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"Writing for publication is essential for disseminating nursing knowledge, and this book will surely prepare budding authors and serve as a resource for experienced authors. It is a great reference for authors at all levels." Score: 100, Five Stars
--Doody's Medical Reviews
This in-depth resource on writing for nurses-clinicians, graduate students, researchers, and faculty-guides users through the entire process of writing evidence-based research papers and journal articles, disseminating clinical project findings and innovations, and preparing manuscripts for publication. The completely updated fourth edition expands the content on conducting and writing systematic, integrative, and literature reviews; disseminating evidence and writing papers on clinical topics; and reporting quality-improvement studies. It provides new examples of excellent writing from a varied selection of nursing journals. Woven throughout is an explanation of current writing guidelines for research such as CONSORT and PRISMA. Also included are electronic versions of useful forms and updated web resources relevant to each chapter.
Chapters feature helpful tables, figures, and illustrations; learner exercises to guide development of competencies; and discussion topics designed to address the variety of challenges posed when writing for publication. The print version of the book includes searchable digital access to entire contents.
New to the Fourth Edition:
- Updated chapters and new examples from a wide variety of nursing journals
- Expanded content on conducting and writing systematic, integrative, and literature reviews
- Guidelines for reporting different types of research
- Criteria for evaluating the quality of a nursing journal and avoiding predatory journals
- Examination of open-access journal markets
- Strategies for interprofessional collaboration
- Updated content on quality-improvement reporting
- Tips to avoid plagiarism
- Guidance on writing case studies, case reports, policy papers, and articles
- Expanded discussion and examples of searchable databases
- Electronic versions of useful forms
- Updated web resources in each chapter and in an appendix
Key Features:
- Takes the reader step by step through the entire process of writing for publication
- Covers conducting and writing a literature review and writing research, review, quality-improvement, evidencebased practice, and clinical practice articles
- Delivers strategies for writing all types of journal articles, chapters, books, and other forms of writing
- Includes tips for turning dissertations, DNP projects, and course assignments into manuscripts
- Details the submission, editorial review, and publication processes
- Includes a module for online courses in each chapter
- Includes Instructor's Manual, PowerPoints, and sample syllabus
Autorentext
Marilyn H. Oermann, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, is the Thelma M. Ingles Professor of Nursing at Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina. She is the author or coauthor of 35 books and many articles on evaluation, teaching in nursing, and studies of the nursing literature. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Nurse Educator. Dr. Oermann received the National League for Nursing (NLN) Award for Excellence in Nursing Education Research, the Sigma Theta Tau International Elizabeth Russell Belford Award for Excellence in Education, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Excellence Award, the Margaret Comerford Freda Award for Editorial Leadership in Nursing from the International Academy of Nursing Editors, and the NLN President's Award. The NLN established an award in her honor, the Marilyn H. Oermann Award for Distinguished Research in Nursing Education, to recognize an individual or team who has generated an evidentiary base for the science of nursing education.
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CONTENTS
Contributor to the Third Edition
Preface
SECTION I: PREPARING TO WRITE
1. Getting Started
2. Selecting a Journal
3. Authorship and Preparing to Write
4. Reviewing the Literature
SECTION II: WRITING RESEARCH, EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, AND CLINICAL PRACTICE ARTICLES
5. Writing Research Articles
6. Review and Evidence-Based Practice Articles
7. Articles Reporting Quality Improvement Studies
8. Clinical Practice Articles
SECTION III: CHAPTERS, BOOKS, AND OTHER FORMS OF WRITING
9. Other Types of Writing
10. Books and Book Chapters
SECTION IV: THE WRITING PROCESS
11. Writing Process
12. References
13. Tables and Figures
SECTION V: FINAL PAPER THROUGH PUBLICATION
14. Final Paper and Submission to Journal
15. Editorial Review Process
16. Publishing Process
17. Open Access and Avoiding Predatory Journals
APPENDICES
Appendix A: Selected Statistical Symbols and Abbreviations
Appendix B: Unnecessary Words in Writing
Appendix C: Guidelines and Resources for Preparing Manuscripts
Index