WHO'S WHO OF NURSING EDITORS
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Kathleen "Kitty" Buckwalter, RN, PhD, FAAN Editor, Journal of Gerontological Nursing Prior Editor Position: Review Panel, JGN Years as Editor: Since 1997 Other position: Professor, University of Iowa, College of Nursing Accomplishment: Mentoring novice contributors Best: Setting new directions for the field and promoting evidence-based practice Worst: Responding to angry/upset colleagues because their articles have either been rejected or are "in press" too long. Amusing: I had a detached retina several years ago with a scleral buckle repair. Maybe a week after the surgery, I was in a meeting in Singapore and had some problems post op, so I went to an eye clinic in a foreign hospital to get a check-up under the bandages. I had a ton of manuscripts that were overdue because of my eye problems, so I was in the waiting room of the eye clinic trying to finish up overdue editing and the staff was screaming at me to stop working (in a mixture of Chinese, English, Indian and Malaysian languages) or I would go blind! 3 words: Determined, hard working, loyal Strangest request: To serve on the review panel for a "rival" journal. If not editor?: Retire Relax?: Work jigsaw, crossword and sudoku puzzles and play the violin. |
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