A New Chapter in Infusion Nursing: From Vision to a Platform for Excellence

It is with immense pride, humility, and a deep sense of responsibility that I welcome you to the inaugural issue of the Journal of Infusion Nurses Society of India (JINS), the official journal of the Infusion Nurses Society (India).

Every meaningful journey begins with a vision. The journey of JINS began with a simple but powerful belief—that infusion nursing deserves a strong scientific voice, a dedicated platform for knowledge, and a professional space where evidence, experience, innovation, and education can come together.

As the Chief Executive Officer of the Infusion Nurses Society (India), it has been my vision to establish a journal that can contribute meaningfully to the advancement of infusion nursing and vascular access practice in India and beyond. Today, that vision takes its first step with the launch of JINS.

Healthcare is changing rapidly. Advances in technology, vascular access devices, infusion therapies, oncology care, critical care, pediatric and neonatal care, home infusion, infection prevention, medication safety, digital health, and simulation are transforming the way infusion therapy is delivered.

It is a specialty that combines scientific knowledge, clinical competence, critical thinking, patient advocacy, technology, communication, and safety.

The need for evidence-based infusion practice has therefore never been greater.

JINS has been established to provide a dedicated scholarly platform for this growing specialty. Its scope encompasses infusion nursing, vascular access, intravenous therapy, central and peripheral vascular access, PICC and midline practice, oncology infusion care, pediatric and neonatal infusion therapy, infection prevention, extravasation management, patient safety, simulation, nursing education, clinical governance, evidence-based practice, healthcare innovation, pharmacology, home infusion, renal access, and professional policy and guidelines.

We want to encourage nurses and healthcare professionals to move from "this is how we do it" to "this is what we observed, this is what we studied, this is what the evidence shows, and this is how practice can improve."

JINS therefore welcomes original research, systematic and narrative reviews, clinical practice articles, case reports and case series, quality improvement projects, educational innovations, short communications, guidelines and consensus statements, and scholarly discussions.

The launch of JINS is particularly significant because infusion nursing in India is entering an important phase of professional development. India has an enormous and diverse healthcare system, with tremendous clinical expertise and an equally tremendous need for standardized, evidence-based practice. Our ambition is not simply to create another nursing journal.

Our ambition is to create a specialty journal that reflects the realities, innovations, challenges, and achievements of infusion nursing in India while connecting Indian professionals with the global infusion community.

Ultimately, the purpose of knowledge is not publication. The purpose of knowledge is better care. Every article we publish should have the potential to contribute to one or more of the following:

I also see JINS as an opportunity for the next generation of nurses. Many young nurses have ideas but lack a platform. Many have conducted small quality-improvement projects but have never considered publishing them. Many educators have developed innovative simulation or competency-based teaching approaches that deserve to be shared.

Our immediate objective is to establish a journal built on quality, credibility, transparency, scientific rigor, and professional relevance. Over time, we aspire to strengthen the journal's visibility, expand national and international collaboration, build a strong reviewer and author community, and pursue appropriate indexing and scholarly recognition. But we must never lose sight of the reason we started.

As we open this first issue, I extend my sincere gratitude to the leadership of the Infusion Nurses Society (India), the Editorial Board, reviewers, contributors, authors, advisors, and everyone who has supported this vision.

A special acknowledgment is due to all those who believed that this journal could become more than a publication—that it could become a movement for evidence-based infusion nursing practice. Today, we open the first page. Let us build the rest of the story together. Welcome to the Journal of Infusion Nurses Society of India (JINS).