Patient-Nurse Interview

A couple of days ago, I got the chance to interview one of my dad’s friends, Nate, about his experiences with interviews. Currently a Nurse Practitioner, he has had over ten different jobs in his lifetime, ranging from a managerial position at KFC to an emergency room nurse. Just like his past jobs, the types of interviews that he has been in have been wildly different. He has even conducted a few interviews himself. Soon I will be participating in important, career-defining, interviews and it is important that I understand the ropes of an interview. I asked him only a couple of questions, but I got detailed answers and invaluable insights from the mind of both a successful interviewee and

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Our healthcare system is ever evolving, remarkably changing the sphere of nursing practice. The roles of Advanced Nurse Practice practitioners are expanding, taking up a multitude of roles across a diversified healthcare specialties. Advance Nurse Practice practitioner stands as leader in this comprehensive profession bridging the gap in management and clinical aspect of care (McDermott & Morant, 2010), reflecting the complexity of culture, organization and practice setting (Hyrkas & Dende,2008) to improve the quality of patient care. This paper is about the interview with a Certified Nurse Practitioner. The Certified Nurse Practitioner interviewed is from the Hematology/Oncology Department in one of the university affiliated hospitals in Chicago. The purpose of the interview is to learn about the competencies needed to successfully perform the various roles of a Certified Nurse Practitioner in this complex health system. The rationale of the interview process is to give an opportunity as a graduate student to “assimilate primary care competencies into specialty nurse practitioner practice that exemplify professional value, scholarship, service, and culturally global awareness” (Chamberlain College of Nursing, 2014) that can be advantageous for my professional development. The interview showed the importance of knowledge of competencies appropriately applied in practice essential in the functions and roles of a Certified Nurse Practitioner within the scope of practice for

Scholarship. During my interview for UMMC I was asked if I had a bachelor’s in nursing to which I replied no. I was hired with the agreement that I would pursue my degree with two years of working. This isn’t the ideal way someone wants to continue his or her education. It leaves a bad taste in your mouth feeling forced to pay for more education when you are already licensed as a registered Nurse. At first you feel as though all of the hard work you put into your ADN program is worth pennies because you don’t have BSN next to your name. But then you realize, nursing is no easy task. It requires all that we have learned in this program; the valued ends, presence, praxis, self-care, leadership, advocacy and now scholarship. Having completed

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.

For this assignment, I was required to interview one of my professors, including questions that were specific to this assignment as well as questions that I wanted answers for. I chose to interview Professor Amy Edmison, my Adult Health 2 professor because I found out during lecture that she, like myself, had a passion for mentoring.

Empathy: Carissa is very empathetic to all her patients. She puts herself in their shoes. She is able to identify and share emotions while providing the best care possible. She treats her patients as she wants to be treated (Wilson 2012).

An interview was conducted with one of the town school nurse at poquonock elementary school, in the town of Windsor Connecticut. Ms. Di Raymond-Vanhouten RN/BSN is one of the four nurses from all the elementary schools nurses in the town. My interview started by asking Ms.Vanhouten a little about herself, she started by saying her age she is a 47-year-old female who has been a nurse for about 15-16 years. Born out of state which she than decide to move to Connecticut from Denver Colorado, she has lived in the state of Connecticut for about 30 years. She got 4 birth kids and when she got marry she inherited 3 more kids in total of 9 kids. Their ages are 7,9,11,13 those are the births ones now the one she inhered range from 11,16, and 22. The

Compassion, Dedication, Responsibility, Empathy these are just some of the many things nurses should have when caring for a patient. I have had the opportunity to provide service at St. Elizabeth’s hospital. I worked with St. Elizabeth Hospital Patient Portal Program; I would go from room to room and ask each patient if he/she would like to set up their patient portal where they have the option to see their test results and all their medical history on an online database. Many thought this was an excellent idea. You would enter a patients room and see that their not in the best condition. Going in a patient’s room can be scary at times however, going into a situation confident that you maybe unsure about is the best thing you can do. After

Loving what you do and also being determined to do it right are crucial for being nurse administrators and educators. Watching the video "An interview with a nurse administrator" helps me to understand what to expect as a nurse administrator, although the task might not be the same. It helps me to have an insight on what the nurse administrator's job entails. I have learnt the important of effective communication, prioritizing and delegating task to the staff. According to the video, the nurse administrator interview, your patients and staff's happiness and satisfaction should be your priorities. Nurse administrators should let the staff know that their opinion counts, for the day to day running of the unit. I learnt that career advancement

The first interview can be a very uncomfortable time for a family. When a family is referred to a nurse it is often because someone believes they can benefit from this intervention or resource. However, a family may not have the same views and aspirations about this encounter and may feel a bit intimidated. As defined by Kaakinen, Coehlo, Steele, Tabacco, and Hanson (2015) every family has a unique story and each family may have a different perspective on how this health event influences each member of the family as well as the functionality of the household (p.107). It is important to research the family’s health history and the events in which lead up to the nursing interview, making it less stressful on the family as they are not having

I watched all the videos and chose to comment on video # 1 nurse-patient interview (leaton25). When Linda Davis (the nurse) started the interview she appeared professional, she was dressed well, introduced herself, made eye contact with Mrs. Eaton (the patient), shook Mrs. Eaton’s hand, and explained what she was there to do. Linda provided information and showed a knowledge of professionalism and effective communication techniques; however, Linda was not therapeutic, nor did she act in a professional manner for the remainder of the interview. Linda did not maintain eye contact with Mrs. Eaton, she was rushed with her closed-ended questioning method, looked at her watch, purposely ignored Mrs. Eaton’s complaints of pain, did not acknowledge Mrs. Eaton’s social issues, and she offered false reassurance for Mrs. Eaton’s verbalization that

Working well with people is an important factor in the nursing career; a nurse must always be respectful to every patient regardless of the situation. Persuasion sometimes has to be used because a patient may not want a certain medication so a nurse must help the person understand that it is what is best for him or her health and their track to recovery. A nurse must always pay close attention to their patients because if problems or concerns come up, a nurse must be the first to notice it.

John is a new graduate interviewing for his first job. Answering some of the questions is hard due to the lack of experience, so the best answer is showing compassionate and understanding (Sundara, 2009). Most of the nurses’ interviews look for answers demonstrating that the candidate truly cares, hence skills can be taught but compassion and caring are inherent (ANA, 2013). John should have answered with simple responses that include kindness, empathy, and dignity. Exhibiting the care by putting self in other’s shoes, and providing unlimited care regardless of the situation are important keys when dealing with specific cases such as HIV or cultural believes (Sundara, 2009). Looking for self-awareness and honesty when answering any question

A grumpy person is going to be less likely to have a couple nurses willing to go into their room and help them out. Nursing staff will avoid the patient if they can, and when they need to face the grouch of a person they in turn will feel unhappy. Resulting in the inability to continue with respectful care. The circle of respect, we can call it, needs the constant participation to work effectively. The great part about it is that the longer it goes on the better it works and the easier it will be to execute as it passes. Respectful nurses cultivate happy patients and that in turns makes for a better, overall fun/healthy, workplace. The better the environment that happier the staff completing the circle at a more respectful nurse. You as a nurse are the best place to start this circle of respect and care. Patients can’t all instantly become nice and the workplace population can’t magically turn better.