Summer Mode

With the end of the academic year, postings on the NursingWriting blog will be less frequent.
You are probably shifting gears right now after the end of a busy (and, I hope, productive academic year), but summer is a good time to get some mileage on your writing. Don’t slip into neutral for the next three months!
Here’s [...]

CFS: Disasters & Emergencies (Nursing & Health Sciences)

Special Edition of Nursing & Health Sciences, December 2009
Disasters and Emergencies: Preparing, Managing, and Experiencing
Submissions are invited for a special edition of Nursing & Health Sciences in December 2009 when we will devote space to this critical and contemporary theme. We hope to assist health professionals, policy makers, governments and non-government agencies around the world [...]

Performance: Honoring Nursing with Dance and Stories

HONORING NURSING with Dance and Stories
Celebrate the work of nurses and the nursing profession during three evenings of dance and readings.
Verb Ballets, Cleveland’s National Repertory Dance Company, performs “Lift. Breathe. Carry.” – based on the works of Jeanne Bryner, R.N., B.A., C.E.N. – “Tenderly Lift Me – Nurses Honored, Celebrated, and Remembered” and other works.
Cortney [...]

CFS: Journal Issue on Healthcare Disparities

The Drew University Journal of Medical Humanities (DMH) is looking for submissions for its second edition on the topic of healthcare disparities.
Suggested threads include:
• Health/illness/access to care and social disparities (e.g.: urban versus rural communities)
• Health/illness/access to care and racial/ethnic disparities
• Heath/illness/access to care and socioeconomic disparities
• Health/illness/access to care and disparities with regard to [...]

Conference: Narrative Medicine Workshop (Venice)

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, Program in Narrative Medicine, Venice, Italy
20th – 22nd September 2009
Canossiano Institute
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION & OBJECTIVES
PARTICIPANTS WILL

Develop the narrative competence to nourish empathic doctor-patient relationships
Learn narrative communication strategies for patient-centred and life-framed practice
Build habits of reflective practice that enhance professionalism and nurture clinical communities
Acquire pedagogic skills to teach methods [...]

Webinar: Write about Everyday Practice

Kathleen T. Heinrich RN, PhD is hosting a Sigma webinar entitled “Write about Your Everyday Practice: A Starter Kit” on May 21st at 4 pm EST.
Do you have something you want to write? Not sure where to begin? Whether it is an article for publication or a narrative for clinical advancement, this webinar will get [...]

CFS: Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Special Issue on Violence Exposure

Issues in Mental Health Nursing seeks submissions for a special issue:
Violence Exposure in Children, Adolescents, and Women: The Lived Experience
Manuscripts are being sought on issues related to the pervasive community violence experienced by children, adolescents and women internationally. Potential topics of interest include the impact of violence exposure on child and adult development and mental [...]

CFS: Southern Online Journal of Nursing Research

Southern Online Journal of Nursing Research (SOJNR) is seeking manuscripts for peer review and possible publication in SOJNR’s upcoming themed issue on Ethics. We are interested in receiving manuscripts that report research findings as well as those that discuss issues related to methodology in the area of ethical issues in human subjects research. Manuscripts are [...]