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Writing for Publication

Writing for Publication. Julia Muennich Cowell PhD, RN, APHN-BC, FAAN Executive Editor The Journal of School Nursing. What’s your writing Experience?. Academic writing School Newsletters Professional publications. What’s important to you?. Immunizations Parents’ rights Dating violence

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Writing for Publication

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  1. Writing for Publication Julia Muennich Cowell PhD, RN, APHN-BC, FAAN Executive Editor The Journal of School Nursing

  2. What’s your writing Experience? • Academic writing • School Newsletters • Professional publications

  3. What’s important to you? • Immunizations • Parents’ rights • Dating violence • Respect in schools • School Nurse Ratios? • Evidence to support NASN ratio • Obesity in schools? • Decline in services preventing obesity

  4. Publication Media Who’s target audience What outlet? Handouts School Newsletter American School Board Journal Professional Journals • Students • Parents • Administrators/board • Scholarly peers

  5. What are the publication guidelines? • Page/word limits • Form guidelines • JOSN: American Psychological Association (APA) 6th edition • Standard English

  6. Universal Elements of all publications Literary writing • Beginning • What is the problem? • What is the purpose? • Middle • What’s been done? • What’s the point your making? • End • Conclusions/recommendations

  7. Universal Elements Scientific writing Beginning • Introduction • What is the problem? • What is the relationship to previous work • Research questions or hypotheses • Theoretical basis

  8. Universal Elements Middle • Methods • Design • Sampling • Measurement • Interventions

  9. Universal Elements End • Results • Discussion/Implications • References

  10. Universal Elements • Tone • Economy of Expression • Wordiness & redundancy • Clarity • Colloquialisms, jargon, pronouns • TIP: remember the ‘This, those, these, that rule’ • Accuracy • Order, smooth expression, precision

  11. Universal Elements • Active voice vs. passive voice • Use of first person: I & we • Tense • Agreement of subject & verb • Simple sentences vs. compound, complex sentences

  12. Universal Elements • Use of section headings • Linguistic Devices • Scientific vs. literary writing • Proof reading, PROOF READING, PROOF READING! • Reading level

  13. Bias • Specificity • Labeling • Acknowledgement of participants • Gender • Sexual Orientation • Racial & ethnic identify • Disabilities • Age • Historical & interpretive inaccuracies

  14. Ethics • Plagiarism • Conflict of interest • Protecting the rights of participants • Property rights

  15. The Journal of School Nursing As the official research publication of the National Association of School Nurses (www.nasn.org), TheJournal of School Nursing (JOSN) provides a bimonthly, peer-reviewed forum for improving the health of school children and the health of the school community. The JOSN seeks to engage a broad range of clinicians, scholars and community leaders in an ongoing exchange of information through scholarly articles. . .

  16. JOSN • Types of manuscripts • Letters to the editor • See JOSN 27 (5) October 2011, 325- 328. • Commentary • See Faigenbaum, A, Gipson-Jones, T, & Myer, G. (2012) Exercise Deficit Disorder in Your: An Emergent Health Concern for School Nursing, JOSN 28, 252-255.

  17. JOSN Types of Manuscripts Continued: • Evidence based-practice & policy • Hoxie-Setterstrom & Hoglund, B. (2011). School Wellness Policies: Opportunities for Change. JOSN, 27, 330-339.

  18. JOSN Types of Manuscripts • Literature reviews • Shannon, RA, Bergren, MD, & Matthews, A (2010). Frequent visitors: Somotization in school-age children and implications for school nurses. JOSN, 26, 169-182. • Original research • Song, SJ, Ziegler, R, Arsenault, L, Fried, LE & Hacker, K (2011). Asian student depression in American high schools: Differences in risk factors. JOSN, 25, 455-462.

  19. JOSN Peer review criteria • Accuracy of title & abstract • Clear statement of the purpose • Reported literature • Relationship of the purpose, problem, methods, and conclusions • Strength of the discussion, clinical implications & recommendations

  20. Barriers & Challenges • Matching style to submission guidelines • Don’t ‘tick-off’ the reviewers! • Are you familiar with the style of the APA style? • Check out previous issues to see style

  21. Barriers & Challenges • Timelines • Are there published timelines • Turn around time for revision • Competing with other responsibilities

  22. Barriers & Challenges • Fear • Rejection • Exposure • Demands

  23. Barriers & Challenges • Confidentiality • Institutional requirements • Ethical concerns • Self-preservation

  24. The Inner Writer in You! • Find a mentor or collaborator! • Feel the joy of seeing your name in print! • Consider becoming a peer reviewer! • jcowell@nasn.org • TURN ON YOUR COMPUTER! http://jsn.sagepub.com/

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