Copyright, Licensing, and Open Access

Copyright Notice
The Nurse Educators and Practitioners Journal (NEPJ) is an open-access journal. All articles published in NEPJ are made freely available online immediately upon publication in accordance with NEPJ's commitment to the wide dissemination of scholarly work in nursing education and practice.

Copyright Ownership
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Open Access Use and Reuse

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Users must ensure that the work is not misrepresented or used in a misleading manner. Proper citation of the original publication is required in all cases.

Attribution Requirement
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Repository Policy
The final published PDF of articles in the Nurse Educators and Practitioners Journal (NEPJ) may not be reproduced or deposited in repositories, websites, or other electronic or printed forms without prior permission. All requests for use of the published article should be directed to NEPJ at editor@nepj.org

To ensure long-term digital preservation and permanent access to its published content, NEPJ participates in the PKP Preservation Network (PN) as well as the LOCKSS and/or CLOCKSS archival systems. These systems provide reliable, distributed archiving to guarantee that NEPJ’s scholarly content remains accessible indefinitely.