Communicating with Various Audience Types in a Healthcare Setting Title: Navigating Audience Types in Healthcare: Effective Communication Strategies for Nurses

Discussion – Audience Types: Who do You Communicate with at Work?
This week’s reading identified four main types of audiences that technical writers often need to address: 
Experts 
Technicians 
Executives 
Nonspecialists 
For this discussion, review the characteristics of each audience type. Next, let’s examine these audience-types in the context of a professional healthcare environment.  
Who are the experts, technicians, executives, and Non specialists that nurses most frequently communicate with? Come up with 1-2 examples for each type of audience. 
Which of these audience types do you think is easiest to communicate with as a nurse? Why?  Nurses 
Which audience type seems most difficult to communicate with? Why? 
Doctors
Finally, share one tip or strategy for effective communication with one of these audience-types.    
Strategy is to show respect, and kill Doctors with kindness even when they are being mean or difficult.