Main description:

Invaluable jargon-free guide for anyone doing a nursing degree, providing study support and helping you to improve your academic writing and referencing skills.

Academic Writing and Referencing for your Nursing Degree provides you with a sound knowledge and understanding of:

what constitutes good academic writing in nursing
a range of strategies for writing successful essays and reports
the importance of clarity and coherence in your writing about nursing
how to improve your academic style, grammar and punctuation, and formatting and presentation
referencing conventions in the field of nursing, and of how to avoid plagiarism.

If you are embarking on a university nursing degree, the books in our Critical Study Skills for Nursing series will help you acquire and develop the knowledge, skills and strategies you need to achieve your goals. They provide support in all areas important for university study, including institutional and disciplinary policy and practice, self-management, and research and communication. Tasks and activities are designed to foster aspects of learning which are valued in higher education, including learner autonomy and critical thinking, and to guide you towards reflective practice in your study and work life.

Contents:

Academic writing
Putting down words on the page
Language
Preparing your work for submission
Referring to Sources