If you need to make the leap from single sentences to a published manuscript, you will find valuable help and resources in this fully updated fifth edition of. In this practical and useful
Lead author and editor Cynthia, along with 25 of nursing's top writing experts and decision-makers share important insights to help you craft a quality manuscript and get it accepted for publication.
Learn how to:
. Improve your writing skills
. Create effective titles, abstracts, and cover letters
. Write review articles, including systematic, scoping, and integrative reviews
. Report evidence-based practice projects or qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods studies
. Write collaboratively with professionals in other healthcare disciplines
. Turn your dissertation or DNP project into a published article
. Understand preprints, reporting guidelines, and publication legal/ethical issues
. Promote your work via posters and social media
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I: A Primer on Writing and Publishing
Chapter 1: Anatomy or Writing
Chapter 2: Finding, Refining, and Defining a Topic
Chapter 3: How to Select and Query a Publication
Chapter 4: Finding and Documenting Sources
Chapter 5: Organizing the Article
Chapter 6: Writing Skills Lab
Chapter 7: All About Graphics
Chapter 8: Submissions and Revisions
Chapter 9: Writing a Peer Review
Chapter 10: Publishing for Global Authors
Chapter 11: Legal and Ethical Issues
Chapter 12: Promoting Your Work
Part II: Tips for Writing Different Types of Articles
Chapter 13: Writing the Clinical Article
Chapter 14: Writing the Research Report
Chapter 15: Writing the Review Article
Chapter 16: Reporting the Quality Improvement or Evidence-Based Practice Project
Chapter 17: Writing for Presentations
Chapter 18: From Student Project or Dissertation to Publication
Chapter 19: Writing for Continuing Professional Development Activity
Chapter 20: Writing the Nursing Narrative
Chapter 21: Think Outside the Journal: Alternative Publication Options
Chapter 22: Writing a Book or Book Chapter
Chapter 23: Writing for a General Audience
Part III: Appendices
A: Tips for Editing Checklist
B: Proofing Checklist
C: Publishing Terminology
D: Guidelines for Reporting Results
E: Statistical Abbreviations
F: What Editors and Writers Want
G: Publishing Secrets from Editors
