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Visual Mode of Communication in the Nursing Field

Report on Communication Mode

Rachel E. Tregre

Louisiana State University

Author Note

This paper was written in order to show the visual mode of communication in the nursing field.
The class is taught by Ms. Jean Coco. This draft will be reviewed by Ms. Jean Coco in order to
make the paper better.
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Visual Mode of Communication in the Nursing Field

Report on Communication Mode

Peer Review

In the focus category, I rated myself a 3 because I feel that I know what my topic is about
and am on top of it. For organization, I rate myself a 3 because I feel that my paper is now in the
correct order and is in APA format. In the development category, I rate myself a 2 because I feel
that the flow could improve, but I made my introduction flow more with the leading of the body
paragraphs. The audience would be rated as a 2 and could use some work, but it is getting better.

Preface:

Out of the three body paragraphs that I have wrote about for visual communication, I
choose the Blood and Body Fluid Safety chart. I chose this one because I believe that it gives me
pictures and information about my source, which really helped for the mode, visual. The
revisions I made after my teacher conference, is talked about my other two sources and went
more into detail for the one that I showed during the conference. I feel that everything is
developed better and is clearer. The revisions that I question are if I wrote the paragraphs in the
right order and if I did the rough draft portfolio correctly. The questions I have for my paper is if
if the format is correct. I believe that the format could look a lot smoother and needs more time Commented [JC1]: As I mentioned in class,
and work put into it. Im focusing on content in my review. Refer to
1. It is important to have communication with patients in the nursing field. There are the example I reviewed in class on 3/7 to see if
youve formatted the paper correctly.
various types of communication and it is important for nurses to understand the concept of all of

them, whether it be visual, oral, nonverbal, or written. Visual communication is very helpful for

patients who are deaf, or unable to read, and it is extremely important that hospitals portray

pictures for patients in order to allow them to understand what is going on. If a nurse has poor

communication with their patient, then it can result in bad outcomes for the patient. This is why

it is important that nurses communicate effectively with their patient. In this source, patients that Commented [JC2]: Here you shift the focus
from the introduction to a specific example. How
were on dialysis used cards that had feelings on them in order to show their emotions about can you signal this shift to the reader?
Commented [JC3]: Please include the visual so
being on it. In these findings the patients were worried about money and how important we can see what it looks like. Also discuss the
source of the visual. Who developed it? When?
relationships were. Through these pictures, nurses could help the patients on dialysis by Why?

understanding what they needed and what they wanted. This shows that visual communication is Commented [JC4]: Please cite the research that
produce these findings.
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helpful to patients by allowing them to express their emotions, understand background

information on diagrams (for the ear, nose, and throat), understand blood and body fluid safety,

and how to have safer sex.

2. The audience for the visual text is the ones observing the picture. It is the patients

who come into the doctors office and examine the pictures on the wall when they are waiting for

the doctor to come in. The message the visual picture explains is showing patients the ear, nose,

and throat of our body. It wants readers to have some background information on these things in

order to have an idea of their body parts. The purpose the picture has is to allow the audience to

be able to identify the things the doctor comes in to tell them. For example, if a doctor came in

and told the patient that they had a problem with their cochlea, the patients could read about it

prior to the doctor entering the room and understand that it is the spiral cavity of the inner

ear. This could be helpful by saving time not only for patients, but for the nurse as well. The

picture connects with the audience through logical appeal. Commented [JC5]: This is a strong paragraph
in which you focus on one idea.
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3. The audience for the visual text is the people in your family. It wants the audience to Commented [JC6]: How is this visual used by
nurses in the health care setting?
understand how to inform your family of germs and how easily they can spread from person-to-

person. The message that this text is explaining is steps in order to prevent infectious diseases,

such as HCV, HBV, or HIV. It wants people to understand how easy it is to spread these

infections from not following standard precautions, such as covering a open cut with a bandage.

This would prevent other people from coming into contact with another persons blood. The

purpose that this diagram explains is wanting people to know how important it is to following

these standard precautions and also gives examples on how to teach your children about germs in

fun ways. An example that the source gives is after a child touches something dirty, the parents

could put glitter on their hand, which would act as the germs. They could also make a trail of the

glitter which could show how germ spreads. This would allow children to see how easy germs

are spread in a fun way. The appeal that is made in this source is ethical by showing the good of

following standard precautions and the bad of not following them.

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4. The audience in this visual text is all types of people, either heterosexual, bisexual, or Commented [JC7]: Identify this specific text.
The best way to do this is to create a caption
homosexual. The message of this source is to allow all types of people to understand the concept below the visual so that we know what you are
referring to in the report.
of safe sex. It wants to show people ways to lower the risk of infections during sex and ways in

order to prevent them. The purpose of the essay is to allow patients to know that it is okay for Commented [JC8]: Go into more detail about
the brochure. Are there visuals inside? If so,
them to have sex as long as they use precautions, such as wearing condoms, to prevent these include a picture for the reader.

infections from happening.

5. The common pitfall for the first body paragraph about the ear, nose, and throat chart

would be be miscommunication. It could be miscommunication from the patients coming into

the hospital with a problem and believing they have the same problem as the patient does on

poster. This could lead patients to believing that something more severe is wrong with them than Commented [JC9]: So it seems like maybe
there was a breakdown in communication with
it is. An example would be if a patient looks at the chart and the person on the chart has the nurse not explaining the poster. So do you
mean that sometimes nurses might rely on the
something wrong with their ear, they could believe that they have the same problem if their ear is visual and not explain verbally? You dont need
to restrict the report to just visual. Its okay to
hurting. A common pitfall for the second body paragragraph about the blood and body fluid include comments about verbal communication
that supports visuals.
safety chart would be getting an infection from not following these standard precautions. For Commented [JC10]: You dont need to point
out the paragraph(s), instead speak to the
instance, if a person forgot to wash their hands after contact with blood, they could get an examples.

infection or transfer the infection to another individual. This is why it is important for patients to

follow these standard precautions in order to prevent these infections. The common pitfall for the
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last body paragrpah about safe sex could be false communication. People could believe that they

will get these infections if they do not follow these certain criterias, however everyone is

different meaning that just because they dont follow these rules does not mean that they will get

harmed.
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Work Cited Commented [JC11]: In APA use References.

And please cite these in the final draft, otherwise
Bennett, P. N., Bonner, A., Andrew, J., Nandkumar, J., & Au, C. (2013). Using images to you risk committing plagiarism, a serious
academic offense.
communicate the hidden struggles of life on dialysis. Journal Of Communication In

Healthcare, 6(1), 12-21. doi:10.1179/1753807613Y.0000000031

Westwood, William B. (Medical Illustrations). (1991, 1999, 2000, 2002). Ear, Nose, and Throat

[digital image]. Retrieved from http://www.shopanatomical.com/v/vspfiles/photos/ACC-

1161-2.jpg Commented [JC12]: Youll need to include a

website evaluation form with the final draft since
Griffin, Wendy. (2011). Standard Precautions for Your Family. PKIDs Blog. this is a .com source.

Recieved from https://blog.pkids.org/category/standard-precautions-2/

Fenway Communication Health. (2008). Safe Sex Brochure. Recieved from

http://fenwayhealth.org/documents/publications/Fenway_safe_sex_brochure_generic_NEW.pdf
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