title: Experiences in the workplace community and the influence of community experiences on ENP courses for nursing professionals.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A nursing community can be described as a discourse community or a Community of Practice (CoP). No matter what type, a nursing community exerts influences on its group members' worldviews, perspectives and beliefs.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this research is to explore what nurses' experiences of membership within the nursing community are and how such experiences influence nurses' views of English for nursing purposes (ENP) courses.
  
  
  METHODS
  A qualitative case study was conducted in a medical centre in Taiwan in which many foreign patients seek medical treatment and in which English is highly valued.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nine nurses who had at least three years working experience in relation to clinical practice participated in the study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Semi-structured interviews and shadowing observations were the two primary methods of data collection.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Five themes emerged: (1) building of the nurse-patient relationship, (2) provision of patient-centred care, (3) negative caring experiences, (4) professional identity, and (5) perspectives on ENP courses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses' connection with the community led for them to a focus in their working lives. This determined their perceptions of ENP courses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Foreign Languages, National United University, 1 Lienda, Miaoli 36003, Taiwan, ROC. Electronic address: yilinglu@nuu.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Yi-Ling
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D019058:Community Networks; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013624:Taiwan; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Community of practice; Discourse community; English for nursing purposes; Language and communication; Nursing community; Professional identity