Personal Narrative: An Interview With A Registered Nurse

For this assignment I was able to interview Regina Bowman RN, BSN. Her current position is that of the Director of Medical Surgical Nursing. Her position places her over top of seven nursing units between two facilities. Regina graduated from the Mercer Medical School of Nursing in 1979 with her diploma in nursing. The Mercer medical school of nursing is still in operation although it has been renamed the Capital Health School of Nursing. Her return to school started after graduation. She enrolled at Mercer County Community College to obtain her Associates. Secondly she attended La Salle University and received her Bachelor’s in Nursing in 2003. Lastly she is currently enrolled at the Thomas Edison State University, and has a

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

at the orphanage, I was able to help build a sidewalk and a garage for

On November 1st, 2016 I had the opportunity to conduct an interview with Katherine M. Sawyer RN, BSN of Owosso, Michigan. Katherine, a female nurse who has worked in the nursing field for thirty-six years began her nursing career at Ingham Medical where she was a full-time staff-nurse for three years; then worked as a per-diem staff-nurse for eleven years. After working at Ingham for a total of fourteen years, Katherine obtained a position at Memorial Healthcare in Owosso where she worked as a nurse educator for fifteen years. Shortly after this she became a Basic Life Saving (BLS) instructor as her main role as a nurse educator was to provide nursing orientation and this additional role fit in perfectly. After some time she became involved in Quality Improvement for four years, and she has now switched back to the nurse educator role where she once again has the role of nursing orientation for Registered Nurses (RNs), Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs), and Patient Care Techs (PCTs). The number of staff she teaches and orientates each month varies between one and ten individuals. She also teaches BLS and First Aid at Baker College of Owosso. Her contact information is as follows: Phone number (989) 413-1974 and e-mail address kmsawyer521@gmail.com. The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader of Sawyer’s role in the nursing profession as a nurse leader. Individuals will learn of Sawyer’s many different roles, responsibilities, and the organizational structure of Memorial

Have a strong interest in chronic disease and working with underserved communities and health disparities. As a senior Registered Nurse, Nurse Manager and educator, I am responsible for supervising the staffs and serve as an advisor for staff 's education and information in formulating appropriate strategies, program planning and policy formulation with strong leadership experience through building and leading teams. I have experience in budget and resources management, data analysis using Excel, SAS and SPSS. Skilled at communicating technical and non-technical materials to audience, peers and administrators

Introduction: Since I was about ten, I have always wanted to be in the health field. My mother is an R.N and my uncle is a Nephrologist (kidney surgeon). I love the healthcare field and the thought of helping people. Currently I am a C.N.A and my major is nursing. When deciding the person to interview I knew exactly who I wanted. Patty Flym is the Nurse at Amber Glen Nursing home, which happens to

For this informational I wanted to interview a nursing professional because I am interested to major in nursing. I tired to contract nurses in Hospitals and clinics but ended up at the student health services at valley. I conducted my Interview With Ms. Helen and he is a nurse practitioner. We sat down in her office for about 25 minutes and I asked her questions regarding her career.

The chosen candidate to be interviewed for this assignment was Joyce White, the Director of Volunteer Services at Mayo Clinic, Florida Campus. She has held that position for eleven years and has thoroughly enjoyed her experience there so far. Before her position as the Director of Volunteer services, she was what was called a Charge Nurse. Today the position is called Team Lead of Nursing Units. Before that she was a stay at home mom and directed volunteer work at a church through the years as it grew. Joyce White studied at Florida State College at Jacksonville and at Jacksonville University for her bachelor’s and her master’s degree.

I interviewed Beth Lindung via Skype who is a RNC-OB assistant nurse manager at the Labor and Delivery center at Franklin Square Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Beth has been a RN for 16.5 years with an emphasis in Labor and delivery 15 years. She got involved in Labor and Delivery because she never knows what her day can bring, and that excites her. Her day can vary greatly due to different circumstances and birth plans. She can come in and be put in the position of needing to be a triage nurse, ICU level nurse, OR nurse, a PACU nurse of simply a newborn nursery nurse. She decided to go into a leadership role after have having poor nurse managers and someone told her If you can do it better, Why don 't you (B. Lindung, personal communication, September 25, 2014). What she does everyday inspires me to be a greater nurse and be an advocate for women 's pre and post natal care through nursing.

Learning experiences influencing her personal development into leadership include the years worked as a clinical nurse on the stroke unit. Recognizing the leadership skills of her unit director inspired her to consider pursuing management

The major challenges that she expressed to me were understaffing and constant bickering between certain female co-workers. With regard to understaffing, corporate has not offered any viable solutions, due to non-peak times in the ER. This means at times it is either feast or famine. The staff knows this and tends to simply suck it up and pull together when it gets busy. When co-workers come to her with a complaint she takes time to discuss the matter in depth and non-judgmentally with the employee, surprisingly in most cases she stated that after the discussion it turned out that the problem originated with the one filing the complaint. She further works with the person on strategies to be a more effective interpersonal communicator and soon the problems lessen or resolve entirely.

At the beginning of my fall semester my calling was Speech Pathology, since I love helping other people in any way I can. In the book Callings in the Healers section I connect with the Oncology nurse. With my grandma passing away from liver cancer when I was seven years old it was very tragic time in my life. Ever since she has passed away I have always wanted to be able to help people during a difficult time in their life or helping them accomplish a milestone in their life to make them a better person. The oncology nurse found her calling by her grandma passing away from cancer, which is why she chose her profession that she is in. I chose my profession due to my grandma passing away, she was my role model and inspired me to help people.

What are the opportunities for personal growth? Was the first question that I asked to Brittany MeGovern? She said, “The areas for personal growth for me is obtaining my MBA. This is something I am currently working towards, which will advance me in my career. My next step would be a Project Manager.” I learned that opportunities for personal growth are one of the vital things to hire for the job because we need to be a certify and best candidate for the interview selection. The second question that I asked her was what are the most challenging facets of the position? She said, “The most challenging facets of my position are the interactions with different areas throughout the hospital. I have the opportunity to learn about different areas and guide change on their processes. Sometimes it may be challenging to get buy-in when starting new projects. The culture of the organization and the sometimes staff is resistant to change.” I realized that we never give up in any work if we really want to bring positive development. Hard working

In the year of 2014, it was a hard time for my family and me. Throughout the whole year of 2014, my grandpa was in and out of the hospital weeks turning into months at a time. He was the healthiest man, but that year really took a toll on him, which resulted in him extended hospital stays. Throughout the whole year, the nurses became so close with the family seeing how they would conversate with our family so much. The nurses provided so much security and assurance within their scope of practice within my grandpa’s hospital stays. It was the nurses in the room late nights and early mornings keeping my grandma and family company, displaying their empathy and treating us like their very own family. We all shared laughs, prayers, hugs, and cries all while concluding their job duties. The words spoken by Maya Angelou, “I have learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but will never forget how you made them feel.” From every doctor, nurse to janitorial staff that had an encounter with my grandpa and my

In the beginning of the clinical hour, I spends some time to look through every part of assessment, interviewing, diagnosing, outcome identification, planning, evaluating, documenting, reporting, and implmenting with the resident. I asked few of my fellow students and instructors for anything that I don't understand in the paper, and I tried to build an accurate application of blended skills and critical thinking without making any errors and misintepretation by understanding every steps of the nursing