title: Transforming a presentation to a publication: Tips for nurse practitioners.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Nurse practitioners (NPs) routinely make presentations at regional, national, and international conferences. However, compared to other health professionals, fewer of the presentations are followed by manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals. For more than 20 years, the Abstract to Publication rate has been a marker of conference quality and a trail of new knowledge development and dissemination. The purpose of this manuscript is to provide NPs with an approach for converting a presentation to a full manuscript.
  
  
  METHODS
  Editorials, journal articles, style guides.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The overlap between a podium or poster presentation and a fully developed manuscript is quite significant; the difference is in the style of presentation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  While scholarly writing may be somewhat daunting at first, resources are available to help any NP publish following a presentation. With sufficient planning, NPs can increase their Abstract to Publication rate.
authors.affiliation: College of Graduate Nursing, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California.
authors.forename: Rodney Rod W
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Hicks
mesh_terms: D003226:Congresses as Topic; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D010506:Periodicals as Topic
keywords: Education; motivation; nurse practitioner communication; nurse practitioners; professionalism