Written communication skills are critical for nursing professionals to document vital patient information for other healthcare providers. As nursing students, clear writing skills are important for assignments and tests which may include essays. As nursing professionals, contributions to scholarly publications require specific formats and developed writing abilities, as these influence perceptions of individuals and their affiliated organizations. Resources listed can help nursing students and professionals enhance writing clarity, language application, and overall writing effectiveness.

1. Writing Skills

2. Writing Skills
Written communication skills are critical to being
successful in the nursing profession.
While oral communication skills are critical to nursing
professionals as they relate to the care they provide,
written skills are even more critically important as the
nursing must record vital information that other care
givers will need to rely upon as part of the health care
delivery team.
As a nursing student, you may need to prepare written
assignments and some of your tests may contain essay
questions. Thus, it is necessary for you to develop
clear, organized writing skills.

3. Writing Skills
 As a nursing professional, you may want to contribute your
thoughts and knowledge in scholarly articles or journals.
Writings of these types have specific formats and requirements,
so be sure to learn what is needed and develop your skills.
What you write can influence the perceptions about you and
reflect on the institutions and organizations with which you are
associated.
It is key that you learn to write with clarity, apply language
effectively and enhance your writing ability to be an effective
nurse.

4. Resour ces for Building Writing
Skills
Nursing Specific Resources for Building Writing Skills
 Various Writing Skills sites - http://www.nursing-informatics.com/
kwantlen/wwwsites27.html
 Developing Workplace Writing Skills for Nurses -
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-4651706_
ITM (joining the library is free)
 Foundations in Nursing and Health Care: Writing Skills in Health
Care
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FSL/is_3_85/ai_n19295636/

5. Resour ces for Building Writing
Skills
General Resources for Building Writing Skills
 Test Your Basic Writing Skills -
http://www.businessknowhow.com/manage/writetest.htm
 Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling, Sentence Structure, Sentence
Style, Paraphrasing, and Writing Numbers -
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/
 Handouts on a wide variety of writing topics-
http://uwc.utexas.edu/handouts
 Writing Skills -
http://www.mindtools.com/CommSkll/WritingSkills.htm
 Free Resources for Improving Writing Skills
-http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/28/50-free-
resources-that-will-improveyour-writing-skills/