The target-journal approach: teaching manuscript submission skills

All of my students learned to appreciate the written contributions of others and to recognize their own responsibilities as consumers and writers of nursing literature. By preselecting one familiar target journal, students were able to learn the manuscript submission process, identify with their nurse-author colleagues, and perceive themselves as contributing members of the profession. I found this project to be fun for the teacher and students! Helping new writers see their names in print is an honor, an inspiration, and a total joy!