Written Communication Jul 2017

Simulation Genres and Student Uptake: The Patient Health Record in Clinical Nursing Simulations

Lilly Campbell Marquette University

Abstract

Drawing on fieldwork, this article examines nursing students’ design and use of a patient health record during clinical simulations, where small teams of students provide nursing care for a robotic patient. The student-designed patient health record provides a compelling example of how simulation genres can both authentically coordinate action within a classroom simulation and support professional genre uptake. First, the range of rhetorical choices available to students in designing their simulation health records are discussed. Then, the article draws on an extended example of how student uptake of the patient health record within a clinical simulation emphasized its intertextual relationship to other genres, its role mediating social interactions with the patient and other providers, and its coordination of embodied actions. Connections to students’ experiences with professional genres are addressed throughout. The article concludes by considering initial implications of this research for disciplinary and professional writing courses.

Journal
Written Communication
Published
2017-07-01
DOI
10.1177/0741088317716413
Open Access
Closed
Topics
genre theory multimodality professional writing multilingual writers

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