Fieldsite

*What is going on in the field site

Today when I visited Grady Hospital to observe the subculture of nursing I saw some interesting thing. Most of the nurses were attending to their patients. There are some nurses that are doing paper work it almost seems to be time consuming. There are two sides to the floor that I am on and one side has eight rooms while the other has almost ten rooms.

*How do the members of the subculture interact with each other?

The members of the subculture are friendly to each other and ask each other for help when needed. They joke with each other about their patients.

*Make a list of terminology used at the fieldsite with which you might be unfamiliar.
I hear words like iv, charge nurse, senior nurse,b.i.d, EKG
*What details, behaviors, surroundings did you have questions about?
I wanted to know what a charge nurse was because a lot of the nurses were talking about charge nurse. There was a lot of paper work in the break room and I wanted to know what that paper work was.

*Find at least one person at your fieldsite you can speak to and ask them a question about something you observed that you didn't understand.

I was able to talk to one of the new nurses and also the charge nurse on duty. She told that a charge nurse was the nurse that was in charge of the nurses on duty and also the nurses.

Starting Subcultures

Subculture: Nurses

Sources:
Archer,Ellen Sarah. “ Nurses a political force”.Wadsworth Health Sciences Division,1982

Hilton,Penny. “Fundamental Nursing Skills”. John Wiley&Sons

“Healthcare Career directory .Nurses and Physicians.” Gale Research

“Registered Nurse”. Nurses Organizing Committee, 2006

Worcester,Alfred. “Nurses and Nursing”. Harvard University Press, 1927

Reflection:
I really enjoyed “Fundamental Nursing Skills” because I was able to find out some interesting skills that are used in my subculture. This book gave a variety of skills needed and some terminology that is used in the nursing field. In order to really understand some of these terminologies I would have to do a lot of research prior to having read this book. I t would be a book that I would more likely use if I was in the subculture but since I am not it might be hard for me to understand some of the terms and skills that were presented. Next time I will need to look more into a book that actually talks about the field of nursing then just the skills/procedures.

Acting Prisoners

1. What makes this fieldsite good? It is a one on one interview with the prisoners (actors) themselves so the audience can have a better insight on how the prisoners are.

2. What observations the author makes gives better understanding of subculture? He sees how the prisoners have to get out of their prisoner mode and play the role of their characters. He realizes how they are normal people and why do we have to put them in prison. The author also sees how some of the prisoners change between the time span that he sees them.

3. What interview techniques does author use to work to help us in understanding this subculture? He asks the prisoners to relate their characters to themselves, and ask insight of how Hamlet relates to the prison world. The author also talks to the prisoners by themselves so he can individually get to know them.

4. What are norms/values of subculture? Some of the norms and the values shared is that the prisoners are that they prisoners are strip searched before coming to act, they engage in relaxation exercise, they are violent criminals playing men who have commited violent crime ,and most share an interested in acting.

Housewives

Topic: Housewives

Sources:
Cardozo,Arlene. “Women at Home”. 1st ed. Garden City, N.Y., 1976.

Hekker,Terry. “Ever since Adam and Eve.” NewYork:Morrow,1979.

Lopata Znanieoka Helena. “Occupation:Housewife”. New York, Oxford University Press, 1971.

Miller,Maryann.“Careers inside the World of homemaking and parenting”. 1st ed. New York:Rosen Publisher Group,1995.

Steiner,Morgan. “Mommy wars: stay at home and career moms face off on their choices their families”. New York: Random House,2006

Reflection:
When I read "Mommy wars: stay at home and career moms face off on their choices their families" was really a good book when I read it. It had a lot of information in it that I knew would help me in my subculture of housewives. The book talked about the difference of the housewife and the career mom so that will really help me. Since the book had the comparison of both types of mothers I am starting to think if I should narrow my search to a book that is just about housewives. Even though this book was good it will be better to get a different book so I can better focus on my subculture.