Writing for publication in nursing

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Cover Title Copyright Contents Contributor to the Third Edition Preface Section I: Preparing to Write Section II: Writing Research, EPB, Quality Improvement, and Clinical Practice Articles Section III: Chapters, Books, and Other forms of Writing Section IV: The Writing Process Section V: Final Paper Through Publication Share Writing for Publication in Nursing, Fourth Edition Section I: Preparing to Write Chapter 1: Getting Started Reasons to Write Barriers to Writing Personal Strategies Steps in Writing for Publication Summary References Chapter 2: Selecting a Journal Who is the Audience? What are the Purposes of the Paper? Strategies for Identifying Appropriate Journals Internet Resources for Identifying Journals Obtaining Author Guidelines Obtaining Other Relevant Information About the Journal Contacting Editors: Email Queries Making the Decision Summary References Chapter 3: Authorship and Preparing to Write Authorship Abuses of Authorship Writing in a Group Summary References Chapter 4: Reviewing the Literature Purposes of Literature Review Types of Literature Reviews Types of Literature for Inclusion in Review Differences in Literature Reviews for Research and Use in Practice Beginning the Search Medline CINAHL Selecting the Database Search Strategies Managing Citations Analysis of the Literature Writing the Literature Review Permissions Plagiarism Summary References Section II: Writing Research, Evidence-Based Practice, Quality Improvement, and Clinical Practice Articles Chapter 5: Writing Research Articles Research Dissemination Research Reports Writing Research Papers for Specialty Journals Elements of a Research Report Qualitative Research Reports Mixed-Methods Research Reports How Many Manuscripts are Too Many? Protecting the Rights of Individuals in Publications Moving From Thesis and Dissertation to Manuscript Summary References Chapter 6: Review and Evidence-Based Practice Articles Types of Review and EBP Articles Writing Review Articles Summary References Chapter 7: Articles Reporting Quality Improvement Studies Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence Guidelines Format of Manuscripts Reporting QI Summary References Chapter 8: Clinical Practice Articles Writing for Clinical Journals Format of Manuscripts About Clinical Practice Writing Research Reports for Clinical Journals Summary References Section III: Chapters, Books, and Other Forms of Writing Chapter 9: Other Types of Writing Professional Issues Articles Case Reports and Histories Philosophical and Theoretical Articles Policy Articles Ethics Articles Articles on Legal Issues Articles on Research Methods History of Nursing Articles Editorials Letters to the Editor Reviews of Books and Other Media Writing for Consumers and Nonprofessional Audiences Summary References Chapter 10: Books and Book Chapters Writing a Book Writing a Book Chapter Summary References Section IV: The Writing Process Chapter 11: Writing Process Preparing to Write Writing the First Draft Preparing to Revise Revising the First Draft Summary References Chapter 12: References Reference Styles Electronic Reference Formats Reference Management Software Verifying References Summary References Chapter 13: Tables and Figures Number of Tables and Figures Tables Figures Summary References Section V: Final Paper Through Publication Chapter 14: Final Paper and Submission to Journal Preparation of Final Paper Elements of a Final Submission Other Elements of Online Submissions Formatting the Final Manuscript Submission of Manuscript to Journal Summary References Chapter 15: Editorial Review Process Who is Involved? Peer Review Manuscript Review Process Manuscript Revision Summary References Chapter 16: Publishing Process What Happens Next? Corrections and Retractions Copyright Summary References Chapter 17: Open Access and Avoiding Predatory Journals Traditional Model The Open-Access Movement Predatory Publishers Directories of Open-Access Journals and Resources for Authors Resources for Identifying Predatory Journals Summary References Appendices Appendix A: Selected Statistical Symbols and Abbreviations Appendix B: Unnecessary Words in Writing Appendix C: Guidelines and Resources for Preparing Manuscripts Index