Marilyn W. Edmunds, PhD, NP
The Journal for Nurse Practitioners

Editor-in-Chief, The Journal for Nurse Practitioners. Start, April 2005

Prior Editor’s Position: Contributing editor, Nurse Practitioner Journal

Years as Editor: Since 1979

Years in INANE: Since 2006

Other Position: Co-owner, Nurse Practitioner Alternatives, Inc (conference management and continuing education)
Adjunct faculty, Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing

Accomplishment: Starting this new journal and having it be so successful right from inception.

Best: Task independence

Worst: Always working — editing, soliciting, revising, critiquing, and thinking about work on the journal.

Amusing: After spending hours with an author on revising a manuscript, I realized she was submitting the manuscript to a competitor’s journal.

3 words: Intense, political, knowledgeable

Strangest request: Nothing really outrageous yet.

If not editor?: Anything I please!

Relax?: Read, study Chinese