Analyzing Personal Struggle and Exploring Discourse Analysis: Implications for Nursing Practice

Identifying Contradictions and Tensions

2.Analyzing Personal Struggle

Identify contradictions and tensions relevant to the event

Discuss complexity by considering the meaning the writer attributes to the interaction and how it may differ from that of others involved

Discuss the dilemma as a result of the interactive event

Analyze how this event could possibly have ensued differently

Consider the impact of power and how this has influenced interaction during the event

 

3.Exploring Discourse Analysis

Identify two chosen discourses (see Giddings et al.)

Examine why you chose these two particular discourses with respect to others noted by Giddings et al.

Summarize how the chosen discourses shaped and structured how you understood the event

Analyze how these are competing discourses and contributed to your distress

Discuss how examining these discourses provided a helpful tool to make sense of the event

 

4.Implications for Nursing Practice

Examine how the chosen discourses uncovered a sense of vulnerability within the self as a nurse

If a similar event should recur in your nursing practice, explore how you would respond after completing this analysis

Discuss implications this analysis had for your growth and development as a nurse, both professionally and personally