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The “Write” Stuff:Getting Published
ROSANNE RASO MS, RN, NEA-BC
EDITOR- IN-CHIEF, NURSING MANAGEMENT
VP & CNO, NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN/WEILL CORNELL
Objectives1. Debunk any myths about publishing
2. Understand the publishing process
3. Assist participants to choose a topic, using journal criteria and target audience as a guide
4. “Just do it”!
This doesn’t have to be you…
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MythsI can’t write.
It’s too hard.
I’m not smart enough.
I don’t have enough time.
I’ll never get accepted anyway.
Let me wait until the “right time.”
Why Publish?
Add to nursing knowledge base
Resumé-building
Building social media presence
Track impact with Altmetrics
Personal legacy
Altmetrics
A “simple” process…
Choose your Topic
Lit Review
Writing
Review
Revise
Publish!
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Pickinga
Topic
Work or academic project
What’s hot now, or important at your organization
New look at old information
Your poster
Your podium presentation
Research
Anything for the leadership toolbox
Picking an “angle”Discuss what you know/think with someone else, then write it down
Do a literature review
Be an expert
Decide intended relevance to readers
Working with co-authors
Decide who and order before you start writing
Only one corresponding author
Honorary authorship
Writing with one voice
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Literature Search/References
Just like EBP –majority within last 5 years
<20-30
Format
Examples of Article TypesColumns◦ 1200-1800 words
◦ Examples
◦ Workforce
◦ Higher Education
◦ Care Transitions
Features◦ 2200-3000 words
CE’s
◦ You do not have to write the questions!
Writing
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Success Points
Messages are clear and useful
Readability◦ Flow◦ Grammar and spelling◦ Clear figures, tables and charts
Opinions◦ Reference strong statements
e.g. “the nursing shortage is worsening every year” or “management has a history of strife in relationships with staff”
Application to frontline manager◦ “Who cares?” factor
Outcomes
Which “voice” should you use?
• I or we
First person
• You
Second person
• Avoid
• The manager, they
• Change “the leader should encourage…” to “encourage your staff...”
Third person
Turning Your DNP
Project into a
Manuscript
• Applicability to leadership practice
• Style
• Solid methodology (question, N)
• (Gentle) analysis
• Theoretical framework?
• “Research Box”
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Committee on
Publication Ethics
Code of Conduct
• COI
• Plagiarism
• Ghost authors
• Simultaneous or duplicate submission
• Fabrication
Submitting!http://www.editorialmanager.com/lwwesubmissions
Peer Review
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Peer ReviewBlinded
Editor, plus at least two panel reviews
Content experts, reviewing for content only
Not meant to be mean!
Accept/Revise/Reject
Revisions are worth it…
Colleagues and peer review –making it
better
Rework
Acceptance(2-3 months)
Final Editing
Conversational tone
Contractions
“Write as you talk” is a common rule of writing readably, and the best tool to do that is to use contractions. People are accustomed to hearing contractions in spoken English, and using them in your writing helps them relate to your document.
From “Plain Language”
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Writing the AbstractHighlights
First impression
Piques the readers’ (and reviewers’) interest. Or not.
Structure◦ Purpose◦ Objectives◦ Methodology◦ Results◦ Conclusions◦ Implications
Success Points
Length
Clarity
Succinct
No references
Abbreviations spelled out
All points in your manuscript
Meet journal requirements
Your Turn
Discuss topic ideas
Decide on a good one
Briefly outline the topic
Write the abstract
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Contact Us!Rosanne Raso, Editor-in-Chief
Kim Gasda, Editorial Director◦ [email protected]
Coleen Stern, Managing Editor◦ [email protected]