Carter’s metagenres go hand in hand with the nursing major. Mostly the metagenre of problem-solving is most closely related to the nursing major. In the nursing major, one of the most important skills to have is being able to problem-solve. Everything that has to do with nursing has to do with solving problems. Everyday someone comes in with a problem or issue and it is up to nurses to help solve those problems. Carter uses the food science major as an example of the problem-solving meta genre. All the goals of the major are broad enough to where you can relate them to nursing. Goal B of this metagenre example is to “determine what information is appropriate to solving the problem and then find it, assess its authority and validity, and use it effectively.” Nursing majors also through clinical work, have to be able to dissect a problem with a patient and then assess it to treat it effectively for any sickness.

Boyer’s idea of an enriched major is used to help students “put their potential field of study into perspective.” Boyers ideas are a way to help students find and determine whether or not a major is important and helps them discover their field in depth. There are a three questions that help students determine whether or not their major is enriched. One of the questions is what are the social and economic implications. In the nursing program, the social implications come into play in the third and fourth-year curriculum with clinical programs. With clinical, nursing majors work as real nurses for a clinical requirement. This brings nursing students to the real field, where they socially work with other people to help find solutions to medical problems. Clinical provides hands-on experience for nursing majors.

Hello Professor Blank,

My name is Colin Gleason, and I am a freshman here at UNE. I am currently an undeclared major looking to go into the nursing program. I would love the opportunity to talk with you about the nursing program in more detail. Before I try to dive deeper into this, any insight I could get about the program would be amazing. Thanks, Colin Gleason