Introduction and Methods

Introduction Abortion a very big controversial issue at hand, but many people forget the importance in safety of abortion and how emergency contraception plays a part. About 88% of women who are treated for an abortion are less than 13 weeks pregnant. Of these women, 97% have no further complications prior. The 2.5% that do, can be treated for at a medical facility or abortion office. The 0.5% with more serious complications require additional surgery and/or hospitalization. Safety for abortion seems to be located where illegal abortion is common. As for emergency contraception, including the brands Plan-B One Step and Next Choice One Dose, are up to 89% effective when taken within a 72 hour period, but are less effective as time passes. While there are many types of emergency contraception, none are 100% effective. Certain pills contain specific hormone antagonists that can make the pill more or less effective for chances of getting pregnant. Methods Methods used were SurveyMonkey taken by classmates to find out effectiveness of contraceptives and abortion. Interview done on two people. One who has had an abortion and one who has taken an emergency contraceptive.

Rhetorical Moves In Powerpoint Articles

The purpose for both of these articles was to argue how specific designs and way of displaying the powerpoint for a certain subject is important in remembering and retaining the information given in the presentation. They both present pros and cons of powerpoint presentations in an organized manner for the reader's understanding. The audience is for people who frequently use Powerpoint for learning, teaching, and informative purposes. "PowerPoint and Sentence Headings" gives the reader a lot of images within the article. This can help provide a stronger argument and visual for the reader. It also includes examples on how to properly design and present an effective PowerPoint. The second article, "Is There Power in the PowerPoint?", gives data tables and go into more research for its argument. Both articles present their arguments at different points of view with different forms of organization.

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Topic Proposal

The topic I have chosen for the third writing assignment is safety of abortions and effectiveness on emergency contraception. This is an important topic because it is a specific area of scientific research that can relate to people of various ages. It is also important because legalized abortion and emergency contraception is still a very controversial topic within the United States.

My two research questions are:
Can we increase the safety of abortions?
Is emergency contraception effective? (and does this correlate with those who go on to have abortions)

I plan on conducting an interview/survey with five people. Two people who have had a early and late abortion, one person who has used emergency contraception that has not worked and the results after, one person who has used emergency contraception once, and one person who has used emergency contraception multiple times.
I will also do a small survey in class to see what people know about abortion and their opinions/choices on the different types of group views pertaining to abortion and emergency contraception.

The interview will be done on a few people of different ages. These various surveys will help my research with actual examples and thus, give me real views and opinions on what people think and know about this topic. I will then be able to back my research with these personal interviews/surveys.

Topic and Research Questions

My topic for this paper is on legalized abortion. The two questions I have to choose from my gap in my previous paper are 1. Can we increase the safety of abortions? and 2. Is emergency contraception effective? (and does this correlate with those who go on to have abortions).

First Draft of Literature Review

Legalized Abortion

            Why is legalized abortion such a controversial issue? Is it a human at conception or not until the fetus is fully developed? Is taking away abortion also taking away a woman’s right to her body and choice? These are just some of the common strongly debated questions asked since the legalization of abortion on January 22, 1973. Since the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, abortion has become a much divided opinion for everyone. Forty-three years later, eight Supreme Court justices are hearing arguments in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, the Texas abortion case that will determine the fate of reproductive rights in America.  

Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, and Feminist View

            One of the biggest reasons abortion has come into question on its legalization, is because of the very large, active opposing or supporting movements arguing their views on the topic. The Pro-Life movement within the United States was created to protest abortion legalization. This is a social and political anti-abortion movement that has brought rise to a different understanding of abortion. Their stance is that abortion is killing of an innocent human who does not have the ability to make a choice in the matter (Githens, McBride-Stetson, 7). “Because the pro-life movement grounded its arguments in the language of human value and constitutional rights, it was able to attract a politically and religiously diverse coalition that actually gained strength over time,” (Williams).

  Feminist viewpoint has also had similar opinions on the issue of abortion. Feminism is a philosophy that embraces basic rights for all humans without exception (Foster). Early American feminist, Susan B. Anthony argued, “Perhaps there will come a day when...an unmarried mother will not be despised because of her motherhood...and when the right of the unborn to be born will not be denied or interfered with” (Foster). Despise the few rights early American woman had during this time, feminists in the 1800s still believed in the worth of all human lives. What early feminists called a horrible crime, the second wave of feminists prior to the 1970’s saw differently. The second feminist movement began to embrace abortion as the most fundamental right of a woman (Foster). Roe v. Wade pro-abortion attorney, Sarah Weddington, argued the discrimination and other injustices women had to face while being pregnant and going to school or being poor. She did not state that these injustices be improved, but instead, “Demanded for women the “right” to submit to these injustices by destroying their pregnancies…that women need “relief” from pregnancy, instead of arguing that women need relief from these injustices” (Foster). This argument alone changed many women’s opposition solely in the relation to discriminating. The outcome of the court case is also where a large amount of women turn to pro-choice (Githens, McBride-Stetson, 10).

The pro-choice movement is a sociopolitical movement supporting women’s legal right to an elective abortion or to their body choices (Githens, McBride-Stetson, 11). Unlike the pro-life movement, the pro-choice movement supports abortion to the extent that it is the woman’s right to her body choices. This also is implying how pro-choice does not believe that it is a killing of another human being. Pro-life defines the fetus as a living human being at the start of conception (Williams). These opposite understandings of pregnancy is one on of the most important reasons as to why abortion is such a controversial and continually rising issue in the United States.

Policies and Medical Views

            There are many state and federal policies for abortion within the United States. NAF State Policy Department works to ensure that voices of the patients and providers are heard at a state level (Education and Advocacy). “More than 500 bills limiting women’s access to abortion are filed in state legislatures every year, and more than 350 anti-choice bills have become law in the past decade,” (Education and Advocacy). This has become another issue on how abortion is being attacked in the U.S. In the last three years, more than 200 anti-abortion laws were enacted at the state level (Githlens, McBride-Setson, 20). Many of these laws are called Targeted Regulations of Abortion Providers, or TRAP laws (Education and Advocacy). The National Abortion Federation State Policy Department continues to fight to stop anti-choice legislators from trying to pass these “unconstitutional” and to bring help more access for abortion to all women.

While State laws are only legal within each state, federal policies are being made to further defend and expand women’s access to providers through government relations. “Introduced in November of last year by pro-choice champions in the House and Senate, the Women’s Health Protection act would create Federal protections against TRAP laws and other anti-abortion laws,” (Education and Advocacy).

Medically, both the fetus and the newborn certainly are human beings and potential persons, but neither is a ‘person’ in the sense of ‘subject of a moral right to life’ (Minerva). They are potential persons in a sense that they can develop those properties to make them ‘persons’, or at which they will be able to appreciate their own life. “The alleged right of individuals (such as fetuses and newborns) to develop their potentiality….is over-ridden by the interests of actual people (parents, family, society) to pursue their own well-being…merely potential people cannot be harmed by not being brought into existence” (Minerva). Many medical professionals have recognized the need for guidelines in hopeless prognosis cases where abortion is the best interest instead of a newborn experiencing unbearable suffering (Githens, McBride-Stetson, 26).

Effects of Abortion v. Miscarriage

            There are many side effects that can come with having an abortion. It is also different for every patient and can become long-term or severe. The possibility that abortion can lead to mental consequences has been widely investigated in the last few years (Bellieni, Buonocore). Depression, anxiety disorders (e.g. post-traumatic stress disorder), and substance abuse disorders are among the most common studied outcome. “The same concerns apply also to miscarriage...therefore psychological support has been advocated for women who experience a fetal loss, either induced or involuntary” (Bellieni, Buonocore). More studies have shown that in comparing abortion and miscarriage effects, higher risk of suicide ideation, depression, substance abuse, anxiety, and risk of subsequently low self-esteem are from patients who have gotten an abortion. A big difference in effects is abortion seems to have more long-term effects while miscarriage has more short-term (Bellieni, Buonocore).  Although these studies have shown a variety of effects, almost ninety-five percent of women who have gotten an abortion say that it was the right decision and they do not regret it (Githens, McBride-Stetson, 31).

Conclusion

Abortion has become a very controversial issue since its legalization. While there are many opinions, whether religious, medical, or political, there seems to be no ‘correct’ answer to if it is morally right. A woman who chooses to have an abortion does so for many different reasons based on her individual circumstance. One in three women will have an abortion by age forty-five because of the safest medical procedure provided in the United States. Although abortion is being strongly fought against continuously, it still remains legal and accessible in the U.S. for all women today.

           

           

References

Bellieni, C. V., MD, & Buonocore, G., Md, PhD. (2013, July 16). Abortion and

Subsequent Mental Health: Review of the Literature. Retrieved March 09, 2016, from

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pcn.12067/full#pcn12067-bib-0042

Education & Advocacy – National Abortion Federation. (1996, September). Retrieved March

 08, 2016, from http://prochoice.org/education-and-advocacy/

Foster, S. M. (2015, January 07). The Feminist Case Against Abortion. Retrieved March 09,

            2016, from http://americamagazine.org/issue/feminist-case-against-abortion

Githens, Marianne, and Dorothy McBride-Stetson. "Abortion Politics." Public Policy in Cross-Cultural Perspective.  (2010): 1-31. Web.

 Retrieved 09 Mar. 2016.

Minerva, F., Dr. (2012, February 23). After-birth abortion: Why should the baby live? Retrieved

 March 09, 2016, from http://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2012/03/01/medethics-2011-100411.full

Williams, D. K. (2016, January 4). What You Don't Know About the Abortion Fight Before Roe

            v. Wade. Retrieved March 09, 2016, from http://time.com/4154084/anti-abortion-pre-roe/

Assignment 2 Outline

Introduction:
a. I will begin by introducing my topic, which is, 'Why is abortion such a controversial  issue?' I will explain it's importance in the world and how it is a fast growing issue. I will most importantly not bring in a biased opinion on the topic.

b. I will then provide background information on abortion since it's legalization in the 1970s.

Section I:  The Different Views on Abortion

a. Pro-Life
b. Pro-Choice
c. Feminist viewpoint

Section II: Political vs. Medical Views

a. Political reasoning behind legalization (How media effects it)
b. Medical reasoning behind abortion (View on where conception starts)

Section III: Effects on Abortion

a. Facts on effects after abortion, such as depression, anxiety, mental illness, etc.
b. Include study shown on effects of multiple women who have gotten an abortion

Conclusion: What have I concluded based on the background and history of abortion
a. Bring back the opinions and views in section I and II to see why it is so controversial based on religion, freedom of choice, and other hindering reasoning
b. Conclude on medical and political reasoning behind abortion

Synthesis Chart

Topics Sources	Abortion facts And importance	Different sides on Abortion	Political views on Abortion	Medical views on Abortion	After effects on Abortion
Foster, S. (2015).		Feminist opinions changing over time. First wave of feminists went against abortion. Second wave was pro-choice.	Pro-choice and reasons behind them.
Williams, D. (2016).		Pro-life group started by Catholic protesters. Religious oppositions.	Media portray can effect thoughts and opinions.
National Abortion Federation. (2016).	Made abortion legal in 1973 during Wade vs. Roe court case. Medical abortion is taking pills to kill the baby. Surgical abortion is emptying the uterus with medical instruments			95-98% effective. There is first-trimester abortion and abortion after 12 weeks.	Heavy periods
Bellieni, C. Buonocore, G. (2013).					Gives various studies on information on a patient and the abortion along with outcomes. Outcomes include depression, anxiety, mental illness, substance abuse, PTSD, etc.
Githens, M. McBride-Stetson, D. (2010).	Implementation plays an important role. Pressures on opinions on abortion effect the quality care and availability.	Pro-life views and Pro-choice views.	It is a very hard subject to decide on. It is a woman’s independent body.	Some doctors conclude that life begins at conception.
Minvera, F. (2012).	Abortion is largely accepted even for reasons that do not have anything to do with the fetus’ health.	Fetuses and newborns do not have the same moral status as actual persons, Fetuses and newborns are morally equivalent, or they are both potential persons.		Some medical professionals recognized guidelines in which death seems to be in the best interest for the child in severe cases.

Article Summaries: Why is Abortion such a controversial topic?

Foster, S. (2015). The Feminist Case Against Abortion: Recovering the Pro-Life Roots of the Women's Movement.
Retrieved from http://americamagazine.org/issue/feminist-case-against-abortion

• The objectives/research questions of this article is if all feminist support or do not support abortion and why.
• The main results and conclusions were that not all feminist support abortion but was strongly accepted very early in the 1800s.
• The methods used in this article was bringing in facts from early years on how feminists looked at abortion and historical women figures that gave attention to abortion.The article then began to turn to the modern woman and the controversies on the difference in what many women think about abortion today.
• This source is relevant to my topic because it gives an opinion on abortion from an important group of women who have a lot of history within the United States.

Williams, D. (2016). Time Magazine: What You Don't Know About the Abortion Fight Before Roe vs. Wade.

Retrieved from http://time.com/4154084/anti-abortion-pre-roe/

• The objectives/research questions of this article is are there other contributing factors to the decisions made during the supreme court's legalizing of abortion within the U.S.
• The main results and conclusions were that the pro-life fight against abortion would not have stood a chance against the raise in the sexual revolution, feminist movement, and the social changes during the 1960's. 
• The methods used in this article was researching the views on the groups of people mainly involved in this case to come up with conclusions to the decision made.
• This source is relevant to my topic because it tells me how the legalization of abortion was determined and how people felt about the issue.

National Abortion Federation. (2016). Abortion Facts.

Retrieved from http://prochoice.org/education-and-advocacy/about-abortion/abortion-facts/

• The objectives/research questions of this page were the basic what abortion is and abortion care.
• The main results and conclusions were very carefully researched information on everything a woman needs to know about abortion and signs of pregnancy. It also gives the history on abortion as well.
• The methods used on this page was to give a fact sheets and organized sections on each topic of abortion.
• This source is relevant to my topic because it gives extremely detailed information on abortion without bias. This will help me get a very good background on just abortion alone.

Bellieni, C, MD, Buonocore, G, MD, PhD. (2013). Abortion and Subsequent Mental Care:Review of the Literature.

Retrieved from  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pcn.12067/full

• The objectives/research questions of this article was to answer the health risks and factors that come with abortion. 
• The main results and conclusions were that abortion can cause depression, mental illness, anxiety, infection of the uterus, and damage to the tissue.
• The methods used in this article was giving abortion background and then providing in methods and results of abortions with provided examples of real abortion clients.
• This source is relevant to my topic because it provides me with the effects that come with abortion and will help me see more reason why it is so controversial.

Bachiochi, E. (2005). How Abortion Hurts Women: The Hard Proof.

Retrieved from http://www.catholiceducation.org/en/controversy/abortion/how-abortion-hurts-women-the-hard-proof.html

• The objectives/research questions of this article were if and how abortions hurt women.
• The main results and conclusions were that abortion has many side effects in physical and mental health.
• The methods used in this article were to bring in the pro-life and pro-choice arguments and then explaining their backgrounds. The article would also give research in health in great length.
• This source is relevant to my topic because it gives more background on the different arguments in abortion to show more reasons why it is a growing issue.

Minerva, F. Dr. (2012). The Journal of Medical Ethics. After-birth Abortion; Why Should the Child Live?

Retrieved from http://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2012/03/01/medethics-2011-100411.full

• The objectives/research questions of the journal were to explain why babies should not be aborted.
• The main results and conclusions were that the newborn and fetus are morally equivalent.
• The methods used in this article was to give research and scientific facts on the fetus and pregnancy and conclude that abortion is basically wrong.
• This source is relevant to my topic because it gives me facts about the fetus and medical observations on pregnancy and abortion. 

Topic Proposal

My topic proposal:   Why is abortion such a controversial issue?

I choose this topic, because abortion is one of the biggest topics/issues in the United States today. I think it will provide a lot of sources and information for the topic. My four sources are:

-http://prochoice.org/education-and-advocacy/about-abortion/abortion-facts/

-http://time.com/4154084/anti-abortion-pre-roe/

-http://americamagazine.org/issue/feminist-case-against-abortion

-https://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_induced_abortion.html?gclid=Cj0KEQiAxrW2BRCFidKbqKyq1YEBEiQAnMDWxpOAP6JQGIfRiVjh89uQlRVO-CKUNC15-FeHSs_ESO4aArR28P8HAQ

Exercise 2

I choose to use my essay in my Introduction to Literature I wrote last semester for my quote analysis. In the essay I would bring in specific quotes from a poem read in class to come up with an arguable and significant claim about technology and its influence/roll of a given community.

 The first quote I have chosen is, "Thy black cylindric body, golden brass and silvery steel, Thy ponderous sidebars, parallel and connecting rods, gryating, shuttling at thy sides." I used this quote to to get my point across that the poet is showing that locomotives are becoming a growing competition and are made indestructible. I brought this quote in after I described what the poet's thoughts were on trains and then explained what the poet wanted the reader to think at the end.

The second quote I used was, "Thy train of cars behind, obedient, merrily following, Through gale or calm, now swift, now slack, yet steadily careering." I used this quote to explain the idea the poet gives on the journeys trains take, that life is circled around transporting people and goods continuously. I said my thoughts first and then brought the quote in to further get my point across. After the quote, I said my opinion on what the poet was referring to and how trains were used back in the 1800's when this specific poem was published.

In the essay I made sure each quote I used to build an arguable thesis was connected to my opinions and made sense to the reader. A lot of my essay had to do with quoting and 'The Art of Quoting' helped me see how I can quote better to bring in a stronger stance in my papers later on.

Peer Review Evaluation

I found the peer review very useful. My peers were very specific on what I needed to fix in my paper. It helped me see things that could use improvement that I didn't at first. There wasn't anything I disliked about it. The reviews were also better to have on the blog under my first draft, so I could be able to look back at them and then see where specifically the review was talking about in the paper.

I was very happy we were able to have a conference with the instructor. This helped me get a better idea on what I should have in my paper. I found it extremely helpful to learn how to format my paper correctly during the conference and get the paper emailed back to me after it was fixed. I also found the side comments helped give good feedback on areas in my paper I needed to change. Overall, I found this to be the best way for me to fix my mistakes correctly and to learn how to create a well written paper. The only thing I disliked was the conflicting time schedule with other student's conferences and my own.

First Paper Rough Draft

Writing as a Nurse Practitioner

            A nurse practitioner is an advanced registered practice nurse. This is “one step up” from a regular registered nurse, given the two extra years of graduate school taken to become a nurse practitioner. The difference in registered nurses and nurse practitioners are very big (Exploring Health Careers). Nurse practitioners are able to build their own practice, diagnose and treat common illness, prescribe medication and therapies, provide immunization, perform physical exams, order labs, analyze lab results, authorize treatments and much more that a registered nurse isn’t authorized to do (Nurse Practitioner).

In the field of nursing, writing is something done daily. Many writings for nurses include non-academic charting, case studies, and care plans. For nurse practitioners, this is not the case. Nurse practitioners do write non-academic charts, notes, and emails to patients, but they also make legal documents for patients, and write academic articles and journals on their practices (Research, 2012).

Non-Academic Writing

            I interviewed Jodi Best, a nurse practitioner who has gotten her BSN, MSN, Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), and Family Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Nurse practitioners have a lot more writing and examining to do on their patients, than a nurse does. For example, when asked how after Jodi writes in a day, she explains:

“About 30-40% of my day.  I am always checking email throughout the day and answering it.  I see patients at different locations every day, and then I do a report /progress note on each patient.  They are longer then a basic note that a provider would write about a patient at the doctor office, for something like a sore throat.  If it’s the first time I see them it is a full Psychiatric evaluation, which often can be 4 pages long.”

            There are different types of nurse practitioners, such as pediatric, women’s health care, acute care, neonatal, adult, and family nurse practitioners. Jodi is a family nurse practitioner, so she mainly sees and treats children. Some of the non-academic writing she does for her adolescent patients include “letters to teachers, schools when I feel they need more help or specific accommodations for anxiety, ADHD, etc. during their school day. I am on a few committees here at work so have to write documents at times for those.”

            Another common way nurse practitioners and nurses use non-academic writing, is the progress note. This is an accurate and unbiased document of the patient’s medical history and newly found symptoms for diagnosis. When asking Jodi about this, she referred to it as a SOAP note.

 “S-subjective –what the patient tells me about their symptoms, response to medications I am prescribing, etc.   O-my objective observations such as vital signs, and a mental status exam.  On occasion I do a physical exam for inpatient crisis unit.  A-Assessment- what I see as the provider and I include the patient’s prognosis at that appointment.  P-plan- medications, recommendations for therapy or other services, community resources, and LOTS of patient education that I document I have done.”

            Evaluations are another form of non-academic writing that need to be carefully documented. This means documenting the patient’s symptoms, context of the symptoms, how long they have had them, and if the patient meets the criteria for a certain diagnosis. These evaluations are very important in the medical field and must be written carefully and precisely (Carryer, 2007).

Academic Writing

            There are many academic writings in the nurse practitioner field. One of the main topics in research articles by nurse practitioners and doctors right now is if nurse practitioners and physicians are becoming a growing competition towards each other.

“Across the country, nurse practitioners and family physicians work together in practices where their skills complement each other. At the same time, some doctors argue that, without ready access to supervising physicians, nurse practitioners are likely to order more tests and consultations and be quicker to admit patients to the hospital, thereby driving up health care costs.” (Flanagan, 1998)

            A randomized trial between August 1995 and October 1997 compared this thesis by sending patients to a nurse practitioner or physician to see whether care given by either was superior and more cost efficient. This included charts, prescriptions given, and outcomes patients had throughout. The research article concluded that only hypertension in patients given care by a nurse practitioner were rather lower than a physician’s (Mundinger, 2000).

            When asking Jodi her hardest academic writing she has had to do during her time as a nurse practitioner, she began to explain her work on a template for a patient being diagnosed in order to come up with a plan of care. “The template includes many of the different areas that must be documented for legal purposes or billing purposes so it helps all of us be very complete on our documentation.  I had each of the other providers look at them and agree with it before we put them into practice.”

Conclusion

            Being in the medical field requires a lot of writing every day, whether it be charting exact observations and emailing updates on patient care, to researching and writing academic research articles on medicine. Learning to write in a professional manner is so important in communication with other medical staff or providers. It is extremely important to be able to write concisely and accurately

Being able to articulate what you want to say to others or what they need to know is vital as a professional.  Especially in nursing field, when they often are documenting patient information.  But also as a team player in a hospital or clinic setting, communication skills via writing are a must.

Interview Summary and Source Analysis

I interviewed a nurse practitioner named Jodi, who is also a graduate student. Because my major is nursing, I felt that this would be a good source. Being a graduate student means having to write a lot of papers, which helped greatly in my interviewing questions. I started off by asking Jodi how long she has worked in her profession and where her current job is to get to know her better for myself and the reader. I then began to ask how much she writes in a day and what types of genres she uses to do so. More importantly, I asked what the most common genre of writing she uses is, who she writes for, and who sees it. Lastly, I concluded with asking how being a graduate student and having to write a lot helped her to how she writes for her job to this day. Jodi gave me greatly detailed answers to the questions I had for her, which helped me to better understand the writing position a nurse practitioner has. She included humor in her descriptions and good examples of some of the papers she has had to write throughout the years in graduate school. Another thing Jodi told me in the interview was what not to do while writing emails, papers, etc. for her job and for common situations that do not involve being a nurse practitioner. After the interview I felt like I had a good deal of information on the subject for me to start my paper. Jodi has helped me see that being a nurse practitioner, or even a nurse, means that everyday involves some form of writing to communicate with others. There is always a certain genre on how to do it in the many different situations nursing majors have to go through in order to get their degree and to do well in their job.

My first source is a scholarly article by multiple doctors called "Primary Care Outcomes in Patients by Nurse Practitioners or Physicians". This article compares the work a nurse practitioner does to a physician. I figured this would be a good article to use as a source, because both jobs have major writing requirements. The second source I have chosen is a nonacademic article titled "Nurse Practitioners: Growing Competition for Family Physicians?". I chose this article, because it shows bias from the author, but gives good examples on what a nurse practitioner's job is. The third source I have is an academic journal called "What's an NP?", which gives description of some tasks a nurse practitioner has to do daily. These sources give me a good idea on exactly what a nurse practitioner is, what kind of writing tasks they have, and how often they are writing per day. With these sources and interview, I will be able to explain in my paper what the assignment is asking for.

Sources

The sources I have picked are informational and scholarly, showing research on my chosen field as well as giving detailed information on it. The sources I have are both academic and non- academic.  The genre of sources are online articles and journal essays. These sources will help me get a better idea and understanding of my field as well as results in research studied, too.
Academic:
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=192259

https://www.aanp.org/images/documents/about-nps/npfacts.pdf

Non-Academic:
http://explorehealthcareers.org/en/career/75/nurse_practitioner

Writing Assignment 1

The purpose of this Writing Assignment is to not only get a better understanding of the profession I choose, but to familiarize myself in academic and non-academic writing genres within the field. This assignment will also help me see why someone in my profession has chosen these certain genres, prior my interview. The audience will be anyone interested in the profession I have chosen (Medical).
The genre for this assignment will be an informative essay, to give information to those (freshmen) who are interested in gaining a better understanding of the field of study. The stance I would have would be informal. The media will be a typed essay.

Rhetoric Situations

I choose to analyze the presentation I wrote and produced in my Global Economy class I took last year to examine a particular theme that is considered key for the continued functioning of the global economy. The main topic I choose to talk about was water, air, and chemical pollution.  The purpose of this presentation was to define the issue and its importance, and to explain the aspect’s significance, which included economic, social, and environmental effects. After introducing and covering my topic, I then briefly reinforced why the theme matters to the world as a whole – and to the future of the global economy.
The audience was not only my professor, but also my classmates. Because the audience had  knowledge and interest in global economy, it was hard to present a topic that would be new and interesting to everyone in the class. Providing pictures and examples during the presentation for better effect.  Each slide had a certain amount of information shown that the audience could keep up with as I was talking.
The genre of this presentation was done formally and through PowerPoint visualization. This was to provide structure, have an organized order of sections, and to have a good timekeeping strategy for the information given. The stance is shown through a formal tone that lets the audience get an understanding of the topic being presented that gave detail and facts about the topic. I also decided to include an opinionated conclusion to show why my topic in pollution matters in the world.