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This article, which appears as Chapter 7 in ANNA’s new publication, Career Fulfillment in Nephrology Nursing: Your Guide to Professional Development (2nd edition), will look at professional communications, including publications and presentations. ANNA’s new publication, edited by Carol M. Headley and released in September 2007, will provide focus-driven direction and can serve as your personal guide and mentor to career development. The goals of this chapter are to: (a) define the elements common to preparing presentations and publications; (b)  present the essentials of developing and submitting a manuscript for publication, and (c) demonstrate the core elements of making successful presentations.

Beth T. Ulrich, EdD, RN, FACHE, FAAN, is Editor of Nephrology Nursing Journal and Senior Vice President, Consulting Services, Gannett Health Group. She is a Past President of the American Nephrology Nurses’ Association (ANNA), and a prominent national presenter and author of nursing and health care topics. For more information on this article, contact the author at BethUlrich@aol.com