Leadership & Professional Development

Preventing Plagiarism

Angela D. Klimaszewski

nursing research, clinical nursing research
ONF 2012, 39(6), 525-527. DOI: 10.1188/12.ONF.525-527

Nurse scientists submit research results to professional nursing journals to disseminate new information. Oncology nursing professionals may submit an idea for a journal article or book on their own initiative, or be recruited by editors, publishers, or employers to write a review of the literature for publication (Nicoll, 2011).

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