PC3 - Scholarly Writing: Moving from Research Journals into Mainstream Media

Advances in nursing depend on communication, especially written communication from one scholar to another, to transmit observations, conclusions, interpretations, and speculations. Now more than ever, scholars are in demand to translate their published work for clinical publications as well as for consumer media. While peer reviewed journals remain the principal form of scholarly communication, nurses are learning to translate their findings and observations for many different audiences including consumers. This highly interactive session will focus on building participants’ skills related to all aspects of scholarly writing for peer-reviewed journals through consumer media, including creating the perfect manuscript for each type of publication. Session leaders will use specific examples to illustrate ways of presenting information directly and offer suggestions for managing difficult communication problems. Following a presentation and discussion of general principles of scholarly writing, break-out sessions will help participants hone unique writing skills in four special interest areas: Writing for Nursing for Women’s Health; Writing Quantitative Research and Review Manuscripts; Writing Qualitative Research Manuscripts; and Translating Your Work for Consumer Audiences and Publications. Participants will have opportunities to suggest scenarios they find challenging for discussion and problem solving in both large and small group work. Because seating is limited, participants must identify which break-out session they will choose to attend when registering for this session.