This article is part of the "Exploring the Evidence: Focusing on the Fundamentals" series. It provides nephrology nurses with basic principles related to writing for publication, information regarding different types of professional articles that may be used for the dissemination of nursing knowledge, as well as steps to follow and issues to consider in the planning and preparation of a manuscript.
Keywords: authorship; conflict of interest; peer review; plagiarism; practice-based articles; publishing; quality improvement articles; scholarly writing.
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