Jargon is very important to the occupation of a nurse. It helps the nurses communicate with each other better and also speeds up the process when critical decisions are being made. For example: if a doctor needs to administer medicine fast to a patient in need, he could simply say a couple words of jargon to the nurse much faster than having to explain what he needs without jargon. Doctors and nurses are faced with tough situations everyday and jargon just makes their job easier. However, sometimes jargon could have a negative effect. If a nurse in training doesn't have all of the necessary jargon words memorized, he or she could accidentally give the patient the wrong medicine. They also would have to ask the doctor which medicine he needed or what he wants them to do which would end up slowing the nurses down even more. Even the most experienced nurses could forget what some jargon means. So jargon is very helpful to nurses, but sometimes it makes more mistakes and errors then what is wanted.
Nurses could absolutely continue to do their job without the presence of jargon. Although it wouldn't be as easy to communicate with each other, it would still be do-able. The patients and family members might enjoy the absence of jargon as well, because they would be able to understand what the doctors and nurses were saying when they were talking to one another. Sure, jargon shortens the time it takes to say certain terms but what really matters it that the nurses are able to help the patients in need and that is defiantly able to continue without the use of jargon.
In the medical field, I think that jargon will definitely continue to evolve throughout the future. Doctors and nurses depend on the shortened terms too much to just get rid of them for good. I'm positive that more jargon will be added eventually and will continue to grow and expand. Jargon helps the nurses do their job fast and effectively, and even though the occupation would continue without it, medical jargon is greatly appreciated by doctors and nurses who use it everyday like a second language.
