How to Write Academic Papers?

Your work must be formally correct, to reflect the interest and attention you have devoted to him intellectual effort tends to manifest itself in a document attractive and readable. A content without proper presentation, however, difficult to read and analysis. The shape, composition, writing and style are means that you get an evaluation positive and training for your future employment and custom nursing essays.

Follow the Rules and Academic Rules 

The format and presentation may also be subject to rules of your teachers or center, especially in work to grade, etc. .: instructions on the cover, summary, number of pages, line spacing, font, margins, parties, etc. Find out if these rules and, if necessary, follow them faithfully. The guidelines that we offer can avail yourself here as such rules do not conflict.

General Guidelines 

• Create: respect the instructions given you, but within that framework do not just repeat models, scripts, schemes and formats; seeks provide your personal and original note, added value, incorporates innovations, Differentiate, create your own work.
• Communicates: note that do not write for you, but for others, for your teachers and perhaps to other readers; put in place, explain well, make yourself understand, communicate, and transmit.
• Check and correct: before giving by good the text of your work, the end, review it all well: writing, spelling, data and tables, citations and references, introduction and conclusions, errors, key points, etc. .; reviews the rules of the center; corrects whatever it takes.
• Presented in PDF: unless you indicate otherwise, presents the work as PDF, it is the format for a finished and closed document; any processor lets save or publish texts as PDF files, Adobe Acrobat not necessary; it integrates all the work into a single PDF file.

Guidelines on Drafting

• Scientific style: your goal is to present information in an objective and rigorous manner; avoids both the colloquial and literary pretensions and expression of personal feelings.
• Order and concision: get your facts before writing, a script follows a logical sequence; express yourself without circumlocution or digressions, with scientific precision and clarity; use short sentences, with little subordination; in each paragraph develops an idea, with 8 or 10 lines max. 
• Title:  is important, think about it calmly, so collect the content and / or purpose of the work, but that is well understood, is appealing, suggestive and not too long.
• Acronyms, abbreviations, symbols: use them, if necessary, in moderation and consistency, systematically supporting the reader with a list or index you included in the preliminary pages.
• Spelling and syntax: do not let it be a misspelling, or a syntactical incorrectness; the word processor will help, but it's your responsibility; monitors and reviews, questions or ask help.
• Use dictionaries: used properly synonyms language and seeks not repeat, at the RAE dictionary and other online or printed tools.

Composition Guidelines

·         Composition of pages: design the page and write carefully; left upper, lower margins and lateral about 3 cm .; usually it recommended for line spacing 1.5 lines, although it could be less; provides enough white space for relaxed reading: around the text and figures, most between paragraphs between the lines and between paragraphs between paragraphs. 

·         Typefaces: think well the type and font size that you will use and apply so uniform; the usual size is between 10 and 12 points according to the source; do not use more than another typeface, for special cases; do not use capital letters and underlined to highlight, as they are less readable; better increase the size of the characters for section titles, etc. and when you see it appropriate to use bold (to emphasize ideas) or italics (for titles of publications and intellectual creations, Latinized scientific names and in general to draw attention to the words themselves); you can turn to color, but in moderation and consistency.

·         Page: numbers pages using the footer; all pages count, but the number not written on the cover or blank pages with a headline or image, etc., for aesthetic reasons.

·         Justified text: except paragraphs that are special for some reason, the text should generally be justified, is also aligned its right margin.

·         System parts: nests in paragraphs job levels distinguishing their sections by the size of typography and ordering them with a scheme of Arabic numerals: 1. Section; 1.1. Subpart; 1.1.1. Sub-subpart; but use more than three levels can disorient; each major section should start on a new page.

·         Tables, graphs and figures: it is interesting that include; as far as possible be understood by themselves, explanatory inserts a header or foot; also identify with Arabic numerals to refer to them in the text or in an index if necessary; also cites the source if not you’re doing.

·         Headings: you can use them to insert in smaller type body to normal, your name on odd pages and the title in the pairs or in long work, the title of each chapter.