Suggestions to nurse authors from one manuscript reviewer.

Many others have written about how to prepare a manuscript for publication. Therefore the purpose of this article is to share the experiences of one reviewer and suggest the need for using a theory or conceptual framework to guide research, practice, and publications. Many times while reading a manuscript I feel I am on a journey of discovery without a road map. My sense is authors may be confused about when to include the conceptual framework or the "theory part" in a manuscript if the work being described was not a research study per se. The author shares recommendations from a recent publication on how to use theory or a conceptual framework in manuscript preparation.