Please help!

[2bnurselove08]

I am having to write a paper for my Eng. class, but I am going to school for a nurse and I really want to write a paper on the NICU. My son was in the NICU for 8 weeks and it changed my life forever! I have to write a exemplification paper (examples). If any of you could help me or have any ideas please let me know. Thank you!

[elizabells, BSN, RN]

Examples of... what? I'm not really sure what you're asking for. Happy to help, with some more parameters.

[2bnurselove08]

That is what a exemplification paper is...writing a paper using examples. To persuade using examples.

This is what my book says about an exemplification paper.

Exemplification uses one or more particular cases, or examples, to illustrate or explain a general point or an abstract concept.

Using Examples to explain and clarify

Using Examples to Add interest

Using Examples to Persuade

*Exemplification is ideally suited for letters of application.

My baby was born at 28 wks. gestation and had to stay in the NICU for 8 weeks. It changed my life, enough to make me want to be a NICU nurse, and I want to write about it. I am just having trouble getting started!!!!! I hope this helps!

[2bnurselove08]

Bumping this up.

[RainDreamer, BSN, RN]

Examples of what exactly?

[dawngloves, BSN, RN]

This is something you need to talk to your instructor about. Since it is a paper on your own personal experience, I don't see how we can help unless you have a technical question.

[mslinzyann]

I will try to help, but take what I say to do with a grain of salt, as I don't even have a full rubric to go from.

Ok, so lets say you want to write a paper on why nurses are so important in a hospital system. There are many things you can say about this topic that are NOT based on examples or personal experiences. You can give statistics about how often nurses catch doctors mistakes, hours of patient care that they provide, describe the job duties of a nurse, and talk about the idea that nurses are necessary at all levels of patient care.

However, that is not a very interesting paper. To make it more interesting, you add examples and anecdotes about why nurses are so important.

You could start your paper about the NICU by jumping right into the story. "I was confused and scared as I looked down at my XX lb. baby beneath the clear wall of the incubator" Then go on to describe your experience and how the nurses helped you, your family, the doctors, ect.

Then you go on to describe how nurses benefit the health care system as a whole, using facts, stats, ect. You can also throw in something like an example of what would happen to a hospital if there were no nurses.

This is just an idea of a potential structure for a paper. Sorry if it came too late!! Good luck.

[2bnurselove08]

Thank you so much!!!!! I am almost positive that my paper will definately be about that!!!!! I have a really hard time putting my feeling and thoughts out on paper...I always just need a little push into it!!!! Thank you so much.