Nursing,

Choose a patient scenario and reflect on cultural differences, in particular how they may impact on establishing effective communication and/or engagement with the patient.

Cue questions to be considered
1. Identify a patient scenario that has a cultural dimension.
An example of this; you may be caring for a patient from a different culture to your own and this may have had a significant impact on your ability to communicate or engage effectively with them.

2. Why is it important to recognise and acknowledge cultural differences and needs?

3. Were the cultural differences/needs of the patient, in relation to communication and engagement, acknowledged? If acknowledged, how were the needs acknowledged?
or , if the cultural differences/needs of the patient were not acknowledged in what way were they not taken into account?
4. What were the consequences for the patient , others and yourself?

5. How did you fell about the situation? What was good/bad about the experience?

6. What have you learnt from this experience? Consider your new understanding of the situation and in particular the cultural dimensions of communication and engagement

7. What are the broader issues arising from this situation.
Scenario
A 40 years old man was admitted to the ward for right frontal lobectomy for glioblatoma . Past medical history of chronic renal disease and was diagnose of space occupying lesion.

1. Implement a variety of communication and interpersonal skills necessary for safe and effective care.
2. Deliver relevant health interventions within diverse settings.

ill ask you to analyze, directly, a written document in your field and assess what purpose it serves in the field, how it serves that purpose and makes its point, what genre it falls into, and what genre conventions the document uses to reach to its readers. This type of writing, known as a rhetorical analysis, is a written document that analyzes how another written document works, and helps readers understand the conventions of a genre and how that genre works to convey information to its audience.

In order to complete your rhetorical analysis, you will need to select a written document from your field produced by a professional in your field, preferably a document that is scholarly in nature (i.e. a journal article or the field equivalent). Once you’ve found the document, you will analyze it according to the principles of rhetorical situations; you will identify its author(s) and explore his/her/their goals (What is being said? What is being argued), identify its audience and how the document serves that audience (Who is the audience for this document? Why would they care about this information? How does the document address them), and analyze what genre the document represents and how it uses the conventions of that genre (What about this makes it a journal article? How does this represent the features of a legal brief?). You will support this analysis with examples drawn from the document itself and direct references to the document.

In order to complete this project successfully, your rhetorical analysis will:

Identify the document being used and provide a brief summary of its overall topic/claims.
Analyze the document as a rhetorical claim, meaning you analyze the author, audience and genre of the document itself
Support your claims about the document with specific examples drawn from the document
Use an effective organizational structure
Use MLA or APA style as appropriate for your field to cite your references to the document
Your rhetorical analysis should run at least four to five double-spaced pages (1000+ words) and you must submit a a copy (PDF or some other format) of the document you are analyzing with the project at the time of both the Peer Review and at final submission.