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.