Recently, I have been working with my colleague Dr. Dorothy Jones reviewing the archive materials of NANDA-I at the Burns Library at Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Campus of Boston College. In the middle of this work, I am in the process of working with Dr. Heather Herdman and our publishing team at Wiley Blackwell in renaming the journal. This is the last issue of the journal under its present name the International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classificiations. In 2012, the journal will be renamed the International Journal of Nursing Knowledge. As I move between these two worlds, I am struck by the commitment to the work of NANDA-I that so many of you demonstrate from founding members Kristine Gebbie and Mary Ann Lavin to the many present day members (who I will not mention by name because I am bound to overlook someone). As I look through the materials for the archives, I am impressed by the changes that have occurred and continue to be in process with this journal. The journal, an outgrowth of the North American Nursing Diagnosis Newsletter, was originally edited by Rose Mary Carroll Johnson (first and third editor) who along with Noreen Frisch (second editor) groomed it to become international and well-respected renamed International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications (IJNTC). My predecessor Dr. Georgia Whitley, the fourth editor, provided the opportunity for the journal to blossom—increasing the international visibility and the number of manuscripts per edition. Dr. Whitley also improved the NANDA-I news section of the journal. By the time I became the fifth editor, Dr. Whitley had set the stage nicely so that I could continue to make improvements with the journal, and as a result, during my tenure as editor, there have been a steady stream of changes. Case studies edited by Dr. Margaret Lunney are now a regular feature. NANDA-I news was so popular that there was a need to shift this section to the NANDA-I web page so as to not compromise the pages dedicated to scholastic articles. The aims and scope of the journal have been revised and will be published in the next edition and on the NANDA-I web page. The new cover design and title will be debuted in the next issue. The International Journal of Nursing Knowledge (IJNK) reflects the more broad-based focus of the work of NANDA-I. Changes in the editorial board, which will also be notable in the first issue of 2012 bring us in line with other similar prestigious journals. The appearance of the table of contents, the availability of the journal online and ahead of print, and the changed frequency (from four times per year to three), with an increased number of publications per issue are all changes that allow us to move forward to becoming a relevant, ranked, and scholarly journal. I want to thank you—the NANDA-I members—for your willingness to share your thoughts and ideas about the direction of the journal. As I sifted through old newsletters and older editions of the journal, I realize that it is a dynamic group of people who have been committed to the work of NANDA-I over many years that help to propel this journal forward. I am grateful to each of you as I am to my editor predecessors—Rose Mary, Noreen, Rose Mary (again), and Georgia—for the impetus you have provided and continue to provide to make this journal what it is and what it will become—thank you. In memory: Helen Ruth Carroll Cox, a NANDA-I member who served 2 years on the Board of Directors, died Sunday, July 24, 2011, at her residence. Dr. Cox was the primary author of two nursing textbooks—Computers in Nursing (1987 American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year) and Clinical Applications of Nursing Diagnosis, which is currently in its fifth edition. Dr. Cox is survived by her daughter, Deana, her adopted son, Cliff Rogers, one sister, Cynthia Rively, two nieces, Nicole (Joe) Ely and Denise Rively, a great niece Jade Ely, a great nephew, Brayden Ely, her aunt Betty McBride Barnett, and her husband Audvee Barnett. The family requests memorials be made to The Carroll Family Scholarship Fund at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center's Anita Thigpen Perry School of Nursing, Lubbock, Texas 79430 or to the Humane Society of Lubbock.

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