Consider Becoming a Peer Reviewer!

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Plastic and Aesthetic NursingLetter From the Editor P lastic and Aesthetic Nursing (PAN), the official journal of the International Society of Plastic and Aesthetic Nurses (ISPAN) is seeking plastic and aesthetic nurses to review manuscripts submitted for publication in the journal. Peer reviewers play an important role in contributing to the quality, value, reputation, and overall excellence of scholarly journals. In fact, the success and ultimate publication of scientific research ultimately depends on the individuals performing peer review! All that is required is for you to read an article that has been submitted for publication in the journal and provide your expert opinion about the article. For performing this valuable service, you will earn Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD) contact hours. Please consider becoming a peer reviewer for our amazing journal! We need you! Speaking of NCPD, this issue includes two NCPD articles! In the first NCPD article, the Fundamentals of Plastic and Aesthetic Nursing column, Van Wicklin (2022a) reviews the basics of skin cancers and how to recognize them. In the second NCPD article by Cotofana et al. ( 2022), the authors discuss the importance of recognizing vascular safe zones when injecting facial soft tissue fillers.In addition to the two NCPD offerings, this issue of PAN contains a number of other interesting and enlightening articles. You have the opportunity to read the inspiring messages provided by our ISPAN President Gerri Obi, MSN, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, CPSN, ISPAN-F (Obi, 2022), and the President of our Plastic Surgical Nursing Certification Board (PSNCB), Lisa Griffin, RN, CPSN, ONC (Griffin, 2022), and of course, there is this very informative Letter From the Editor (Van Wicklin, 2022b).The I Have a Question! column addresses Le Fort fracture classification (Van Wicklin, 2022c) and the Evidence Review column discusses evidence related to regional anesthesia for breast and abdominal plastic surgery (Van