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Writing manuscripts for clinical journals.
1University of Alabama School of Nursing, Birmingham, USA. grantj@admin.son.uab.edu
Home Healthcare Nurse
|February 25, 1999
Summary
Home care nurses can publish clinical insights to share innovative practice solutions. This guide offers strategies for topic selection, manuscript development, and navigating the publication process for greater professional impact.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Clinical Practice
- Scholarly Publishing
Background:
- Home care nurses encounter unique practice challenges.
- Sharing solutions through publication enhances professional knowledge and practice.
- Clinical journals offer a platform for disseminating nursing innovations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide home care nurses with strategies for successful clinical journal publication.
- To guide nurses through manuscript development, submission, and the review process.
- To encourage nurses to share their expertise and contribute to the body of nursing knowledge.
Main Methods:
- Review of best practices in academic writing and manuscript preparation.
- Guidance on selecting relevant and impactful clinical topics.
- Explanation of journal formatting, style, and submission requirements.
- Strategies for utilizing pre- and post-submission manuscript critiques.
Main Results:
- Potential authors can identify suitable topics for clinical publication.
- Nurses can develop well-structured and compelling manuscripts.
- Authors can effectively navigate the peer-review and publication process.
- The article empowers nurses to become published authors in clinical journals.
Conclusions:
- Publishing clinical work is an accessible and valuable endeavor for home care nurses.
- Strategic preparation and understanding the publication process are key to success.
- Disseminating practice-based innovations benefits individual nurses and the profession.