Briana Pierre
Nursing major student, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
18 February 2015
Abstract: The genre used to discuss professional research, major objectives, and ideas in the
nursing profession as in many science-based line of work, is the academic/scholarly peerreviewed journal. Academic journals obtained its importance due to the credibility and
relevance it has to offer. The section/grouping setup of academic journals grants nurses the
ability to transmit factual knowledge into distinguishing categories beyond the normality of the
standard essay writing structure. The separation of facts with clear distinctions between major
viewpoints, as well as visual evidence to guide readers, most certainly had an effect on the way
nursing journals are formatted and presented.
Keywords
Genre, nursing, academic article
Correspondence
Briana Pierre, Nursing major, University of Central Florida,
Orlando, FL, 32816
Email: BPierre@Knights.ucf.edu
Introduction
The use of academic journals play an
important role for those in the field of nursing
seeking to access knowledge and
information. It may seem as if these articles
only consist of commonplace scientific
lingo and numbers on table charts when
first seen, but rest assure, this representation
Background
Structure
Conclusion
The academic journal is a genre in which the
nursing community adopted to aid in the
communicative
process
between
its
members. This form of allows for nursing
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