Julio Gimenez: Writing for nursing and midwifery students

Németh, Timea (author)

This review examines the fourth edition of Julio Gimenez’s Writing for Nursing and Midwifery Students, a comprehensive discipline-specific book designed to support undergraduate and postgraduate students in nursing, midwifery, and healthcare fields. The review evaluates the book’s structure, which progresses from foundational academic writing principles through genre-specific instruction to advanced textual mechanics and referencing conventions. Particular attention is given to the pedagogical enhancements introduced in the fourth edition, including self-assessment tools, comprehensive coverage of specialized nursing and midwifery contexts, and alignment with contemporary, evidence-based practice. The review highlights the book’s distinctive student-centred approach, characterized by numerous exercises, reflective activities, and practical examples drawn from diverse clinical settings. While recognizing the volume’s substantial contributions to academic writing in healthcare education, the review proposes three enhancements for future editions: guidance on the ethical integration of artificial intelligence in academic writing, expanded coverage of advanced research genres for postgraduate students, and incorporation of multimodal digital resources to address the learning preferences of contemporary student cohorts. The review concludes that Gimenez’s work constitutes an essential resource for nursing and midwifery students navigating the complex demands of academic and professional writing, effectively bridging theoretical understanding with practical application throughout students’ academic and early professional development.

• Language: English
• Keywords: academic writing, nursing, midwifery, healthcare, plagiarism, reference management, student-centred learning
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.19 - Review, Book Review, Critique
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 72-76
• Numbering: Vol. 20, no. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-179193
• ISSN on article: 1854-2042
• DOI: 10.4312/SM.20.2.72-76
• COBISS.SI-ID: 271649539
• Publication date in RUL: 05.03.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Scripta manent : revija Slovenskega društva učiteljev tujega strokovnega jezika = journal of the Slovene Association of LSP Teachers
• Publisher: Založba Univerze v Ljubljani = University of Ljubljana Press, Slovensko društvo učiteljev tujega strokovnega jezika = The Slovene Association of LSP Teachers
• ISSN: 1854-2042
• COBISS.SI-ID: 219704576

Licences

• License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• Description: This Creative Commons license is very similar to the regular Attribution license, but requires the release of all derivative works under this same license.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian

Abstract

Recenzija obravnava četrto izdajo obsežne monografije Writing for Nursing and Midwifery Students avtorja Julia Gimeneza. Namenjena je podpori dodiplomskim in podiplomskim študentom in študentkam zdravstvene nege, babištva ter sorodnih zdravstvenih ved. V recenziji ocenjujemo strukturo knjige, ki se prične s temeljnimi akademskimi načeli pisanja po navodilih, upoštevajoč posamezne žanre, nato pa prehaja k naprednejšim besedilnim mehanizmom in konvencijam navajanja virov. V četrti izdaji je posebna pozornost namenjena pedagoškim izboljšavam, vključno z orodji za samoocenjevanje, celovitim pokrivanjem specializiranih kontekstov zdravstvene nege in babištva ter usklajenosti s sodobnimi na dokazih temelječimi praksami. Knjigo odlikuje k študentom in študentkam usmerjeni pristop s številnimi vajami, refleksivnimi dejavnostmi in praktičnimi primeri iz različnih kliničnih okolij. Obenem so v recenziji predstavljeni trije predlogi za izboljšavo morebitnih prihodnjih knjižnih izdaj: smernice za etično vključevanje umetne inteligence v akademsko pisanje, razširjeno obravnavanje naprednih raziskovalnih žanrov za podiplomske študente in študentke ter vključitev multimodalnih digitalnih virov, ki so usklajeni z učnimi preferencami študentov in študentk. Gimenezovo delo je nedvomno pomemben priročnik za študente in študentke zdravstvene nege in babištva, ki se spopadajo s kompleksnimi zahtevami akademskega in strokovnega pisanja, saj učinkovito povezuje teoretično razumevanje s praktično uporabo skozi celoten študijski proces, prav tako pa tudi skozi zgodnje faze profesionalnega razvoja.

• Keywords: akademsko pisanje, zdravstvena nega, babištvo, zdravstveno varstvo, plagiatorstvo, upravljanje referenc, v študente usmerjeno učenje