"Transition in and between Discourse Communities: One Nurse's Struggle"

Terrie Cole

Terri Cole graduated from Rhode Island College in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in English literature and a minor in creative writing. She is 26 years old and currently teaches English at an all girls’ middle school in South Korea. Her academic interests are in composition and rhetoric studies, education and ESL. Her future plans are to apply to graduate school after teaching and traveling.

Contents

Introduction</p

Methods

A Framework for Studying

Writing in Nursing

Change of Shift and Genre

Results

Discussion

Conclusion

Works Cited

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