Jasueth Landaverde

English 5M
Prof. Doutherd
11/14/17
Rhetorical Analysis On Nursing Writing

Part 1 (Analysis Description of Chosen Text)

Writing is a big part of our everyday life, thats why it's important to know the content of
it. It comes in different forms, structures and styles. We utilize writing in every aspect of our life,
especially when it comes to our education and future career. While there are many forms of
writing one of the writing assignments that I found memorable and challenging up to this day
was a group research paper I had to write my senior year of Highschool.
The research paper concentrated on the achievement gap in low income communities.
The exigence of the research paper was to expose the inequalities that exists in education for
students from a low income background. As well as to encourage these students and others who
play a big role in the community, to want to change the situation, and ultimately propose variety
of ways to help students gain opportunities to reach their maximum potential in academics. The
context of paper itself consisted of evidence that shows how and why kids of these specific
communities never finish high school or drop out of college.
When writing this assignment one of the readings from class came to mind because it
connected with the research. In the article titled, Rigid Rules, Inflexible Plans, and the Stifling
of Language: A Cognitivist, Analysis of Writers Block, the author mentions how one of her
students constructed her essay in a way that was inadequate because thats all she was ever
taught in high school. These issues dont only stop students from succeeding but also stop them
from learning the real content of English. The research also supported to close this gap by
speaking of certain solutions to help the situation.
As a writer some of the constraints I faced were others disagreeing with the facts we
exposed on the paper. They didnt understand that children need more than books and a pencil to
finish school. The paper was directly written for parents, teachers, and school districts who
indeed need to create a support system for these students in order to make change in the
education community in order for students to prosper. Based on the writing experience I learned
that writing comes with many writing styles, and the research paper we focused on was intended
to persuade a group of people to enforce change upon those students who need moral support to
succeed in life.

Part 2 (Description of Writing in my Major)

The major that has been chosen to study is the nursing career. The writing in nursing
comes in different forms. Nurses job consists of writing documentation for patients, as well as
charting for the doctors to know what the patient is suffering from or their medical history.
One of the important specific things to know about the writing in the nursing field, is that
most of the documents style are written in formal, objective, and factual. Meaning that theyre
straightforward with the information they provide to their patients and doctors. These standards
make sure that the information given is very clear.
While writing in the nursing field comes in various forms, one of the commonly used
format is the APA format. When doing research, nurses mostly use this format because it
benefits them in many ways. It provides clear evidence for the reader in the topic you have
researched, and justifies statements made in your work by citing published experts.
Based on the reading, the CSU Handbook intended to share this information with future
students who have decided to major in Nursing so that they are aware and fully prepared for their
future career. Giving this information to its students helps them connect English writing with
their major writing. The need to give this information most likely rose from the struggle nursing
students were facing when they found out there was a specific writing needed for this profession.
By providing college students to use the handbook its gave them access to prepare
themselves, to learn and study in depth of what their future career expects from them when it
comes to writing. Pre nursing students need to know the criteria and requirements of writing in
their field, they also need to know to allow themselves to open to new challenges and learn how
to connect writing in nursing to writing in regular English. Meaning they need to engage with
nurses who have experience doing what they need to do. Be able to want to learn from others so
that they later on can learn about the writing and implicate it themselves. Connecting to one of
the readings we did in class, one of them spoke about newcomers needing to engage and
visualize themselves as what or where they want to be at. Once a student connects their writing
with their desire to be there and engage, that will total in them actually getting their goal met.
This leads the person to create a unique writing identity.

Part 3 (Discussion)
The research paper that was written by the group of students is indeed considered a good
paper in the eyes of an instructor who specializes in Nursing because, although it dosent speak
on medical advice or medical research, it does a good job of expressing the contents of a research
paper. It has the same purpose, to defend a point and show proven evidence, and possibly come
up with some solutions. That's exactly what nurses do, their job requires to do research to better
the life of their patients. The CSU Handbook states, Nursing Research has a significant
emphasis in nursing practice because much of the research arises out of clinical observations
ultimately design to improve of patient care. A research paper, no matter what the topic is
about, has the same intended purpose and thats why the research paper the students wrote does a
good job of demonstrating what writing in the nursing career looks like.
Another way the research paper would fit the criteria is that it was written in the same
format as nursing research paper would be written as. Nurses use the APA Format on their
paper to consistent and clear about what they write about. The CSU Handbook mentions that the
APA Format is commonly used because it it provides clear evidence to the reader that you have
researched your topic, and also supports and justifies statements made in your work by citing
published experts. That is the same way that the research paper was formatted in order reveal
problems in the schools and discuss the possible outcomes.

Jasueth Landaverde
English 5M
11/14/17
 Draft 3 Rhetorical Analysis Cover Letter
Dear Professor Doutherd,
One of the many things I realized as I was reading over my drafts is that the writing
processes of the assignments weve done in class have changed my view as how I reflect on my
writing and engaged in the metacognitive process. I certainly have benefitted from this because it
has allowed me to receive and give feedback on writing, it benefits my peers and of course
myself in a way where we become better writers. Within the Rhetorical Analysis I have learned
that I have a hard time appropriately organizing and transitioning my ideas where the reader
completely understands. Doing multiple drafts has helped me shape my writing in a more logical
and ordering way. One of the many things I found difficult about this assignment was that it
required multiple parts written differently, on my first draft I wrote everything in a personal way,
and later on, on the other drafts had to change certain sections into detached impersonal style.
On another note, something that went well is that I was able to freely speak on what nurses job is
like, and that was really exciting for me and also benefitted me when I had to correlate quotes
onto part 2. Something that I would change if I got to do this assignment all over again would be
to know how to write in impersonal detached style before writing the whole assignment. I had a
hard time rewriting everything without changing any of the information I already had. I feel as
this draft is almost completely ready but there are still some glitches. In order for this assignment
to be uploaded I feel the need the go over it one more time after youve given it one more glance.
I did some changes you suggested on draft 2. Besides that, I feel that my work is ready.

I broke down the sections into small paragraphs to get a better understanding and be more
linear.
Also took out information and evidence that didnt correlate with part 3, and added a
paraphrase from CSU Handbook.
Was my introduction more clear this time than in draft 2?