Book Review: Writing for Nursing and Midwifery Students
©2008 By Kathy Quan RN BSN
All Rights Reserved
In Writing for Nursing and Midwifery Students, Julio Gimenez teaches nurses how to write. Writing is essential to effective communication and documentation and most nurses struggle with it. Gimenez makes it easy for anyone to learn.
Gimenez breaks writing down into basics such as ensuring the writer has answered the most important questions of who, what, when, where, and why. The next point is the added punch of how; this is known to journalists as “the five w’s and an h.”
Simple Principles
Using a few simple principles, Gimenez helps nursing and midwifery students understand how to approach academic writings such as reports and essays. He then builds on the basics to understand how to approach subjects with critical thinking skills to derive excellent plans of care and to document the delivery.
He explains how to write an argument and state your point and then moves on to many other genres as well such as research proposals and dissertations for the advanced student. He even sneaks in some rules of grammar and punctuation.
Examples & Exercises
Using examples and a step-by-step workbook approach, Gimenez guides the reader through a series of exercises guaranteed to improve writing and communication skills. As the nurse works through the process of learning how to write well, the nursing process should become clear as well.
Figuring out "the five w's and an h" of what to write about, the nurse will assess and evaluate:
Julio Gimenez is a Senior Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes at Middlesex University in north London. The American student will have to overlook the spelling of some
words, but none the less this book transcends boundaries for teaching all nurses anywhere to write well.
A Must for Your Library
From the moment I opened the book, it felt warm and comfortable. Gimenez presupposes that anyone can learn to write and write well. He takes the reader by the hand gives you simple rules to follow. He's not at all intimidating or negative. This is a great book for anyone who wants to learn to write well or needs to improve his or her writing skills. It's a must for every nurse's library!
Order your copy from Amazon Writing for Nursing and Midwifery Students (Palgrave Study Skills)
Writing for Nursing and Midwifery Students
Julio Gimenez
© 2007 Palgrave Macmillan (Hampshire, UK and New York, NY)
ISBN 978-0-230-00857-1
©2007-present by Kathy Quan RN BSN PHN, all rights reserved. No portion of this document may be used in any format without written permission. Email Me.
©2008 By Kathy Quan RN BSN
All Rights Reserved
In Writing for Nursing and Midwifery Students, Julio Gimenez teaches nurses how to write. Writing is essential to effective communication and documentation and most nurses struggle with it. Gimenez makes it easy for anyone to learn.
Gimenez breaks writing down into basics such as ensuring the writer has answered the most important questions of who, what, when, where, and why. The next point is the added punch of how; this is known to journalists as “the five w’s and an h.”
Simple Principles
Using a few simple principles, Gimenez helps nursing and midwifery students understand how to approach academic writings such as reports and essays. He then builds on the basics to understand how to approach subjects with critical thinking skills to derive excellent plans of care and to document the delivery.
He explains how to write an argument and state your point and then moves on to many other genres as well such as research proposals and dissertations for the advanced student. He even sneaks in some rules of grammar and punctuation.
Examples & Exercises
Using examples and a step-by-step workbook approach, Gimenez guides the reader through a series of exercises guaranteed to improve writing and communication skills. As the nurse works through the process of learning how to write well, the nursing process should become clear as well.
Figuring out "the five w's and an h" of what to write about, the nurse will assess and evaluate:
Julio Gimenez is a Senior Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes at Middlesex University in north London. The American student will have to overlook the spelling of some
words, but none the less this book transcends boundaries for teaching all nurses anywhere to write well.
A Must for Your Library
From the moment I opened the book, it felt warm and comfortable. Gimenez presupposes that anyone can learn to write and write well. He takes the reader by the hand gives you simple rules to follow. He's not at all intimidating or negative. This is a great book for anyone who wants to learn to write well or needs to improve his or her writing skills. It's a must for every nurse's library!
Order your copy from Amazon Writing for Nursing and Midwifery Students (Palgrave Study Skills)
Writing for Nursing and Midwifery Students
Julio Gimenez
© 2007 Palgrave Macmillan (Hampshire, UK and New York, NY)
ISBN 978-0-230-00857-1
©2007-present by Kathy Quan RN BSN PHN, all rights reserved. No portion of this document may be used in any format without written permission. Email Me.