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The Scholarship of Writing in Nursing Education: 1st Canadian Edition; Open Textbook

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Jun 8, 2026 by Health Sciences
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Ratings

Overall Rating: 4.8 stars
Content Quality: 5.0 stars
Effectiveness: 5.0 stars
Ease of Use: 4.5 stars
Overview:

This open access textbook is intended to guide best practices in the journey of scholarly writing in the context of the nursing profession. This resource is designed for students in undergraduate nursing programs and may also be useful for students in other health-related post-secondary programs, graduate students, and healthcare providers.

Type of Material:

  • Open (Access) Textbook
Recommended Uses:

  • Guide for in-class, reading homework, writing guide
Technical Requirements:

  • Internet Access
  • Web browser
Identify Major Learning Goals:

After active engagement with the material, the learner will

  • Develop skills in scholarly writing within nursing.
  • Describe types of writing within nursing.
  • Explain the reading and writing process.
  • Recognize distractions that hinder the reading process.
  • Identify techniques to summarize your readings critically.
  • Describe information literacy.
  • Identify search methods to research topics.
  • Evaluate the quality of texts.
  • Apply drafting, proofreading, and editing skills in writing.
  • Explain academic integrity.
  • Describe how to avoid plagiarism.
  • Apply scholarly writing format.
Target Student Population:

  • College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

  • Basic nursing knowledge
  • Computer skills
  • Basic writing skills

Content Quality

Rating:
Strengths:

  • The content is interactive and tone personable for users.
  • The flow of the chapters is logical.
  • Content is valid.
  • Concepts of reading and writing are clearly organized and detailed.
  • Sources are cited and referenced.
  • Uses a non-threatening tone to ease users into developing writing skills.

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

Rating:
Strengths:

  • Learning outcomes are found at the start of each chapter.
  • Includes a summary at the end of each chapter that includes reflective questions.
  • Some chapters have embedded H5P activities, such as reflective questions.
  • Promotes activities that help users reflect on their routines and how they write best.
  • The content is arranged in a useful format and progression. 

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

Rating:
Strengths:

  • Instructions are clear.
  • Sequential headings are set up. 
  • The Chapter 2 podcast script is included at the bottom of the page.
  • Navigational flow is easy to follow, with arrows and labels that help move quickly through the textbook.
  • Text is selectable. 
  • Links are in ordinary text. 
  • The software is in working order.
Concerns:

  • The image element for alt text is empty for Figure 1.1: The journey of scholarly writing. Recommend adding alt text for images. Some images do have alt text, but not all.
  • The PressBooks audio podcasts lack closed captioning or scripts in Chapter 1. Recommend adding a script or closed captioning. Chapter 2 includes the podcast script at the bottom of the page.
Other Issues and Comments:

  • Overall, an outstanding textbook to help learners develop scholarly nursing writing skills. 
  • There are a few very minor accessibility areas for improvement.
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