Author Guidelines

Blambangan Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences (BJNHS) receives scientific works in the form of ORIGINAL ARTICLES, CASE REPORT, COMMENTARY, LITERATURE REVIEWS, and SHORT COMMUNICATIONS. The manuscript must be original and unpublished. If the manuscript is accepted for publication in IJHA, then the submission of the manuscript shall not be permitted to publish the manuscript to other media.

The manuscript is typed on A4 size A-size HVS paper with 1 spaced on 1 side (not back and forth). Original and review articles are up to 4000 words (main text) with a structured abstract of up to 200 words and 30 references. Commentaries should be up to 1000 words with an unstructured abstract of up to 200 words and ten references. We also receive short communications, which should be up to 800 words long with only one table or figure, an unstructured abstract of up to 100 words, and five references. The font type used is Times New Romance size 12 pt. The margin or border of writing from the edge of the paper is 2,5 cm on all four sides. The script is typed in (2) two columns. You are not allowed to use a footnote. The manuscript file is sent in MS Word format. The manuscript is written in English with effective and academic language. The editor-in-chief appointed by the editors will judge all incoming scientific articles.

A. Original Article

1. TITLE should be concise and clear (maximum 12 words) without any subtitles. The title preferably does not show an analytical relationship but rather displays the ultimate research findings. You are not allowed to use abbreviations except for common abbreviations (e.g., DNA).

2. ABSTRACT is presented in a structured paragraph written in English and Bahasa Indonesia (Approximately 200 words). The abstract should contain the background, aims, method, results, and conclusion. Three to five keywords are written alphabetically under the abstract.

3. INTRODUCTION covers the background of the problem, the formulation of the problem, the research objectives, and the benefits of the research findings.

4. METHOD contains research design; time and location of research; population, sample, and sampling method; how research works; and analysis of research results.

5. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION contains the research results in accordance with the objectives of the study, accompanied by scientific discussions and arguments. Tables, graphs, and images that support the results of the study can be included. The discussion focused on discussing the main results of the study. The provisions for writing tables, graphs, and drawings are as follows:

a. TABLES should be attached to the body article rather than an appendix. Please follow these instructions in writing the table: (1) Written in 1 spaced format, TNR font, 10 pt font size, no bold, centered; (2) Show "what", "where", and "when"; (3) title should be written at the top before the table; (4) Format table uses open table; (5) Not allowed to exceed the margin of writing, (6) No more than 3 tables allowed in each article, (7) Tables originating from citation shall explain their source.

b. GRAPHS OR DRAWINGS should be attached in the body article rather than an appendix. Please follow these instructions in writing the graphs or drawing: (1) Write in single-spaced, TNR font, 0pt font size, bold, centered; (2) the title of the image is written at the bottom of the image; (3) Not allowed to exceed the writing margin, (4) Maximum 3 Images are allowed in each article, (5) graphs or images originating from the citation shall be written source. Both tables and images are not allowed to be presented in coloring legend, and please use only black color in the article.

6. CONCLUSIONS contain a brief statement about the results obtained associated with the objectives, and hypotheses (if any) have been proposed if any suggestions or recommendations may be included in the conclusion.

7. DECLARATIONS. All manuscripts must contain the following sections under the heading 'Declarations' - Ethics approval and consent to participate - Conflict of interest - Availability of data and material - Authors' contributions - Funding source - Acknowledgments. If any of the sections are not relevant to your manuscript, please include the heading and write 'Not applicable' for that section.

8. REFERENCES style used by JIRHS should be written based on the Harvard Reference format 1 (author-date) already available in the Mendeley or Zotero reference style database. Please remember that we only receive papers that the references list is managed by Mendeley or Zotero software. At least 70% of bibliographies come from scientific articles (Journals). We are concerned about developing scientific knowledge and problem-solving in any health issues.

B. Care Report

2. ABSTRACT
Case Reports must contain an unstructured Abstract of 500 words or fewer.
Your unstructured abstract should:
• Provide brief background information about why this patient’s condition is important or unusual.
• Succinctly but fully describe the patient’s presentation, any diagnostic or treatment protocols applied, and outcomes.
• Give a very brief (1-sentence) summary of how your case could potentially impact patient care for your
osteopathic colleagues.

3. INTRODUCTION, Your Case Report should contain a brief Introduction. This is generally the portion of a Case Report that contains the highest number of references to existing literature because it is the section used to “set the stage” for why your case presentation is unusual or important. This section should provide all background and context.
Of note, throughout your manuscript, references must appear in chronological order – the order in which the information they support appears in the text - beginning with 1. No reference may be skipped; references should not be listed in alphabetical order and then supplanted into the text.
Every statement in the manuscript that contains factual information must be supported by an appropriate reference. You may be asked by reviewers or the Editorial Office to support your claims/statements if references are missing; this may require adding new references and subsequently renumbering the existing list.
While Case Reports are not literature reviews, they naturally demand a working knowledge of the other literature that exists in your study sphere; your Introduction should demonstrate that you have done research about whether and why this Case Report adds something new to the literature.
• When you reference prior study results or case descriptions, you must include the population n for the
study and any other relevant data (usually percentages) to add context. You must also take care not to
present previous study results as universal, which would overstate their conclusions.
As an example, a sentence reading “For instance, older nursing home residents who receive regular OMT have reduced hospitalizations and medication usage.14” should become, “For instance, in a previous study of 152 nursing home residents age 65 and older, weekly OMT sessions reduced hospitalizations and medication usage by 54% and 57%, respectively.14”
• Please also take care when you are citing multiple references to ensure that the reference appears
immediately next to the data it supports.
For example, rather than, “This finding is consistent with existing data showing that that shows healthcare costs and utilization increase with increasing age and women tend to have higher utilization of
healthcare than men.25-27” Your sentence should say, “This finding is consistent with existing data showing that that shows healthcare costs25 and utilization26 increase with increasing age and that women tend to have higher utilization of healthcare than men.27”
• On a similar note, there should be a number agreement between your verbiage and the references.
If your sentence says, “In prior studies…” there should be multiple references within the sentence;
Otherwise, the language should be revised to the singular “study.”

4. REPORT OF CASE The Report of Case section is where you provide all relevant details about your patient’s presentation, diagnostic process, treatment protocol, and outcomes. This includes the following required information:
• Patient demographic information, including age, race or ethnicity, gender
• A description of the patient’s condition on presentation
• A history of the patient’s condition
• A description of diagnostic tests you performed
• A complete description of all treatments administered to the patient
• A list of any posttreatment scans or tests you performed to assess outcomes
• A description of follow-up protocols, including timeframe and any recovery instructions the patient was
given during that time (i.e., home exercises after OMT)
Please also provide information about informed consent. This includes a full description of when patients consented, whether this was completed in paper or electronic form, which staff member or author(s) collected the consent, and any other relevant information. It should also include consent from the patient to publish their case.
Please note that patients must also provide written permission for any images other than scans, whether you believe them to be identifiable or not.
You should add a “call out” in the text to relevant figures (usually scans and patient images).
When preparing your manuscript, please consider the following guidelines from the AMA:
• Rather than say a patient has a complaint, describe the patient’s primary concern.
• Do not use shorthand (e.g., exam for examination, preemie for premature infant, prepped for prepared).
• Patients aren’t “put on” medication, they’re managed with medication. Further, conditions are treated,
but patients are managed.
In short, your Report of the Case should fully describe your study such that a reader can entirely reproduce it.

5. DISCUSSION While your Introduction provides an opportunity to present the background of your research, your Discussion provides an opportunity to give context to the patient’s management course, explain the significance of this patient’s presentation and outcomes, highlight unique or unusual aspects of what you found and place your findings in the larger scope of previously published research by showcasing the similarities and differences.
There is no firm guideline about the length of a Discussion in any paper. You may use as much space as you need, within overall word count constraints for your article type, to discuss and contextualize your study. However, the Discussion should not be redundant. Please refrain from restating (other than to briefly call readers’ attention to it if you need to explain a specific aspect) information that has been presented elsewhere in the manuscript. The Discussion is not a place to “rehash” your Results without context.
Your Discussion is also a good place to highlight the ways you think your Results are clinically applicable – and to specify the type of osteopathic physicians who might use it.

6. CONCLUSIONS Your Conclusions section should be brief – usually no more than 3 sentences long.
It should contain no new information: no new results, no new references, no new items for context or discussion.
It should be an efficient statement of what you found, what the significance of those findings is, and how your study might benefit osteopathic medical practice.

7. REFERENCES style used by JIRHS should be written based on the Harvard Reference format 1 (author-date) already available in the Mendeley or Zotero reference style database. Please remember that we only receive papers that the references list is managed by Mendeley or Zotero software. At least 70% of bibliographies come from scientific articles (Journals). We are concerned about developing scientific knowledge and problem-solving in any health issues.

C. Commentary

2. ABSTRACT for the manuscript should be unstructured and not exceed 200 words. The abstract should describe the main statements of the commentary. Abbreviations should be used sparingly in the abstract. If used, then only common ones should be employed. Citations and references should not be given in abstracts.

3. INTRODUCTION should clearly state the background of the Commentary theme. At the end of the introduction, a brief statement of the discussion should be given.

4. DISCUSSION should contain the body of the article. All arguments that are important for the commentary should be discussed extensively here. If necessary, the section may be subdivided with short, informative headings. It should contain a maximum of 2 tables or figures.

5. CONCLUSION is the main conclusion of the commentary, and a clear explanation of its importance should be given.

6. DECLARATIONS. All manuscripts must contain the following sections under the heading 'Declarations' - Ethics approval and consent to participate - Conflict of interest - Availability of data and material - Authors' contributions - Funding source - Acknowledgments. If any of the sections are not relevant to your manuscript, please include the heading and write 'Not applicable' for that section.

D. Literature Review

2. ABSTRACT is presented in a structured paragraph written in English and Bahasa Indonesia (Approximately 200 words). The abstract should contain the background, aims, method, results, and conclusion. Three to five keywords are written alphabetically under the abstract.

3. INTRODUCTION covers the background of the problem, the formulation of the problem, the research objectives, and the benefits of the research findings.

4. METHOD contains the research design, how the research works, as well as analysis of research results.

5. RESULT AND DISCUSSION contains the results of research in accordance with the objectives of the study, accompanied by scientific discussions and arguments. Tables, graphs, and images that support the results of the study can be included. The discussion focused on discussing the main results of the study.

7. DECLARATIONS. All manuscripts must contain the following sections under the heading 'Declarations' - Ethics approval and consent to participate - Conflict of interest - Availability of data and material - Authors' contributions - Funding source - Acknowledgments. If any of the sections are not relevant to your manuscript, please include the heading and write 'Not applicable' for that section.

E. Short Communications

2. DISCUSSION should state opinion or response to topics of interest to the IJHA readership. It may contain only 1 table or figure, references, and the main text.

3. DECLARATIONS. All manuscripts must contain the following sections under the heading 'Declarations' - Ethics approval and consent to participate - Conflict of interest - Availability of data and material - Authors' contributions - Funding source - Acknowledgments. If any of the sections are not relevant to your manuscript, please include the heading and write 'Not applicable' for that section.

4. REFERENCES style used by JIRHS should be written based on the Harvard Reference format 1 (author-date) already available in the Mendeley or Zotero reference style database. Please remember that we only receive papers that the references list is managed by Mendeley or Zotero software. At least 70% of bibliographies come from scientific articles (Journals). We are concerned about developing scientific knowledge and problem-solving in any health issues.

F. Additional

Plagiarism in all scientific articles will be checked through TURNITIN software twice (prior to and after the review).