I am honored to have been selected as the new Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of Nursing Administration Quarterly (NAQ). I am excited to work with our editorial board, guest editors, authors, reviewers, and staff as we embark on this journey together. I want to thank Kathy Sanford for her amazing leadership as EIC over the past 7 years, as well as Linda Pickett as Managing Editor. As Kathy said in her last editorial, she is moving on to her next chapter in her career in Nursing. This role is my next chapter, having been in a variety of roles in my career including nurse manager, director, chief nursing officer, consultant, author, and, finally, an academic. I have worked in a variety of health care settings: acute care, rehabilitation, psychiatry, high-tech health care education, and, most recently, a university setting. I know my well-rounded career in the profession of nursing will equip me with the skills I need as EIC. I have been an active reader of the journal and, most recently, an author. As I write this editorial, the world is in the midst of a pandemic and disaster planning in place. Many of my current Executive Leadership DNP students and colleagues (aka nurse leader superheroes) are on the front lines, and I cannot thank them enough for what they do. The pandemic has taken nursing leadership to a new level, and I anticipate many upcoming manuscripts to be focused on the COVID-19 pandemic management.
In this issue, guest editors, Mary O'Connor and Maria Shirey, focused on Leadership Environments: Leading Care Anywhere. Nurses are providing care all along the continuum, and the hospital is only one of many places where nursing care occurs. Authors in this edition share their experiences along the continuum in many ways, including working with and leading interprofessional teams with complexity leadership woven throughout.
On assuming this role, I am pleased to note that, beginning in 2021, NAQ will be making a change by hosting 3 themed issues and one nonthemed issue. In the past, we offered 4 themed issues and, now, will be accepting more nonsolicited content. This nonthemed issue, which will be led by our new Associate Editor-in-Chief, Dr Nora Warshawsky, will have a nursing leadership thread throughout but not be limited to a specific theme.
Where should NAQ go next? My thoughts include continuing to expand our reach to leaders along the continuum of care and nontraditional settings where care occurs. I also hope to utilize social media to its fullest to promote and share our work. Please contact me if you have ideas and follow me on Twitter: @ktwaxman, and when tweeting, use the hashtag: #NAQJournal!
Thank you for all you do for nursing,
-K. T. Waxman, DNP, MBA, RN, CNL, CHSE, CENP, FSSH, FAONL, FAAN
Editor-in-Chief
Nursing Administration Quarterly