Writing for the Web
Pat understands Web writing is different from other published formats. From chunking content to including hyperlinks and being mindful of SEO, Web writing it its own specialty. Her work for NursingConsult.com, writing evidence-based summaries, was recognized with an Award of Excellence in Medical Writing from the New England Chapter of…
White Papers
Pat’s white papers have focused on key clinical topic summaries or how-tos. The most popular are those in a series to provide nurses with discrete information about caring for patients who require chest drainage. In response to requests from her target audience, Pat wrote Annotated bibliography on stripping chest tubes;…
Multimedia
With a graduate degree in educational media and instructional design, Pat approaches multimedia scripts with sound theoretical foundations. Besides journal articles, she has been honored with the most recognition for her work in this area, including a FREDDIE award for Best Series that tied with a project from TimeLife starring…
Monographs
Pat’s monographs are scholarly works that have been adopted for continuing education self-study by nurses and health professionals. Her first, The Principles of Vacuum and Its Use in the Clinical Environment, won Pat her first Award of Excellence from the New England Chapter of the American Medical Writers Association. Ohio…
Magazines
Pat’s work, “Into the Deep,” a first-person essay about her experience living with primary immune deficiency, won Ig Living’s annual essay contest. She has been a columnist for Health and Money, and contributed to World & I and the Military Times.
Journals
Pat Carroll is a prolific author in the professional literature. She has more than 100 articles indexed in PubMed (the National Library of Medicine Database) and she has been honored with eight national writing awards for work published in Nursing, RN, RT Advance, Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, Orthopaedic Nursing,…
Journalism
Pat Carroll was one of the first journalists to write about medical issues in sports. When Ervin (Magic) Johnson announced he was HIV positive, Pat pitched her editor at The Sporting News to include a reported article on HIV to educate readers. Her public health knowledge drove her reporting to…
Books
Pat Carroll has written four books — three for nurses, and one trade book for the Perigee imprint of Penguin. Her first book, The Surgical Nurse’s Managed Care Manual won the prestigious American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year award. Community Health Nursing: A Practical Guide was the first…