Reporting Guidelines for Use in Preparing Manuscripts for Nursing Journals

Abstract

For research to be used to build evidence and guide practice decisions, studies need to be reported accurately, completely, and without bias. Standardized reporting guidelines have been developed to improve the quality of manuscripts on different types of studies. Reporting guidelines are often in the form of a checklist, ensuring that authors include important elements in their manuscripts. Research has shown that authors who use standardized reporting guidelines submit higher quality manuscripts that include essential information. This article describes common reporting guidelines that can be used by nurse authors when preparing their manuscripts.