Writing for Publication - Considerations Before Sending a Paper to a Journal Editor

Linda shared the article, My Professor Said to Submit my Paper (We Hope They Also Told You This), online at http://ajnoffthecharts.com/2013/02/22/my-professor-said-to-submit-my-paper-they-should-have-also-told-you-this/.  It has outstanding points!  When writing for publication, it should be the initial goal and should address the audience, writing style, and author guidelines of the journal.

I have used journal article simulations in the classes I teach for about 10 years.  Because the papers were written using journal author guidelines and the journal reading audience, several students have had their papers published.  In fact, one student I taught had a paper published a couple of years ago, while she was in the graduate program and one published last month in the Journal of Trauma Nursing a few months after she graduated.

The most recent issue of Nurse Author & Editor Newsletter had a similar article, Let's Talk About Getting Students to Write. You can read the article at http://www.nurseauthoreditor.com/article.asp?id=241 
The newsletter is free but requires you to create a log-in and password.  I highly recommend signing up the the newsletter for all students and faculty who are considering writing for publication in a journal.

Scholarly Writing - Nurse Author & Editor Newsletter is a Must Read

I am working on a revised chapter for the 5th edition of the Informatics and Nursing textbook to replace chapter 6 in the 4th edition.  The focus of the new chapter is scholarly writing. The backdrop of the chapter is using the word process to format the paper with APA 6th citation style.

I revisited a wonderful quarterly newsletter, Nurse Author & Editor, at http://www.nurseauthoreditor.com/default.asp

If you are writing a paper for a class or as a requirement for a nursing degree, you will find the newsletter to be a "pot of gold!"  The September 2013 issue is just one example. 

The newsletter is free.  All you need to do is to create a login and password.  I have it on my list of MUST reads. 

Nurse writing for undergraduate nursing classes, a Master's thesis, PhD dissertation, DNP scholarly project or for publication should review the Nurse Author & Editor newsletter.