title: A qualitative study of the factors influencing the submission for publication of research undertaken by students.
abstract: While there is general agreement that research capacity in nursing needs to be increased, there has not been a great deal of attention paid to the possibility of increasing publications by students of research undertaken for dissertations. This is potentially a useful way of increasing the evidence base in nursing. This paper reports a qualitative study undertaken in a School of Nursing in the UK, where supervisors (n=10), students who had published a paper based on their dissertations (n=10), and students who had not published were interviewed (n=10). The findings show that while there is a great deal of enthusiasm for publishing students' work from both students and supervisors, a variety of factors determine whether or not an individual dissertation leads on to a submission for publication. These factors are discussed, and recommendations are made to increase the number of this type of submissions.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Timmons
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D004212:Academic Dissertations as Topic; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D004739:England; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008611:Mentors / Q000523:psychology; D009042:Motivation; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory; D011361:Professional Competence; D011643:Publishing / Q000458:organization & administration; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012944:Social Support; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires