Web Resources For Faculty of Nursing Students

The Writing Process

http://www.nursing.ufl.edu/research/documents/ProfessionalWritingStrategiesforCONStudents.ppt
An extensive PowerPoint guide to aid students in the writing process. It has advice on prewriting, writing, revising, editing, and proofreading, with special attention paid to organisation and development of theses and argument. It also includes some useful examples.

http://chhs.gmu.edu/writing/collaboration
A consideration of the pros and cons of collaborative writing, as well as questions to consider when choosing a writing partner and tips for facilitating the writing process.

Genres

http://www.chsrf.ca/knowledge_transfer/pdf/poster_e.pdf
A few tips on making effective posters from the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation.

http://www.medi-smart.com/grant5.htm
A detailed bullet-point guide to writing research papers that includes advice for each section of the paper, from the title page and abstract to the references and appendices.

http://my.simmons.edu/academics/caa/wac/docs/NursingWritingBibliography.pdf
A brief bibliography of articles, books, and websites-all helpful guides for preparing scholarly articles for publication and submitting them to nursing journals.

http://www.mun.ca/nursing/undergrad/post_rn/writing.php
Some short tips for writing in nursing, touching very briefly on common writing errors, academic integrity, and quotation and paraphrasing.

http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/writing/medicine/health-sciences/index.xml
A sample case report accompanied by clickable in-text commentary written from the perspective of a professor. The sample gives an excellent introduction to this genre in health studies, but is also provides insight into writing in general.

http://www.nsna.org/pdf/Imprint_sept06_backschool_hallas-feldman.pdf
A great formatting guide for students writing their first nursing paper-or for students who need to brush up on formatting basics. It also contextualises papers within the nursing field, answering the question, "Why am I even writing this?"

http://www.iml.uts.edu.au/assessment/types/journals/Journal.pdf
Several questions to keep in mind when writing a reflective journal in nursing.

http://chhs.gmu.edu/writing/types-experiential
Brief overviews of the purposes and guidelines of writing genres common in nursing, including experiential narratives, argumentative and research papers, and portfolios and professional correspondence. Also contains tips on charting and concept mapping.

http://www.graduatenurse.com/nursing-resume-samples/
A few sample resumes that are useful for observing the word choice and formatting typical in the genre.

http://nursing.jhu.edu/life-at-hopkins/center/documents/resume_guide.pdf
A guide to resume writing for nursing students: what to include in a resume and how to include it in terms of formatting and word choice, as well as other resume tips.