Writing in nursing

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Types of writing in the field

Nurses do a variety of different types of writing. The types of writing a nurse commonly completes are dependent on the role of the nurse and setting of practice. For example, a nurse who works in the hospital will for the most part write in an electronic health record.  However, a nurse who works in clinical research will predominantly write research proposals, grants, institutional review board applications, and research reports. For this reason, nurses receive education about a wide variety of types of writing.

For nursing—the types of writing depend on the area the nurse is working. For example if the nurse is a clinical nurse in patient care, the dominant writing will be quite different from if the nurse is the Nurse Manager of a unit, or if the nurse is a Faculty Member. Since nurses have a lot of mobility in their careers—a nurse could very easily have all of these roles during their career. Therefore, literacy in all the types of writing is very helpful preparation! I have provided some labels but these are quite limited in their meaning and real life application. The following is a list of specific types of writings by nurses (labeled as most dominant, daily impact, and emerging as the field evolves):

· Scholarly journal articles (theory articles, practice articles)  Emerging as the Field Evolves 

· Research manuscripts  Emerging as the Field Evolves 

· Editorials

· Blogs  Emerging as the Field Evolves 

· Videos  Emerging as the Field Evolves

· Virtual Simulations   Emerging as the Field Evolves

· Grants for Funding

· Annual Reports  Emerging as the Field Evolves

· Quality Improvement Reports   Most Dominant

· Patient Documentation (graphics, charts, tables, narrative notes)  Most Dominant; Daily Impact

· Websites  Daily Impact

· Instructions  Daily Impact

· Patient/family Education Materials  Most Dominant; Daily Impact

· White Papers  Daily Impact

· Political Letters to Legislators  Emerging as the Field Evolves

· Patient Care Plans  Most Dominant; Daily Impact 

· Infographics/Infograms  Emerging as the Field Evolves

· Electronic Posters  Emerging as the Field Evolves

· Posters  Emerging as the Field Evolves

· PowerPoint Presentations  Emerging as the Field Evolves

· Prezi  Emerging as the Field Evolves

· Glogsters  Emerging as the Field Evolves

· Resume/Curriculum Vitae 

· Cover letters for resume/curriculum vitae

· Abstracts  Emerging as the Field Evolves

· Social media (facebook, textblasts, TV monitors)  Emerging as the Field Evolves

· Smart Objectives

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