Righting Writing: Strategies for Improving Nursing Student Papers

Abstract The ability to clearly express complex ideas in writing is necessary for nurses in professional practice at all levels from novice to expert. The community health nursing course is specially designated as writing intensive to provide students with the experience of preparing a major scholar...

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Published inInternational Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 8 - Article8
Main Authors Bickes, Joan T, Schim, Stephanie M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Germany bepress 2010
De Gruyter
Subjects
Attitude of Health Personnel
blind review
Clinical Competence
Community Health Nursing - education
Community nursing
Curriculum
Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate - organization & administration
Education, Nursing, Continuing - organization & administration
Educational Measurement
Faculty, Nursing - organization & administration
grade inflation
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Inflation
Novices
Nursing
Nursing Education Research
nursing students
Professors
Program Development
Program Evaluation
Revisions
Self Efficacy
Single-Blind Method
Students, Nursing - psychology
writing
Writing - standards
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Summary:Abstract The ability to clearly express complex ideas in writing is necessary for nurses in professional practice at all levels from novice to expert. The community health nursing course is specially designated as writing intensive to provide students with the experience of preparing a major scholarly paper. To address issues of poor paper quality and grade inflation we implemented a program including a writing workshop for faculty, a revision of the grading rubric, and a system of blind review for grading student papers. Changes resulted in a major shift in paper grades which more closely reflects the actual quality of the work. Submitted: November 24, 2009 · Accepted: February 12, 2010 · Published: February 25, 2010 Recommended Citation Bickes, Joan T. and Schim, Stephanie M. (2010) "Righting Writing: Strategies for Improving Nursing Student Papers," International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship: Vol. 7 : Iss. 1, Article 8. DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.1964 Available at: http://www.bepress.com/ijnes/vol7/iss1/art8
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DOI:10.2202/1548-923X.1964