Judy A. K. Bornais, RN, BA, BScN, MSc
Linda J. Patrick, RN, BScN, MA, MSc, PhD
Maher M. El-Masri, RN, PhD
Faculty of Nursing, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada

Gisela H. Van Rensburg, DLittetPhil, MACur, BACur (Hons), BACur
Department of Health Studies, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

Shih-Pi Lin, RN, MSN
Department of Nursing, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei,112, Taiwan
Chiu-Yueh Yang, PhD, RN
School of Nursing, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
Shu-Hua Yen, RN, MSN
Department of Nursing, Tao-Yuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Pi-fang Liu, RN, MSN
Department of Nursing, Shu-Zen college of medicine and management, Kaohsiung City 821, Taiwan