Strategies for Managing Barriers to the Writing Process

Abstract

Publication is essential to advancing nursing knowledge for clinical practice, but relatively few nurses publish the results of their research or other writings about clinical practice issues. This article identifies some common barriers to writing for publication‐personal factors, such as inadequate knowledge and writing skills, lack of confidence, and low motivation for writing for publication; and situational factors, such as limited time, energy, and other resources constraints‐and discusses strategies for managing such barriers. Key words:

Yazma Becerisinin Geliştirilmesine Yönelik Bir Öneri: SÖZTÜR Tekniği

“…Yazı yazma sırasında öğrencinin yazı yazma tekniklerinden yoksun olması ve yazı yazmada zamanını doğru kullanamaması, yazma becerisinin geliştirilmesinde çok önemli bir engel olarak karşımızda durmaktadır. Bu bağlamda yazı yazmada hem öğretmen hem de öğrenci zaman, teknik ve sisteme bağlı olarak çeşitli engellerle karşılaşmaktadır (Wills, 2000;Macarthur, 2011;Demirel, 2022;Zelzele ve Ateş, 2022). Bu engeller, sınıftaki öğrenci sayılarının azaltılması, yapılan hataların önem sırasına göre düzeltilmesi, gösterilen hataların beşi geçmemesi ve aşamalı bir şekilde her seviyeye uygun yazı yazmayla ilgili teknik bilgilerin verilmesiyle aşılabilir.…”

An Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse's Guide to Professional Writing

“…To achieve clarity in purpose and expression, many aspiring authors find mentors and peer support groups extremely helpful (Pololi, Knight, & Dunn, 2004; Staudt, Dulmus, & Bennett, 2003; Taylor, Lyon, & Harris, 2005). If resources permit, you should not hesitate to use professional writing coaches, specialty medical writers, or other consultants when time, performance anxiety, or other factors block production (Britton, 1994; Wills, 2000). It is more important that you get the idea out than write the whole piece by yourself.…”

“…Not much has been published that is relatively specific to assisting APPNs wanting to disseminate their ideas in written form since Davidhizar and Cosgray's (1997) paper on mentoring psychiatric nurses. APPNs seeking articles on this topic must turn to general nursing resources (Oermann, 2001; Wills, 2000), or other nursing specialties (Wink, 2002), and other disciplines (Karsh & Fox, 2003; Rheingold, 1994; Thyer, 2002) for direction. This literature is generally not attuned to the needs of APPNs on the frontline of practice, either because it disproportionately emphasizes research (Lounds et al, 2002) to the exclusion of other writing activities, or it provides resources more closely related to other nursing specialties and other disciplines.…”

Main barriers and possible enablers of academicians while publishing

“…The literature contains various studies on the publication processes of academicians. However, studies on academic writing that explain what affects writing activities and how they can be done more efficiently are limited (McGrail et al, 2006 ; Moore, 2003 ; Murray, 2013b ; Wills, 2000 ). This limitation is critical for new and emerging scientists to create academic publications (Murray, 2013a ).…”