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