Writing Skills in Nursing and Healthcare
eBook - ePub

Writing Skills in Nursing and Healthcare

A Guide to Completing Successful Dissertations and Theses

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Writing Skills in Nursing and Healthcare

A Guide to Completing Successful Dissertations and Theses

About this book

Developing persuasive, clear, authoritative writing for academic and professional work can be a real challenge for many. This book guides the reader through the writing process for a dissertation, thesis or essay. Practical strategies and tips for each stage of the process are offered throughout, from critical reading through to preparing the final piece of work for submission. The author pays particular attention to an understanding of the English language, and how it is be best used in academic work.

Key features of the book are:

  •          Real examples from postgraduate work which show the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches
  •          Glossaries of terms
  •          Case studies of published research which demonstrate good practice in writing
  •          Checklists of tasks to complete whilst working on a writing project

It will be essential reading for all those writing dissertations, essays and theses at post-registration and postgraduate level in health and nursing.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Publisher Note
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. About the Author
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. 1 Introduction to the Post-graduate Student Experience
  10. 2 Developing the Supervisory Relationship and Opportunities for Funding
  11. 3 Critical Reading and Writing: Essential Strategies
  12. 4 The Thesis Proposal
  13. 5 Writing and Editing the Thesis
  14. 6 Writing the Introduction Chapter
  15. 7 Searching and Evaluating the Literature
  16. 8 Writing Up Your Literature Review
  17. 9 Writing Up the Methods, Results and Final Chapters
  18. 10 Disseminating Your Work: Presentations and Conferences
  19. 11 Disseminating Knowledge Through Publication
  20. 12 Pulling into the Station: Final Tasks
  21. Index