A Brief Note On The Health Care Interview

For this assignment, I had the opportunity to interview Samantha Hage De Reyes, family nurse practitioner, currently working at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) Health Center in Riverside, CA. Family nurse practitioners are described as health professionals with analytic skills for evaluating and providing evidence-based, patient-centered care across settings, and advanced knowledge of the health care delivery system (Hamric, Hanson, Tracy & O’Grady, 2014). My objective was to ask a series of questions pertaining to the role of a family nurse practitioner, challenges concerning this nursing role, opinions regarding the future of family nurse practitioners, and more. This interview was conducted over the phone, and it was a valuable opportunity to learn more about what it means to be a family nurse practitioner and to start thinking about what I want to achieve in my own

I was able to gather a lot of information on my patient when I was taking his health history, giving his shift assessment, and reviewing his charts. I used this step to offer effective nursing care to determine the priorities of what is the most important issue for which the patient should be treated.

For my interview, I spoke with one of the Nurse Practitioners (NP) that I interact with while working my shift at the hospital. I will call her Terri Smith because although I asked to use her quotes in my paper, I did not think to ask for permission to use her actual name. Where I work, many of our internal medicine physicians are hospitalists. During the night, they are covered by the umbrella of Quest Care. There are several NPs that work under the afore mentioned physicians and are there, on-call, when needed for their clinical expertise. It is nice, because even though I can’t develop much of a relationship with the doctors whose patients I work so hard to take care of, I get to have the opportunity to grow strong bonds with the NPs that I see almost every shift.

1. During the interview, the interviewer (Dr. Noonan) was able to control the session even when the client was challenging her. Dr. Noonan continued to repeat the question "How can I help you?" when the client avoided answering Dr. Noonan about why she was seeking services from her. The interviewer also maintained patient confidentiality when the client mentioned a previous coworker that had also seen Dr. Noonan. Dr. Noonan did not give any information to the client about this previous patient and she did not give any indication that she had been this coworker's doctor in the first place.

Fadiman confronts another interviewing barrier when she works with the medical staff of Merced County Medical Center, the hospital where Lia Lee was taken and treated many times. Fadiman constantly reviewed Lia’s medical records, as well as consulted and interviewed many of the physicians and nurses who worked with Lia and her family. Fadiman had to alter her interviewing style and the way in which she planned the interviews while interviewing the staff of Merced County Medical Center. These individuals did not require an interpreter because they were native English speakers. Because of this, Fadiman had an easier time communicating with the interviewees, but had to remember the culture they were used to. The resident doctors and nurses Fadiman was discussing Lia’s case with worked at the Family Practice Residency, which receives most of its payment through government programs like Medi-Cal or Medicare (Fadiman 1997:24). Because of this, most patients this staff was used to seeing were low-income, and

The knowledge of and experience of and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) can be of value when examining core competencies. This paper will discuss the nine core competencies stated by The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF). To gain a more complete understanding of how the core competencies integrate into practice an interview of an APRN was conducted. Additionally, an analysis of selected NONPF core competencies will be discussed and how they apply to the roles of the APRN. The paper will end with a conclusion of key points and benefits from interviewing an APRN.

I have had a passion for becoming a healthcare provider for children for quite a while (for a long time). Children are one of the most important individuals of society because they are the future and will one day be in charge of the world. Their health at a young age is indicative to how their health will be as adults. Childhood has a great effect on how a person turns out to be so I hope to help children I hope to use prevention and education to preserve and restore the health of my patients. My career goals are to prevent children from having to spend time in hospitals or in pain and to help them live out their life and dreams to the fullest extent. Children play a very large role in their families, and when a child becomes sick, the whole family becomes distressed. Pediatricians not only heal children, but they help and prevent a family from suffering. I love medicine and children, and I hope to combine these two passions by becoming a pediatrician.

Interviewing is very important in medical field , A nurse –patient interview as a learning experience for the nurse and patient.

In today’s rapid changing world, leaders are very pertinent, especially in the field of nursing. Good nursing leaders have the ability to provide direction, facilitate structure to reach goals, and cohesiveness throughout team members. Leader by definition is “someone who uses interpersonal skills to influence others to accomplish specific goals” (Sullivan & Decker, 2009, p. 329). On the other hand a manager is different. Their goal is geared toward being responsible and accountable for the goals of the organization. Below is the summary of an interview with L.A. Patient Care Manager of Endoscopy/ Special

All clinical interviewing is embedded in a system of values and beliefs that shape the clinical work we do (Dillion, 2003).When adapting to the world we all become familiar with what we believe in and value as a person. These keynotes, determine who we are as an individual. When considering

These Questions will be based on the patient’s lifestyle, family dynamics, likes , work history all included.

Rachel began with introductions, followed by an in-depth discussion about Lipu’s eating habits, elaborating on her digestive problems. Rachel effectively utilized a scale question, a mechanism commonly used in active listening techniques to evoke additional topics of conversation, as advocated for by Arnold & Boggs (2011). However, she perhaps could have built on the topics mentioned by the client to make conversation flow smoother. Rachel was pleasant in tone and posture, setting an inviting and comfortable atmosphere for Lipu. Moreover, when the topic turned light, Rachel’s laughter and smiling clearly built rapport, strengthening their therapeutic relationship (2011). However, there were several areas in which Rachel could improve her interviewing strategies and techniques. She was reliant on the class notes to guide the conversation, drawing eye contact toward the paper and away from the client. Rachel tended to overuse phrases such as ‘so’ and ‘and’ to link ideas and fill silences. Using reflections would stimulate further discussion and keep communication client-centred (2011). Lastly, Rachel would also benefit from summarizing the conversation as a conclusion, however he wrap-up was appropriate and timely. Overall, I believe Rachel will improve with practice and familiarity with the process. I believe interviewing volunteer patients will surely be different compared to interviewing peers, requiring more tact and compassion. However, I am excited to begin interacting with patients and begin building effective nursing communication

The hospital sounds like a terrifying place to work in; people, who work in the medical field, undergo handling such a stressful environment. You have people dying or ill, relying on you to help discover the problem. My mother, Leah Onod, is the person who I believe can manage this kind of work; she believes that if you don’t like the job you’re doing then don’t do it. My interview with her gives her personal experience and view on what it’s like to work in the hospital as a technologist; she would love to hand her knowledge to others, who are interested in this stressful but awarding environment.

The method that I have decided to discuss is the self-report method. An example of using this method, during my nursing practice, is when I open up a new start patient. I interview my patient using both open and closed-ended questions regarding their complete health history. Although there are two methods to self-reporting, interviews and questionnaires, I am only going to discuss interviewing, since it pertains to my example. Using the self-report method, the patient or their family will answer questions during a face-to-face interview (LoBiondo-Wood & Haber, 2014), in order for me to assess their needs and devise a care plan. This subjective method is used often in nursing when results are needed that

12-year old Sanjay led an extraordinary life. He lived in a crumbling, dystopian world, garbage bins of restaurants being his source of nourishment and derelict buildings his shelter. Burdened with HIV since birth, I had the privilege to provide for him at our HIV centre, often sharing my lunch with him during his visits. After 7 months and 25 days as my patient, he said goodbye and never returned.