Nursing: Writing Guide

What's included from the CON Writing Task Force

• Quality Improvement vs Research
• Types of Reviews
• Searching the literature
• Writing style
  • Active vs passive voice
  • Books as Resources
  • Writing center
• Manuscripts and Publications
  • Journal selection (audience, journal aims/purpose, author guidelines/formatting, querying the editor)
  • Paper type
  • Writing an outline
  • Author Resources
  • The publication process
    • Responding to reviewer critique
    • Writing etiquette
    • Open access/predatory publishing
    • Serving as a reviewer: Wiley online
    • List of “bad” open access journals (Beall)
• APA formatting
• Technical formatting
• Healthy writing habits
  • Managing an EndNote library
  • Keeping up your writing skills
  • Scheduling writing time
  • Not staying stuck/self preservation/seeking help
  • Peer feedback/critical review