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    This document provides an overview of scholarly writing and the writing process for nursing students. It defines scholarly writing as formal, original work that is carefully cited and informed by critical reading of other scholarly works on the topic. The document outlines the key components of scholarly writing, including developing an original thesis, supporting ideas with evidence and analysis from cited sources, and organizing the paper with an introduction, body, and conclusion. It also discusses best practices for citing sources, engaging in critical reading, and blending original thoughts with information from other scholars. The overall purpose is to guide nursing students in developing the skills needed for academic writing in their field of study.

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    What Is Scholarly Writing

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    What Is Scholarly

    Writing

    Adapted from Walden University Writing Center


    This open access textbook (free)
    is intended to guide best practices
    in the journey of scholarly writing
    in the context of the nursing
    The profession.

    Scholarship of This resource is designed for


    students in undergraduate nursing
    Writing in programs and may also be useful
    for students in other health-related
    Nursing post-secondary programs,
    graduate students, and healthcare
    Education providers.

    https://pressbooks.library.ryerso
    n
    .ca/scholarlywriting/
    Known as academic writing.
    What Is
    Scholarly
    Writing ? It is writing used in all academic
    fields.
    What is Academic
    Writing
    Scholarly writing is not better than
    journalism, fiction, or poetry; it is
    just a different category.
    Formal language and
    tone expected

    Scholarly Original thought with


    careful citation
    Clear and direct
    statements

    Perspective

    Grammar and Wording is specialized,


    composition are requiring previous
    important foundations knowledge on the part
    • Not google translate or of the reader
    translation services
    colloquialisms, slang,

    Avoid biased
    contractions, 
    language,

    rhetorical second person


    questions, pronouns
    Introduction
    • background information or purpose

    Thesis Statement
    • the brief articulation of your paper's central argument and purpose

    Body of paragraphs
    • Main Idea: Your topic sentence stating the concrete claim the paragraph is advancing.
    • Evidence: Paraphrase or direct quotations from the source material you are using to support
    your topic sentence's claim
    • Analysis: Your explanation and evaluation of the evidence; explaining the evidence you
    provided and its relevance in your own words

    Writing Process
    • Lead Out: Concluding; preparing your reader to transition to the next paragraph (and the next
    claim).

    (3:01)
    Conclusion
    • Summaries main ideas
    • it provides closure for the reader while reminding the reader of the contents and importance
    of the paper.
    • For most course papers, it is usually one paragraph that simply and succinctly restates the
    main ideas and arguments, pulling everything together to help clarify the thesis of the paper. 
    • Dies not introduce new ideas

    Headers may be required


    • clarify your logic and organization for the reader by establishing a hierarchy of sections in the
    paper.
    • In APA 7, all heading levels use title case

    Crash Course in the Writing Process


    • (3:01)
    Those insights
    The author is
    must be Not based on

    Original Thought
    expected to
    grounded in personal
    have insights
    research, critica experience or
    on the issue at
    l reading, and opinion.
    hand
    analysis
    Citing of sources and the presence of a
    reference list

    Cited evidence with analysis


    Careful
    Citation The writing is informed by and shows
    engagement with the larger body of
    literature on the topic at hand

    All assertions are supported by relevant


    sources.
    Needs Improvement:
    • I think that childhood obesity needs to be prevented because it Is bad and it causes
    health problems.

    Better:

    Original • I believe that childhood obesity must be prevented because it is linked to health
    problems and deaths in adults (McMillan, 2010).

    Thought Good:
    Example • Georges (2002) explained that there "has never been a disease so devastating and yet so
    preventable as obesity" (p. 35). In fact, the number of deaths that can be linked to obesity are
    astounding. According to McMillan (2010), there is a direct correlation between childhood obesity
    and heart attacks later in their adult lives, and the American Heart Association's 2010 statistic
    sheet shows similar statistics: 49% of all heart attacks are preventable (AHA, 2010). Because of this
    correlation, childhood obesity is an issue that must be addressed and prevented to ensure the
    health of both children and adults.

    Notice: that the first example gives a personal opinion but cites no sources or research. The second
    example gives a bit of research but still emphasizes the personal opinion. The third example, however, still
    gives the writer’s opinion (that childhood obesity must be addressed), but it does so by synthesizing the
    information from multiple sources to help persuade the reader.
    Reading retention and comprehension
    involve remembering and understanding the
    Critical main ideas

    Reading for
    Writing
    Creating Citation fro Critical reading begins the process of taking
    m Reference Entries action.
    (1:57)
    instead, you
    you are not simply absorbing the
    are interpreting, categorizing, questioning, you are engaging in higher-order thinking
    information
    and weighing the value of that information.
    Citations in your
    paper are Failure to cite

    Why Cite?
    necessary to properly could
    provide credit to result in
    the proper plagiarism.
    sources
    Here is an example of citations within a paragraph:

    True and Noble (2009) found many students are highly confused about citation. They also indicated some students receive erroneous
    information about citations or some professors are too lenient with them, causing even more confusion. In fact, Jones (2011) found 99
    out of 100 students agreed citing work could seem like a "complex, maddening process" (p. 64).

    Elements
    Sources are cited narratively or parenthetically in each sentence in which they are used. The author
    and date citation can be left out, however, in contiguous following sentences that further explain the

    How To Cite
    same source as long as the sentences clearly signal that the same source is being discussed.

    Parenthetical citations appear within the ending punctuation of a sentence.

    Publication years appear after the authors.

    Quotation page numbers appear after the quotation. Note that the page number is represented as p. 64,
    and a paragraph would be represented as para. 4. If a quotation spans multiple pages, use pp.

    The full word "and" is used for citations in the narrative, and the ampersand symbol (&) is used for
    parenthetical citations.
    Citation issues can appear when writers
    • use too few citations,
    • use too many citations,
    • use too much information from a source in place of
    blending the source information with their own
    informed analysis and commentary on the
    How Often information
    to Cite Ask
    • Did provide adequate commentary on cited material
    • Did I begin and end paragraph in my own voice
    • Did I use cited material to support my thoughts
    • Did I rely too much on one source
    • Do I have too many direct quotes
    Crash Course In Scholarly
    Writing Video (3:03)

    Note that this video was


    created while APA 6 was the
    Crash Course In scholarly Wri style guide edition in use.
    ting There may be some examples
    of writing that have not been
    updated to APA 7 guidelines.

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