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.