Writing for Professional Journals Patricia Gonce Morton Ph
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Writing for Professional Journals Patricia Gonce Morton, Ph. D, RN, FAAN Dean and Professor University of Utah College of Nursing Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow 2011 -2014 1
Acknowledgement This program has been made possible through generous funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. A special thanks to Mr. Nathan C. Sanders and Dr. Qin Li and the team of instructional designers at the University of Utah who produced this program. 2
Course Objectives • Describe the key steps in planning and writing a manuscript • Analyze the steps in the process of writing and publishing in professional journals • Engage in a topic of interest that has potential for publication 3
Course Objectives • Implement strategies to increase chances of acceptance of a manuscript for publication • Describe how to respond to an editor’s decision about the manuscript • Express a positive attitude toward publishing in professional journals 4
Module 2 Facing Excuses: Why We Don’t Write for a Professional Journal
Why Write and Publish? • Rewards • Challenges 6
Facing Excuses for Not Writing • • • I am not sure it is worth my effort I don’t have anything to say I don’t have time to write I don’t write very well I am not qualified to write 7
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