Focus and Scope
Focus
Blambangan Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences (BJNHS) focuses on the advancement of nursing and health sciences through the dissemination of high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarly work. The journal emphasizes the development and application of scientific, theoretical, and empirical knowledge that strengthens nursing practice, education, leadership, and health policy, and contributes to the improvement of health outcomes and health systems in diverse contexts.
Scope
BJNHS publishes original and scholarly works in the fields of nursing and health sciences, including but not limited to:
1. Nursing Science and Professional Practice
Nursing theories and models, clinical nursing practice, primary nursing, professional autonomy, caring science, ethics, patient safety, quality of care, and clinical decision-making.
2. Midwifery and Maternal–Child Health
Midwifery practice and models of care, maternal, neonatal, child, and reproductive health, family-centered care, and continuity of care.
3. Public Health and Community Health
Community and family nursing, health promotion and disease prevention, population health, social determinants of health, health equity, and care for vulnerable populations.
4. Nursing Education and Professional Development
Nursing and midwifery education, curriculum development, pedagogical innovation, clinical education, mentorship, competency development, and lifelong learning.
5. Nursing Leadership, Management, and Health Services
Nursing leadership and self-leadership, health services management, workforce issues, well-being and burnout, quality of work life, health policy, and organizational governance.
6. Health Sciences and Interdisciplinary Research
Interprofessional collaboration, health systems research, ethics and legal aspects of health care, cultural perspectives, digital health, and innovation in health services.
BJNHS welcomes quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods studies, as well as systematic, scoping, and integrative reviews. All submissions must demonstrate methodological rigor, ethical integrity, and clear implications for nursing practice, education, leadership, or health policy at local, national, and international levels.
