title: Improving your written communications.
abstract: Writing letters and memos is a required task--welcome or not--of any administrator, and competition is fierce for an audience's attention and time. The authors offer a guide for improving organization of written messages through a time-saving technique called mapping and improving the message's style and tone through application of advice from the experts on writing clearly and concisely.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Rehabilitation Department, Sinai Samaritan Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Avadian
mesh_terms: D015709:Correspondence as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D014956:Writing