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Writing for Publication in Nursing

Fifth Edition
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Marilyn H. Oermann, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN

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Designated a Doody's Core Title!

"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

"Teaching writing is the biggest challenge when teaching these courses including the mechanics of writing and how to organize…manuscripts. Manuscript writing is so much different than writing a paper for a grade. Students don't always appreciate the amount of time and attention to detail that a manuscript takes. [This book is] excellent. Gives the students a broad overview of writing yet includes specifics, such as how to create tables."

–Kimberly Whiteman, DNP, MSN

Waynesburg University

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This award-winning book has helped thousands of nursing students and nurses produce high quality work, with its focus on all aspects of writing for professional publication. The new fifth edition offers two-color design to enhance the reading experience, expanded coverage on selecting a journal, conducting and reporting a literature review, reporting evidence syntheses, and preparing DNP projects as manuscripts, as well as a greater variety of journal examples. A full chapter on writing research reports makes this edition particularly useful for PhD students and researchers.

Designed for nursing students in MSN, DNP, and PhD programs along with faculty and practitioners interested in disseminating their scholarship, this comprehensive resource demystifies the process of writing for publication with easy-to-follow examples and expert guidance. It leads nurses step-by-step through scholarly writing from idea to publication with clear direction for a multitude of writing formats, including case reports, editorials, chapters, books, and more. Instructor Resources include a sample course syllabus, an online course with 17 modules, and PowerPoints for each module. Know, use, and test your understanding of course content with CourseConnect—an interactive learning platform included with your print purchase.

New to the Fifth Edition:

  • Enhanced reading experience with two-color design
  • Expanded coverage of literature reviews, writing research reports and manuscripts on quality improvement, and content related to publishing DNP scholarly projects
  • Types of evidence syntheses, steps to follow, and reporting guidelines
  • Increased guidance on selecting a journal and open access
  • Responding to peer reviews
  • Greater variety of journal examples reflecting expanded publishing options

Key Features:

  • Takes readers through the entire process of writing for publication from idea to completion
  • Delivers strategies for conducting and writing literature reviews, research reports, evidence syntheses, quality improvement and clinical practice articles, chapters, books, and more
  • Includes learner exercises to guide development of competencies in each chapter
  • Offers tips for turning dissertations, DNP scholarly projects, and course assignments into manuscripts
  • Details submission, editorial review, and publication processes

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Contents

Contributors to the Fifth Edition

Contributors to Prior Editions

Preface

SECTION I: PREPARING TO WRITE

Chapter 1. Getting Started

Chapter 2. Selecting a Journal for Submission of a Manuscript

Chapter 3. Authorship and Preparing to Write

Chapter 4. Reviewing the Literature

SECTION II: WRITING RESEARCH, EVIDENCE SYNTHESES, CLINICAL PRACTICE, AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ARTICLES

Chapter 5. Research Reports

Chapter 6. Evidence Syntheses: Conducting and Reporting Reviews

Chapter 7. Clinical Practice Articles

Chapter 8. Articles Reporting Quality Improvement

SECTION III: CHAPTERS, BOOKS, AND OTHER FORMS OF WRITING

Chapter 9. Other Types of Writing

Chapter 10. Books and Book Chapters

SECTION IV: THE WRITING PROCESS

Chapter 11. Writing Process

Chapter 12.  References

Chapter 13. Tables and Figures

SECTION V: FINAL PAPER THROUGH PUBLICATION

Chapter 14. Final Paper and Submission to Journal

Chapter 15. Editorial Review Process

Chapter 16. Publishing Process

Chapter 17. Open Access Journals

APPENDICIES

Appendix A: Selected Statistical Symbols and Abbreviations

Appendix B: Web Resources for Authors, Editors, and Reviewers

Index

Authors

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 teaching in nursing, evaluation, 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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Product Details
  • Release Date: January 17, 2023
  • Paperback / softback
  • 346 Pages
  • Trim Size: 7in x 10in
  • ISBN: 9780826178015
  • eBook ISBN: 9780826177865
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