Discourse communities are a mix of career orientated groups of people, or organizations who have chosen similar careers? My discourse community is centered in the health care field: from Nursing Assistants, LVN’s to RN’s, Nurse Practitioners, PA’s and Doctors who all play a big role in health care. I chose this field because I have compassion for others and enjoy being able to help those in need. This was most likely instilled in me as a child through my parents. The medical field has always caught my attention and intrigued me to want to join this community of professionals. The nursing community is rapidly growing and in needs of nurses to take over positions of the older nurses who are retiring, but there is a shortage of nurses due to the shortage of teachers to teach larger groups of candidates who want to become part of this Discourse community. Tiffin, Charles PhD “Beyond the Bedside: The Changing Role of Today’s Nurses” The nursing field is growing so fast, also more opportunity for more health care professionals to advance in their careers. Technology is also allowing this discourse community to create opportunities. Mobile devises, electronic medical records are now a part of everyday health …show more content…
LVN’s can provide a wide variety of clinical responsibility within the organization, but have a more hands on face to face contact with patients and their families. The LVN are most likely in any setting the first point in contact with the patient rather it be a hospital, a clinic or doctor’s office. So in this discourse community I feel I can meet the need of caring for patients and making a difference through patient care and health care policies and new procedures that are being implemented on a daily basis in this health care field and continue to grow. Brainstorming with my colleagues and being part of a group and organization of people who want to make a difference in
Discourse communities are groups of people with a unique point of view. There are many discourse communities around your everyday life. These communities are part of the entire human environment. Many discourse communities are distinctly large due to all the societies wanting the same things. My discourse communities are mostly Facebook.
As put by Jen Waak in regarding the human need for community, “By surrounding yourself with others working toward a similar goal, you’ll get...yourself a bit further than you would have done on your own,” (Waak). By being able to see and participate in these different communities centered around different objectives, the goal becomes easier to achieve and bonds the group into something more through trying to reach it. This new unit is called a discourse community and is defined by John Swales as containing six specific characteristics: having a common goal, showing intercommunication and using lexis, having participation within the group, being defined by genres of texts, and having members with areas of expertise for the community. When looking
Current literature continues to reiterate the indicators of a major shortage of registered nurses (RNs) in the United States. The total RN population has been increasing since 1980, which means that we have more RNs in this country than ever before (Nursing Shortage). Even though the RN population is increasing, it is growing at a much slower rate then when compared to the rate of growth of the U.S. population (Nursing Shortage). We are seeing less skilled nurses “at a time of an increasingly aging population with complex care needs and an increasingly complex technological care environment” (Mion). According to recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Department of Health and Human Services, it is estimated that “more than a million new and replacement nurses will be needed over the next decade” (Diagnosis: Critical).
In the article “The Concept of Discourse Community” John Swales touches a few very important main ideas about what discourse community really is. I found it to be refreshing that he is able to express his feelings how he does in this article. Swales talks about discourse community and how our world today really isn 't that good at being apart of them. He discusses the six qualities or characteristics of being apart of a discourse community. You have to be active in communicating and wanting to be apart of that community and if you 're not that type of person than maybe it 's not your thing.
At Children’s First, our mission is to keep a safe, healthy, prosperous environment for children. Being a part of this community, I know firsthand what it takes to maintain an ideal setting for children to grow. It is essential for the caretakers to communicate, share information, and work together to put the children first. This core goal of ours, along with my own experience, analysis, interviewing, and observation demonstrate that Children’s First Daycare is a discourse community according to Swale’s six characteristics of a discourse community.
A discourse community can be defined in many different ways. Some people would say that they exist in more places than people would expect, others would say they only exists in small groups that are very excusive. I agree with the person that believes they are all around in everyday life. In order to be a discourse community John Swales believes that there are six requirements to meet. Once all six have been achieved a discourse community has been formed. Swales argues that communities are all around and if you look closely you will see just how many there really are. Discourse communities can range from a highly structured military to a college soccer team. This is because the requirement to be a discourse community
Advances in technology have influences our society at home, work and in our health care. It all started with online banking, atm cards, and availability of children’s grades online, and buying tickets for social outings. There was nothing electronic about going the doctor’s office. Health care cost has been rising and medical errors resulting in loss of life cried for change. As technologies advanced, the process to reduce medical errors and protect important health care information was evolving. In January 2004, President Bush announced in the State of the Union address the plan to launch an electronic health record (EHR) within the next ten years (American Healthtech, 2012).
Scouting for a Lifetime Millions… millions of discourse communities exist all around us each and every day. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, Tumblr, and Group Me are just a few of the many examples of the functional discourse communities that our world consists of today. A discourse community is a group of people who share a set of discourses that are agreed upon as basic values and expectations and use communication to achieve set goals. There are six requirements to have a true discourse community. They must include: a community of people who share the same goals, regular communication, steady feedback and advice from one another, at least one means of communication that will assist in achieving an aspired goal, a lexis which is a
A discourse community is a group of individuals all with relatively the same ending goal or original interest that all have their own way of participation and have different motives, it is easier to feel more included in a discourse community once literacy achieved. Discourse communities can be found in many different places; it is just a matter of what is being looked for. These communities can come from the entire population, all of the people who speak the English language, any place of education, restaurants, any home, or even at the gym/ recreation center. In order to become literate in the fitness discourse community the differences in basic motives, the values that are important, and the places available to work out at must be understood.
UTEP Blast: A Discourse Community Khaleb King University of Texas at El Paso UTEP Blast: A Discourse Community Introduction A Discourse Community is a group of people that share a set of goals or discourses and within this group, find ways to communicate about these set goals. Discourse Communities can mean having a spot on a sports team, being a part of a school club, and even your workplace can be considered a discourse community. To be accepted into a discourse community, one must be seen as a credible source, one that has knowledge on the topic at hand and can help the group reach the goals of the discourse community.
The prolonged shortage of skilled nursing personnel has been a serious concern to the healthcare industry, and this shortage has impacted the quality of care delivery. In addition, nursing turnover has also exacerbated the problem of nursing shortage. Nursing shortage has been blamed on many nurses retiring and less younger nurses joining the occupation. There is also an increase in life expectancy (baby boomers) leading an increase in both physical and mental ailment with subsequent demand in nursing care. Nurses are also leaving nursing profession because of inadequate staffing, tense work environment, negative press about the profession, and inflexible work schedules. Even though nursing is a promising career and offers job security, the
I have written many essays in my life but some I have given more effort than others. There is only two essays that I am very proud of. The reason for that is because when I write I tend to write professional because I have been told that the essay that sounds maturely tends to get a good grade, so I’m not able to express myself fully. The most memorable piece of writing that I have ever done, was based on a discourse community. The discourse community that I personally chose was about Video Gamers, particularly gamers who play Destiny (First-Person Shooter Video Game).
One of the required courses I had to take this semester at Wayne State University was English 3010 (Intermediate Writing), which basically forced on discourse community. When it comes to writing, there are no complications in understanding what needed to be done in terms of when it’s time for me to write a paper. Although I am a decent writer, I hate the process of writing especially when it requires the paper to be more than six pages. This class actually was quite a challenge; however, I do believe it push me to be a better writer. . A discourse community survives by giving its members feedback and information, which can be used for various things.
You recount your peanut allergy and Grandma's hypertension but forget to mention the medication you were on two years ago. Electronic health records are designed to circumvent such problems by providing an easily shareable record of all that information in one place. The potential for greater convenience and accuracy is so clear that federal law requires doctors and hospitals to start using electronic records by 2015. More than half of all U.S. doctors already do so, up from only 17 percent five years ago. Almost four in five hospitals have made the transition to electronic records.
When I first registered for this class, I thought, “wow, discourse analysis? It sounds hard.” To my surprise, my assumption was accurate. Although the work is tedious and required much effort on my part, it was a rewarding learning experience. I learned about myself as a student, student- interpreter, and a person.