title: 7 habits of highly effective.
abstract: There is a pressing need for psychiatric nurse authors to write about their professional image as well as issues they face in clinical practice. In this article, two psychiatric nurses describe how using Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change can serve as a framework for increasing writing productivity. In addition, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator can increase awareness of and appreciation for the strengths and differences in each author's writing style. Using these tools, writing can become a process of discovery.
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. tmcg@uab.edu
authors.forename: Teena M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: McGuinness
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: McElroy
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D001319:Authorship; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D017748:Time Management; D014956:Writing