SpalloneInterview

For my interview, I chose to ask a nurse at a local hospital. The writing that he uses is with patient charting and documentation, which includes findings during treatments or with interactions with a patient and their family. The purpose for writing is specifically for documentation, saying that in this field, "if it isn't documented, it didn't happen". The audience of writing in this field is typically other members of the care team, which consists of other nurses, doctors, etc., and this writing is a part of collaborative efforts.

If anything, from this interview I learned about how important writing is in a nursing career because you really need to keep track of all interactions with the patients in an organized and clear way so that you, along with others, can know exactly what is going on with the patient. At first it surprised me with how strict the documentation is, but then after thinking about it I realized that it is obviously very important to keep every interaction and every treatment documented and organized, because forgetting or overlooking even one thing could drastically affect the patient's health.