Technical writing is the ability to convert complicated concepts into processes that the audience can easily understand (MacLemale 2001). Technical writing relies on knowing the purpose, audience, and how much knowledge they may have on the topic. Health care professionals require most of their communication among other members of the patient’s healthcare team to be online. In nursing, technical writing is used for documentation, charting, and instructing (MacLemale 2001).
There are differences in writing within different educational backgrounds in nursing
(Budzyn n.d.). The Licensed Practical Nurse and Registered Nurse usually write for documentation, and primarily writing to describe the patient and their condition. A nurse that holds a MSN …show more content…
writes for publication, research, and literary review (Budzyn n.d.) .
Technical writing in Nursing is used for issues that may arise such as lawsuits, patient education, research, and for healthcare education. Technical writing requires in depth explanations of procedures, it is not opinion oriented, it expresses step by step processes so …show more content…
This would have been beneficial because then the student could have created questions and asked a professional in their field of study how they personally use technical writing in their everyday life in that scope of practice. After the interview, having the student write a reflection essay on the questions and responses, and what has been taught in class that linked to the interview, and what has not.
Conclusion
Since this course has a wide variety of students with different planned majors, it is difficult to reach out to each individual. One suggestion to improve this class is to have a variety of different documents that students can choose from that are geared towards their intended careers. Let the student pick what document to complete that they can link with their intended profession. Another suggestion is to have the students write smaller papers about how the specific chapter they are reading relates to their career. Writing a few smaller papers during the
TECHNICAL WRITING AS A NURSE 8 semester on how the specific units or chapters are being used every day in their possession would have been easier for students to connect to the lessons. Charting and documentation are taught
There are differences in writing within different educational backgrounds in nursing
(Budzyn n.d.). The Licensed Practical Nurse and Registered Nurse usually write for documentation, and primarily writing to describe the patient and their condition. A nurse that holds a MSN …show more content…
writes for publication, research, and literary review (Budzyn n.d.) .
Technical writing in Nursing is used for issues that may arise such as lawsuits, patient education, research, and for healthcare education. Technical writing requires in depth explanations of procedures, it is not opinion oriented, it expresses step by step processes so …show more content…
This would have been beneficial because then the student could have created questions and asked a professional in their field of study how they personally use technical writing in their everyday life in that scope of practice. After the interview, having the student write a reflection essay on the questions and responses, and what has been taught in class that linked to the interview, and what has not.
Conclusion
Since this course has a wide variety of students with different planned majors, it is difficult to reach out to each individual. One suggestion to improve this class is to have a variety of different documents that students can choose from that are geared towards their intended careers. Let the student pick what document to complete that they can link with their intended profession. Another suggestion is to have the students write smaller papers about how the specific chapter they are reading relates to their career. Writing a few smaller papers during the
TECHNICAL WRITING AS A NURSE 8 semester on how the specific units or chapters are being used every day in their possession would have been easier for students to connect to the lessons. Charting and documentation are taught