My Interviewees as Professional Writers

After doing some research I found that my two interviewees (Professor Rene Love and Kaylyn Grammater) are basically opposites. Professor Rene has been published a few times and has extensive experience in the field; Kaylyn doesn't seem to have any publications at all and hasn't even been in the field for two years. I'm hoping this will allow me to conduct two diverse interviews.

Since Kaylyn has no record of any publications, I'm just going to have to address Professor Rene's publications:

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Professor Rene's publications:

• A journal article titled "Mental Health Disaster Response: Nursing Interventions Across the Life Span" published in Journal of Psychosocial Nursing in 1999. 
• A journal article titled "Disaster Response: What are the Psychosocial Sequelae of Disasters?" published in Evidence Based Practice in Nursing and Health: A Guide for Translating Research Evidence into Best Practice in 2004.
• A journal article titled "Developing Schools Capacities to Respond to Community Crisis: The Tennessee Initiative" published in Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing in 2012.
• A journal article titled "Dialectical Behavioral Skills Training in a Community Mental Health Setting: A Pilot Study" published in International Journal of Group Psychotherapy in 2012.
• A journal article titled "Street Level Prostitution: A Systematic Literature Review" published in Issue in Mental Health Nursing in 2015.

I examined the first article published in Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and the last article published in Issue in Mental Health Nursing.

• All of Professor Rene's professional writing is in a traditional written genre, and all are journal articles.
• They all follow the conventions of a standard journal article, which are always written in APA format and have an abstract and an introduction. Depending on if a study was conducted, usually there is background information, a description of the methods used in the study, results, conclusion, etc. 

What's the context behind the publications I examined?

• The first publication and the first journal article Professor Rene was ever involved in has to do with patient care after tornadoes. The context behind the article is to analyze and evaluate the kind of patient care and the results of this care after a tornado hit Nashville in 1998. 
• The last publication is on the type of situations and dangers street level prostitutes may find themselves. The context behind this article is that it is well known that prostitutes are at higher risk of violence, STDs, and bad health in general, but most refuse to reach out for health care. This article explores the type of health care that should be given to these women.

What about the message?

• The message behind the first publication seems to be emphasizing how important excellent post-disaster care is to patients and victims. There are examples of people feeling that in the long run their lives have improved after having received care.
• The message behind the last publication is more unclear. There is a clear emphasis on the dangers that prostitutes face, which highlights how important it is that they receive the proper health care as well. The article promotes that this care be more accessible to these women. 

What about the purpose?

• This is probably wrong and I might be shaming the rhetorical analysis triangle, but the purpose and the message seem to the same to me. Or at least they overlap. Th purpose of the first publication is to inform the world of the kind of post-disaster care that is given to victims, and how they react to it. This is clear in the way that the article presents the subject that underwent the disaster and the problems they faced, followed by the care they received and how they reacted to it. 
• The purpose of the last publication is to also inform the world of the circumstances that prostitutes are in, as well as sway them (with logic and research) to believe that they need more easily accessible health care. The purpose is made pretty clear by the last sentence of the conclusion which states, "Future research on mental health consequences as well as resilience and coping skills would support effective interventions that address the women holistically," (Issue in Mental Health Nursing)

The fact that I could not find a single publication by Kaylyn is a bit worrying, but not surprising considering how new she is to the field. I hope this doesn't end up complicating our interview.