Mentoring Clinical Nurses to Write for Publication: Strategies for Success

Kathleen S Oman1, Mary P Mancuso, Kirtley Ceballos

  • 1Kathleen S. Oman holds the chair in pediatric nursing at Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora and is an associate professor at the University of Colorado Denver College of Nursing, where MaryBeth Flynn Makic is an associate professor. Regina M. Fink is an adjunct associate professor at the University of Colorado College of Nursing and School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, in Aurora; Mary P. Mancuso is a health literacy and patient and family centered care coordinator at the University of Colorado Hospital office of patient experience in Aurora; and Kirtley Ceballos is interim clinical manager, neonatal ICU, at Memorial Hospital-University of Colorado Health in Colorado Springs. During the workshop series described in this article, Kathleen S. Oman, MaryBeth Flynn Makic, and Regina M. Fink were research nurse scientists; Mary P. Mancuso was a research assistant; and Kirtley Ceballos was a clinical nurse specialist, all at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora. Contact author: Kathleen S. Oman, kathy.oman@ucdenver.edu. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

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