1. PUBLIC HEALTH STUDENT INTEREST PROJECT

2. OCCUPATION OF INTEREST: NURSING

3. OCCUPATION OF INTEREST: NUTRITION

4. OCCUPATION OF INTEREST: PHYSICIAN’S ASSISTANT

5.  Who reads/writes in this discourse community? Anyone that is concerned with the general health and well-being of the public. i.e. Doctors, Physicians' Assistants, Nurses, Nutritionists, psychologists, CNAs, etc. DISCOURSE COMMUNITIES

6.  Nutritionists  Designs meal plans for their clientele  Patient Progress reports  Nurses  Fill out discharge paper work  Daily medical charting on patient status  Subjective Objective Assessment and Plan Notes (SOAP)  Physician’s Assistants  Seek to enhance the quality of education  Fill out discharge paper work WHO READS/WRITES IN THIS COMMUNITY?

7.  Food Diaries  Help the patient to keep track of what they eat  Charts progression  Magazines  Websites - Nutrition blogs  Books  Newspapers – Advice Columns TYPES OF WRITING: NUTRITION

8.  Meal Plans  Created to work as a “template”  Required nutritional components are shown TYPES OF WRITING: NUTRITION

9.  Medical Administration Record (MAR)  This serves as an excellent example of conventions: abbreviations, terminology, etc. TYPES OF WRITING: NURSING

10.  Nursing Care Plan  Instructions for any and all staff working under a Nurse  SOAP Notes  Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan TYPES OF WRITING: NURSING

11.  Write prescriptions  Under the supervision of a Doctor, Physician’s Assistants can write prescriptions for patients—with the Doctor’s signature  Patient Charting  Physician's Assistants often record the work that nurses usually do to save time and space  Review of patient history  Medical instructions  Physician’s Assistants are to write out exactly how treatment should be carried out for their patients  Discharge instructions  Physician’s Assistants should leave instructions for what the patient is to do following leaving their hospital stay TYPES OF WRITING: PHYSICIAN’S ASSISTANT

12.  Conventions/Expectations of this community include  Argumentative & opinionated styles of writing are common among health majors  Example: Holistic Medicine  Uses proper nutrition aide in maintaining good health  However, someone looking at this type of modern medicine standpoint could argue against my beliefs through magazines, newspapers, and books. CONVENTIONS/EXPECTATIONS OF THIS COMMUNITY

13.  Before writing an article  Authors Review literature on chosen subject  Authors Consider how their research will be different from the writing that is already published.  General form of an article  Review  Introduction  What is this article about?  How does it differ from others writing?  Analysis  Research  Results CONVENTIONS/EXPECTATIONS OF THIS COMMUNITY

14.  Abbreviations: used to abbreviate medical vocabulary in order to save time and space–necessary to use in MAR  BID – Twice Daily  QID – Four times a day  PO – By mouth  DX – Diagnosis  Terminology: the combination of medical prefixes and suffixes in order to identify/classify a certain medical disposition  Cardiology  “Cardio” means “heart”  “Ology” means “the study of”  Cardio + ology = Cardiology (the study of the heart) EXAMPLES OF CONVENTIONS

15.  Purpose of these conventions  This field can carry a hefty amount of risks and these conventions must be followed in order to keep employees of the health profession in check and within guidelines to prevent lawsuits, etc.  Save time and space by using abbreviations  Prevents mishaps in communication  If conventions are not followed  Misdiagnosis which leads to malpractice or negligence—which breaks the code of ethics that is relevant in any occupation in the medical field  Expectations  Reports must be based on factual evidence/research  Proper Vocabulary WHAT PURPOSE DO THESE CONVENTIONS/EXPECTATIONS SERVE?

16.  Articles - Clinical Trials and Studies  Many articles discuss the effects of certain alternative types of treatment on patients  The objective of these articles is to be a resource by providing documented improvements or advances in achieving excellent health care by reporting newly found strategies in health care that are directly beneficial  Examples of Article Topics:  Advances in treatment  Change in medication  Lifestyle changes  Changes in style of patient care WHAT ARE THEY READING/WRITING ABOUT?

17.  Professional  Clinical Trials  Studies  Reports  SOAP Notes  Keeps everything organized and effectively conveys ideas without overloading the reader with information  Arguments  Analyzing treatments and effect of care  Example: Holistic Medicine Practices  Casual Analysis  The evaluation/discussion of the cause and effect of patient care  Mostly seen in journals WHAT GENRES ARE USED?

18.  American Public Health Association (APHA)  Funds many important public health publications such as The American Journal of Public Health and a large number of books such as “Public Health Management of Disasters, 3 rd Edition” by Linda Young Landesman  American Academy of Nurse Practitioners  First national organization created for nurse practitioners of all specialties  Mission:  to promote excellence in NP practice through education and research  To shape the future of healthcare  Build a positive image of the NP role as a leader in the healthcare community WHAT ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES OR ASSOCIATIONS ARE THERE?

19.  The society for Nutrition Education and Behavior  Represents interest of nutrition educators internationally  Mission:  To promote effective nutrition education and communication to support and improve healthful behaviors  Forums for sharing strategies for nutrition educations and expressing views on important scientific, pedagogic and policy issues  The American Academy of Physician Assistants  National professional society for physician assistants  Mission:  “To ensure the professional growth, personal excellence, and recognition of physician assistants, and to support their efforts to enable them to improve the quality, accessibility, and cost-effectiveness of patient- centered health care.” WHAT ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES OR ASSOCIATIONS ARE THERE?

20.  AMA style (American Medical Association)  Citations are used inside of the text  Numbered superscripts that match up to the numbered references in the bibliography  References must appear in the numerical order in which they are cited  APA style (American Psychological Association) Conventions include:  Citations are used inside of the text  Must have a reference list WHAT TYPES OF CITATIONS ARE USED IN THIS FIELD?

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