title: Using a writing group to promote faculty scholarship.
abstract: Writing productivity is an essential component of scholarship. Barriers to writing include intrapersonal characteristics, faculty role complexity, and time constraints. Writing groups can increase faculty members' writing, contributing to dissemination of nursing knowledge and advancement of professional nursing. The authors discuss the structure and processes of a writing group that can be adapted by faculty interested in using comentoring to increase their scholarship.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985330 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5330, USA. jhoufek@unmc.edu
authors.forename: Julia Fisco
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Houfek
authors.forename: Katherine Laux
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: Constance
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Visovsky
authors.forename: Teresa L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Barry
authors.forename: Audrey E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: Margaret M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: Connie L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D004526:Efficiency; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D010379:Peer Group; D014956:Writing