title: Clinical scholarship: publishing clinical excellence.
abstract: Clinical scholarship is an important professional responsibility for clinically excellent nurses. Nurses with publication goals should develop publishable ideas for a target journal, adhere to the basics of good writing, consider the special requirements of clinical journals, and address issues of authorship and professional goals.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Fetter
mesh_terms: D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D006801:Humans; D011643:Publishing; D014956:Writing