Why You Should Blog About Your Research

Sent us by a colleague in the English department, an interesting reflection on the utility of blogging about your research agenda by social scientist Mark Carrigan: http://markcarrigan.net/2013/08/27/13-reasons-why-you-should-blog-about-your-research/ Informal writing on the Web has visibility that more formal genres of writing do not. For example, two book reviews on this blog (written by a colleague in …

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CFP: Nursing Editors

Organizers of the annual conference of the International Academy of Nursing Editors seek proposals for the August 2014 event in Portland, ME (USA). Details here: http://nursingeditors.com/2013/08/29/call-for-abstracts-for-inane-2014-now-open/

CFP: ENRS “Health Across Life Span: Art & Science of Person-Centered Care”

26th ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS CALL FOR ABSTRACTS The Eastern Nursing Research Society is pleased to announce that the ONLINE ABSTRACT SUBMISSION SITE IS NOW OPEN for the 26th Annual Scientific Sessions, which will be held April 9 – 11, 2014 at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel in Philadelphia, PA. The 2014 conference theme is “Promoting …

CFP: Sick Cities or Healthy Habitats? Healthcare Challenges, Global Urbanization

Call for Abstracts: Sick Cities or Healthy Habitats? Facing the Healthcare Challenges of Global Urbanization Uniting Streams is proud to announce its 10th Annual Symposium on research in International Health, entitled: 'Sick Cities or Healthy Habitats? Facing the Healthcare Challenges of Global Urbanization' to be held on Wednesday October 16th 2013 in the Royal Tropical …

Survey: Medical Humanities Programs

For humanities scholars whose work includes teaching, consulting, or research in schools of medicine or nursing or allied health programs, a survey is now being conducted under the auspices of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH). Please take a few minutes to participate in this important data gathering activity: https://redcap01.brisc.utah.edu/ccts/redcap/surveys/?s=zKHJjm

CFP: Transforming Nursing Ed (AACN)

Call for Abstracts: 2013 American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Baccalaureate Education Conference, November 21-23, 2013, Hilton New Orleans Riverside, New Orleans, Louisiana Priorities and Strategies for Transforming Nursing Education The American Association of Colleges of Nursing invites abstracts describing programs, courses, initiatives, or evaluation strategies that characterize the conference theme, addressing the many changes and challenges …

10 Ways You Can Write Every Day

As you know, I encourage the evidence-based practice of developing a daily writing habit in order to foster the dissemination of clinical or scholarly ideas, information, and innovation. "Daily writing" can entail a range of activities the lead to a conference presentation or a published manuscript and can be as little as 15 minutes per …

Not to Print

Have you noticed how much of your writing never makes it into print? And has that caused you to despair about the time and energy you spend on writing, seemingly all for nothing? Nate Kreuter has, and in a wise essay in Inside Higher Ed he reminds us: The writing we produce that will never …

CFP: Rural community wellbeing (special issue of Rural Society)

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: A special issue of Rural Society - vol 23/3 - June 2014 on rural wellbeing Deadline for proposal abstracts: 30 August 2013 Deadline for Papers: 1st December 2013 Guest editors: Thomas Holden and Lisa Bourke, Rural Health Academic Centre,The University of Melbourne From 'social laboratory' to node in transnational production networks, the ways social …

CFS: Creative Nursing

Creative Nursing is an issue focused journal, unique in its recognition of the values inherent in the nursing profession. Excellence and professionalism are not exclusive to any one discipline or specialty, and the editors of Creative Nursing are dedicated to developing nursing leaders at all levels and in all settings. Today’s health care institutions need …