THE NURSE WHO WRITES: A DEVIANT CASE.

Innovators need to communicate their ideas for which they will need to have well developed speaking and writing skills. The latter is probably even more important, if innovations and ideas and views and theories and philosophies about nursing are to be fostered and shared widely throughout the nursing profession. Communication about aspects of professionalism and professional practice should be part and parcel of every professional nurse's brief. Communicating by writing should certainly not be considered a deviant activity for professional nurses.