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In this section, we will cover techniques for managing relational dialectics, address contextual nuances surrounding self-disclosure, and discuss the importance of reflecting on how technology impacts others and our relationships
Effective Communication: Mana... |
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Have you ever been at a movie and let out a bellowing laugh and snort only to realize no one else is laughing? Have you ever gotten uncomfortable when someone cries in class or in a public place? Emotions are clearly personal because they often ... |
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In this section, we will cover techniques for understanding, expressing, and validating emotions, address contextual nuances surrounding emotional expression, and discuss ways in which our emotional expressions affect us and our relationships with others.
Eff... |
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In this section, we will define emotions and explain the difference between two different types of emotions: primary and secondary.
Emotions are physiological, behavioral, and/or communicative reactions to stimuli that are cognitively... |
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In this section, we will discuss the evolutionary function of emotions and how they are affected by social and cultural norms.
Perspectives on Emotions
How did you learn to express your emotions? Like many aspects of communication and interaction, you likely n... |
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Do you feel organized or chaotic in a small workspace? Are you more productive when the sun is shining than when it’s gray and cloudy outside? Just as factors like physical space and the weather impact us, communication climate can... |
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In this section, we will define what communication climate is.
Communication climate is the “overall feeling or emotional mood between people” (Wood, 2018). For example, you may prefer hanging out with one of your friend... |
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In this section we will discuss the five principles of communication climate: messages contain relational subtexts that can be felt; climate is conveyed through words, action, and non-action; climate is perceived; climate is determined by social a... |
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In this section, we will examine two frameworks for understanding and identifying relational messages that contribute to communication climate: confirming versus disconfirming messages and supportiv... |
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In this section, we will cover cognitive and behavioral skills to help us more effectively create the communication climate we want to experience, contextual nuances in interpersonal needs, and discuss the importance mindfulness and awareness.
Effective Comm... |
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Which of your relationships contain the most conflict right now? Your answer to this question probably depends on the various contexts in your life. If you live with family, you may have daily conflicts as you try to balance your ... |
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In this section, we will define interpersonal conflict and explain the importance of managing it constructively.
Conflict occurs due to real or perceived incompatible goals, scarce resources, or opposing viewpoints. It can be ex... |
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Would you describe yourself as someone who prefers to avoid conflict? Do you like to get your way? Are you good at working with someone to reach a solution that is mutually beneficial? Odds are that you have been in situations where you could answer yes to... |
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In this section, we will cover techniques for approaching and responding to conflict, address cultural nuances surrounding conflict approaches, and reflect on some common conflict triggers.
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What comes to mind when you think of power? Is having power over others a good or a bad thing? What about others having power over you? Like most people, your answer is likely influenced by the amount of power you personally perc... |
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In this section, we will explain what power is.
Power is the capacity of an individual, group, or social structure to direct, influence, or control the behaviors, thoughts, and/or feelings of others. The use of power can involve ideolog... |
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In this section, we address five principles of power: power is a both a perception and fact, is relative and contextual, is influenced by dependence and investment, is prerogative, and generates privilege.
Power is a perception in ... |
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In this section, we will discuss six types of power individuals possess and ways messages can be used to influence the thoughts, behaviors, and actions of others through the use of persuasive tactics.
Individual Power
Individuals possess six types of ... |
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In this section, we will address techniques you can use to communicate your opinions, rights, expectations and boundaries. We will also look at the relationship between culture, co-culture, and power, and at some ways in which power is often misused in intim... |
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After reading this section, you should be able to answer these questions:
- How do managers and organizations appropriately select individuals for particular jobs?
- How do people with different abilities, skills, and personalities build effective work teams?
- How do managers a... |
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How do people with different abilities, skills, and personalities build effective work teams?
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How do managers and employees deal effectively with individual differences in the workplace?
The second individual difference variable deals with the concept of personality. We often hear people use and misuse the term personality . For example, we hear that someone has a “nice” perso... |
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How can organizations foster a work environment that allows employees an opportunity to develop and grow?
Personality theories that utilize the trait approach have proven popular among investigators of employee behavior in organizations. There are several reasons for this. To begin w... |
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How do managers know how to get the best from each employee?
Most theories of personality stress that an individual’s personality becomes complete only when the individual interacts with other people; growth and development do not occur in a vacuum. Human personalit... |
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What is the role of ethical behavior in managerial actions?
A factor that has surprised many business leaders is the alarming rise in accusations of unethical or disreputable behavior in today’s companies. We hear with increasing regularity of stock market manipulations, disregard of en... |
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How do you manage and do business with people from different cultures?
The final topic we will discuss in this chapter is the role of culture and cultural diversity in organizational behavior. Cultural diversity can be analyzed in many ways. For instance, we can compare cultural diversity wit... |
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Authoritarianism Refers to an individual’s orientation toward authority.
Basic incongruity thesis Consists of three parts: what individuals want from organizations, what organizations want from individuals, and how the... |
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What Is Your Locus of Control?
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Exercise 1
You work for a large multinational corporation with offices around the globe. One of your colleagues has been offered an assignment overseas to either the Japanese, South Korean, or German offices for a long- term assignment (three to seven years). She has asked your advic... |
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Making a Diverse Workplace the Top Priority
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Exploring Managerial Careers
Bridget Anderson
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Describe a content theory of motivation.
The theories presented in this section focus on the importance of human needs. A common thread through all of them is that people have a variety of needs. A need is a human condition that becomes “energized” when people feel deficient in some ... |
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Describe the process theories of motivation, and compare and contrast the main process theories of motivation: operant conditioning theory, equity theory, goal theory, and expectancy theory.
Process theories of motivation try to explain why behaviors are initiated. These theories fo... |
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Describe the modern advancements in the study of human motivation.
Employee motivation continues to be a major focus in organizational behavior. 35 We briefly summarize current motivation research here.
Content Theories
There is some interest in testing content theories (inc... |
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ability The knowledge, skills, and receptiveness to learning that an individual brings to a task or job.
content motivation theories Theories that focus on what motivates people.
direction What a person is motivated to... |
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After reading this section, you should be able to answer these questions:
- Define motivation, and distinguish the direction and intensity of motivation.
- Describe a content theory of motivation, and compare and contrast the main content theories of motivation: manifest needs theo... |
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Learning Outcomes
After reading this chapter, you should be able to answer these questions:
- How does conflict arise in organizations?
- How do you recognize and respond to cultural differences in negotiation and bargaining strategies?
Exploring Managerial Careers
Conflict at Google
Over the ... |
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How do you recognize and resolve short- and long-term conflicts among group members and among groups?
By any standard of comparison, conflict in organizations represents an important topic for managers. Just how important it is can be seen in the results of a study ... |
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How does conflict arise in organizations?
Here we will examine two aspects of the conflict process. First, several factors that have been found to contribute to conflict will be identified. After this, a model of conflict processes in organizations will be reviewed.
Why Organiza... |
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When and how do you negotiate, and how do you achieve a mutually advantageous agreement?
We have discovered that conflict is pervasive throughout organizations and that some conflict can be good for organizations. People often grow and learn from conflict, as long as the conflic... |
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How do you recognize and respond to cultural differences in negotiation and bargaining strategies?
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Key Terms:
Administrative orbiting An ineffective strategy for resolving conflict.
Affective conflict Seen in situations where two individuals simply don’t get along with each other.
BATNA An acronym popularised by Roger Fisher and William Ury which stands for ‘Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement’... |
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The purpose of this textbook is to facilitate your capacity for scholarly writing. No one is born a good writer: writing is a journey that takes skill and practice. Part of this journey involves learning to read and understand scholarly writing, becoming information literate, unde... |
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When you first enter university, you may be unfamiliar with scholarly writing. This genre of writing is associated with post-secondary education and many academic fields including nursing. When learning to write in a scholarly way, it is important to consider both the content of y... |
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Scholarly writing is a form of communication and a necessary skill that is important to the nurse’s role as a clinician, professional, a leader, a scholar, an educator, and an advocate. As a student, developing skills in scholarly writing will help prepare y... |
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This chapter has provided a brief introduction to scholarly writing and its importance to the nursing profession. You will recognize that becoming a scholarly writer is a journey that evolves over the course of your post-secondary nursing program and your career as a nurse. You may be at the beginn... |
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Annotating involves physically adding notes to the text that you are reading. As a nursing student, you are expected to read all sorts of unfamiliar texts detailing thought-provoking, upsetting, interesting, and important information that will influence how you think and how you practice as a nurse. The... |
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Dialectic just means a dialogue
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Reading as a writer and reading critically are helpful when entering into a scholarly discussion with a text. It begins with learning to think critically . Check out the video below and consider: What new ideas were presented that will help you get more out of your assigned readings?
“ Reading a... |
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When you critique a text, you evaluate it, ask it questions. Some people think of critique as being negative or mean, but in the academic sense, doing a critique is not the least bit negative. Rather, it’s a constructive way to explore and understand the material you’re working with. The origin o... |
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Whenever you finish a bit of reading, it’s worth taking time to stop and reflect on it. Part of your reflection should involve concisely summarizing the main points. This summarizing will help you think about the content and what it means to you, and also help you remember the main point... |
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Sometimes reading may seem difficult, you might have trouble getting started, or other challenges will surface. Here are some troubleshooting ideas —click on the ones that apply to you and check out the suggestions.
The original version of this chapter contained H5P content. You may wa... |
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Now that you have been briefly introduced to scholarly writing, it is important to reflect on your own reading and comprehension skills—these skills are important to develop in order to advance your scholarly writing capacity.
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Every time you read, you’re exposed to someone else’s ideas and their style of writing: word choice, vocabulary, knowledge base, use of language, etc. Reading can make you a better writer . Think about what makes a piece of writing compelling, engaging, believable, and rigorous versus dull, un... |
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Stop for a moment and think about yourself and the act of reading. Whether you read headlines or social media posts on a smartphone, or love to settle in with the Sunday paper, or devour stacks of hard-copy books, or read only when forced to, what does reading look like for you?
Ch... |
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So, you have found the best place and the best time for you to do your reading, but “Oh no!” you become consumed with the YouTube clip showing goats yelling “Ahhh!” … and then, of course, you decide to check up on your friends’ social media pages and some memes to cheer you up.
It happens to... |
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Over the course of your program, you will use a variety of learning styles. It is useful to think about your preferences for certain learning styles, but also be open to all learning styles so that you can become a better reader and better writer.
Do you prefer reading text, looking at images... |
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In university nursing programs, much of your time will be spent interacting with texts of all types, lengths, and delivery methods. In academic terms, text refers to anything that conveys a set of meanings to the person who examines and/or creates it. You might have thought... |
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You should start with pre-reading before you do an in-depth read of the text. Pre-reading will give you an overall picture of what to expect and what the author wants you to know at the end of the reading. Before you begin, develop a clear purpose for your reading. Consider the purpose with... |
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Now that your pre-reading is done, you have an overall sense of what to expect when you read the text in full. What’s involved in doing a close reading of the full text? Keep reading and you’ll find out.
Close reading
Close reading allows you to concentrate and make decisions about wha... |
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As a rule, Wikipedia and other “Wiki” sources are not acceptable sources for university work. The beauty of Wikipedia is its egalitarianism —it’s billed as a public encyclopedia for everyone. The problem with this is that anyone can create a Wikipedia entry and anyone can edit... |
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In this chapter, you have learned about information literacy and how to recognize when information is needed. Searching and finding various sources of information and learning how to evaluate them are important skills to develop. Even if a journal is identified as peer-reviewed, it is important to ... |
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You probably know the words “information” and “literacy,” but the term information literacy may be unfamiliar. Simply put, information literacy means having the skills to competently evaluate various types of knowledge. See Figure 3.1 .
Figure 3.1: Information Literacy
Becoming infor... |
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Finding and using quality texts is an important component of information literacy and vital to nursing and other health-related practices. For example, if you are learning to take blood pressure, you should read a text authored by someone who has expertise in doing so and is familiar with the best ev... |
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Many written assignments in your nursing program will require you to research your topic before drafting and writing your paper. Although researching a topic is not the main focus of this book, here are a few ideas related to this stage of your journey to becoming a writer:
- Consult library ... |
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Search operators are tools to help you optimize your searches. Senior-level students will tell you that they wished they had known about this in year one .
Figure 3.5 : Senior student using search operators
Search operators including Boolean operators (AND, OR, and NOT) as well as truncation and q... |
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Evaluating your sources is critical to the process of academic research. One common tool is called CRAAP . Yes, you read that correctly! The CRAAP test is an evaluation tool that helps you determine a source’s quality and provides you with a way to analyze your sources and determine if they are ... |
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Earlier, you read the term “ peer review ”—this term is probably new to you. Peer review means that experts have anonymously reviewed, critiqued, and recommended (or not recommended) an article for publication. It is important to know what this term means, because you should incorporate peer-... |
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In addition to scholarly sources, popular sources and grey literature are other types of information that you may review and consider using in your writing. See Table 3.3.
Table 3.3: Other sources of information
| Type | Examples | When to use |
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Popular sources
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Scholarly sources can be classified into primary sources and secondary sources. See Table 3.4 .
In nursing, primary sources are typically used because they are a direct source as opposed to what might be referred to as second-hand information (secondary source). In scholarly writing,... |
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You now have an initial understanding of the types of writing that may be required of you during your post-secondary nursing program. When starting an assignment, the first thing you should do is closely read the assignment guidelines (and the marking rubric if you are provided one). You need to kn... |
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Now that you have had the opportunity to develop your skills related to reading and comprehension and information literacy, it is time to shift to writing. In your post-secondary nursing program, you will be expected to engage in a variety of types of writing .
Early on in your academic ... |
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What it is?
Have you ever been asked to describe or summarize a text?
In descriptive writing , you describe or write a summary of a text you’ve read. This type of writing usually does not include your personal opinion or critique. Rather, it focuses on a summary of what the authors said.
You wi... |
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What it is?
Have you ever been asked to reflect on a text or an experience?
Reflective writing is used by different healthcare professions in various ways, but all reflective writing requires that you think deeply and critically about an experience or a text. At the centre of reflective writing ... |
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What it is?
Have you ever been asked to analyze a text or an experience or a concept?
There are many types of analytical writing , but fundamentally it involves a detailed examination of multiple elements related to your topic. The purpose of the analysis is clarify a complex topic: if there was... |
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What it is?
Have you ever been asked to persuade a reader in your writing?
Persuasive writing is a genre of writing that is intended to convince, motivate, or move readers toward a certain point of view or opinion. This is a common genre of writing in nursing, a profession that is committed to p... |
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What it is?
Have you ever been asked to write in a critical manner?
Critical writing involves critical thinking . This type of thinking develops over the course of your university program and involves learning to evaluate and reconstruct your thinking and ideas in the context of other peoples’ thi... |
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What it is?
Have you ever been asked to write an editorial?
When you are asked to write an editorial, you are expected to share your educated opinion on a current and often controversial or debated topic or issue. It is sometimes referred to as an opinion or perspective piece, but what distinguis... |
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What it is?
A literature review involves summarizing what is known about a particular topic based on your examination of existing scholarly sources. You may be asked to write a literature review as a stand-alone assignment or as part of a larger assignment or research project. It will provide yo... |
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There are many words that are commonly confused and used inappropriately. Click on the words below if you struggle with them or are curious about which to use and in which context.
The original version of this chapter contained H5P content. You may want to remove or replace this element.
Ac... |
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"title": "5.2: Other Grammar and Style Tips",
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You probably learned a lot about grammar and style rules before entering post-secondary school. Clauses, contractions, modifiers, comma splice – is this sounding familiar?
This section reviews some common errors that instructors see in papers written by nursing students. Check out Tabl... |
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This chapter has helped you refine your writing skills. You learned to reflect on the audience and purpose of your writing, as well as the point of view and tone of your writing. You also considered sentence and paragraph construction, language, and grammar. It will take practice and time to refine... |
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"title": "5.6: Audience and Reader",
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During your university education, you will be expected to write a variety of assignments. Your instructor is always your reader, but your instructor is not necessarily your audience. Your audience is the person or group that you are trying to influence . For example, you may be asked to choose ... |
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You should identify your purpose before you start writing. This purpose will guide your writing process and your decisions about how to write and what to include. Sometimes your instructor will provide a purpose for your writing. Other times, your purpose will depend on what effect you want your wr... |
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"title": "5.8: Point of View and Pronouns",
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Point of view (PoV) is the perspective used when writing a text. PoV is best understood through pronoun usage and described as first person, second person, or third person . See Table 5.1 about the use of PoV.
Table 5.1: Use of PoV
| PoV | Examples | When it is used in nursing |
|---|---... |
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"title": "5.9: Tone of Writing",
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Tone of writing identifies a writer’s attitude toward a subject or audience. It influences the message as well as the audience’s mood and receptiveness.
In conversation, you can usually determine a person’s tone quite easily based on the speaker’s pitch, speed, and loudness of their voice. A friend... |
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You should construct your paragraphs and sentences with intention because these elements are the building blocks of scholarly writing. Plan your writing by briefly outlining the main idea of each paragraph. Each paragraph should convey one main point, usually identified in the ... |
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Your choice of words while writing a paper is important because it influences a reader’s interpretation of the meaning.
Choose clear and specific words. Avoid broad and general terms, such as government or hospitals , which can be ambiguous. Use more specific language. For example, you ... |
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The field of nursing is orientated toward social justice, so it is important to be attentive to the power and use of language. Use respectful and inclusive language that is not oppressive.
Figure 5.3 : Respectful and inclusive language
Labels are words and phrases that describe a... |
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"title": "6.1: Organizing and Connecting Ideas",
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Now that you have refined your topic a bit more, you can start organizing how your ideas will support your main idea or thesis. Start looking for connections as you develop a formal outline or roadmap for your paper. Having an outline and imagining how your paper will flow from one ... |
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Outlining is a useful pre-writing tool once you are at the stage where you know your topic well or at least know the areas you want to explore. It provides a map of what your paper will look like, including its components.
Traditional outline
A traditional outline (see Figure 6.7 ) uses a num... |
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This chapter has advanced your understanding of the writing process. You have now reflected on drafting and refining a thesis and the main point of your writing. A good thesis statement takes time to develop and requires several iterations. You have also had the opportunity to consider how to devel... |
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This chapter will introduce you to the writing process: the steps involved between receiving an assignment from your instructor to handing in your paper. Figure 6.1 illustrates the writing process.
Figure 6.1: The writing process
A successful writing project includes the following pha... |
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Now that you have a basic understanding of the writing process, what are the first steps when starting to write a paper? First step: read the assignment guidelines carefully . Second step: think about YOU in relation to the topic .
Step 1: Review assignment guidelines
- Highlight the key points ... |
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There is no one right way to begin the writing journey. You might be given a topic or be instantly inspired by a topic. You might dive right in by writing complete sentences and paragraphs, or start with some brainstorming or freewriting. Some people choose their strategy based on the ... |
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After doing some researching and brainstorming, you have finally chosen one main idea (or closely related group of ideas) out of all of your possible ideas to focus on. Congratulations! Now, you need to decide what you want to say about it. If applicable, you may want to develop a working the... |
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When writing an essay, you must focus on a main idea . This idea will stem from a topic you have chosen or been assigned or from a question your instructor has asked. It is not enough merely to discuss a general topic or answer with a yes or no: you will need to form an opinion and t... |
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The following are good examples of strong thesis statements.
Thesis statement 1
To plan and fund healthcare, local health networks are better at improving the patient experience and access to care than a large central body.
Thesis statement 2
Positioning clients with acu... |
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