentation: All I Really Need to Know I Learned From…Another Nurse – Jacqueline Owens, PhD, RN, CNE

INANE Conference: Wednesday AM 8/6/25 Please enjoy some pictures from the Nursing Journal Hall of Fame Ceremony!     Your INANE 2025 reporter is Melissa Anne DuBois, BSN, RNC-OB, PhD Student. A big thank you to Jamie Bourgeois, PhD student at UMass Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing, for help capturing these photos! Content for … Continue reading Nursing Journal Hall of Fame Ceremony

INANE Conference: Wednesday AM 8/6/25 Speaker: Marsha Fowler, PhD, Mdiv, MS RN, FAAN, FRSA (London), Professor of Ethics Emerita Abstract: Marsha Fowler is the author of Nursing Ethics, 1880s to the Present; An Archaeology of Lost Wisdom and Identity, published by Routledge in 2024. In this book, Dr. Fowler interweaves real-life stories of the people … Continue reading Keynote #3: Nursing Ethics: Archeology and Exegesis – Marsha Fowler, PhD, RN, FAAN

On Tuesday evening, the clatter of forks and the snap of lobster crackers filled the air as we all gathered for a special dinner of lobster 🦞 (or steak! 🥩) at DiMillo’s Floating Restaurant down by the water. It was a hilarious and memorable evening, with the seasoned New Englanders patiently guiding the first-time lobster … Continue reading Lobster Dinner at DiMillo’s Floating Restaurant

INANE Conference: Tuesday PM 8/5/25 Speakers: Anna Valdez: Ph.D., RN, PHN, CEN, CFRN, CNE, FAEN, FAADN, Professor of Nursing at Sonoma State University and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Emergency Nursing Carl A. Kirton: DNP, MBA, RN, ANP, FAAN, Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Nursing Abstract: Ensuring inclusive, equitable, and bias-free peer review processes … Continue reading Knowledge Session #6: Guidelines for Conducting an Equity Review: Phase 2 Evaluation Results