Pain-Free Writing for Nurses: A Step-by-Step Guide

By Joseph Perazzo PhD RN, Robert Topp PhD RN This book will make you a more effective and prolific author of scholarship Pain-Free Writing for Nurses is an enjoyable but effective primer on writing and will improve your scholarly contributions to the nursing literature. The tips provided in this book will improve your writing, increase your output, and help you address the stress involved in creating meaningful, professional content. This concise, practical text provides: Strategies to deal with the anxiety and procrastination associated with writing Rationales for writing in today’s academic and professional nursing environment Basic structures for scholarly writing How to find a topic How to develop and use a manuscript outline to save time Strategies to increase readership of your work How to deal with feedback, criticism, and critique Helpful examples of various scholarly documents, including: DNP and other scholarly projects Abstracts Data-based and non–data-based scholarly manuscripts Research proposals Academic assignments and job postings Job application and recommendation letters, professional writing, and more The authors share personal stories and tips learned through years of professional and academic writing. Writing Tip The primary purpose of scholarly writing is to communicate new knowledge. If you want to write to mystify your reader, write a mystery novel. If you want to be creative in your writing, compose haiku. If you want to focus on scholarly writing, read this book☺! Product Details Publisher ‏ : ‎ Springer Publishing Company; 1st edition (July 9, 2019) Language ‏ : ‎ English Paperback ‏ : ‎ 215 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0826139876 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0826139870