Personal Narrative: The Road To Becoming A Nurse

Witnessing the patience, strength, and compassionate attributions that nurses convey within their care was remarkable. Having the opportunity to make a positive difference in the life of another human being was a very overwhelming and humbling experience for me. Therefore, these encounters set the foundation towards my pursuit of a nursing career.

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

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.

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

For my health care interview assignment I chose to interview Mayra Cruz, Certified Nurses Assistant. She works at Cuidado Casero Home Health and Hospice at 1617 E. Missouri Ave, El Paso, Texas. In my interview with her she described her job duties, her patients and how she interacts with others in her environment. In addition, she identified the length of time she has been in her current position, her career path that has led her to this position as well as her experience in the health care industry. Her education and what requirements were necessary for her certification. She also wonders if the education she received proper and

My chosen career is a registered nurse with a specialty in neonatal medicine. I am very passionate about helping others and learning how the human body all works together as a coordinated system. Currently I work as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) where I assist elderly residents with tasks that vary from getting dressed to making sure they are as comfortable as possible. While I thoroughly enjoy working with all of the residents at the nursing home, I am ready for a new challenge. I would like to gain more knowledge in order to help even more people with a wide variety of issues. I am interested to see what it takes to move up the career ladder in the nursing field. As well as what to expect as far as education requirements, salary, and the outlook of nursing jobs. In order to learn more about registered nursing I have scheduled an interview with Stacy Helmuth, a registered nurse at Shawnee Mission Medical Center.

My Profile of Business is on Nurses; but more specifically Flight Nurses. I chose to do a profile of business on flight nurses because I wanted to thoroughly know what the job and work environment entails, as well as the experience, education, and certifications requirements for the field. I also wanted to know the salary and characteristics of a good flight nurse. The information will be invaluable when I start on my path to becoming a flight nurse. In order to make the report well rounded I interviewed Lynn Manning. Lynn is currently a Nightingale Air Ambulance Flight Nurse at Norfolk General Hospital; she has been a registered nurse for 20 years and a flight nurse for four years. I used the information from the interview and websites such as Flight Nurse HQ, Nurse.com, and OSFHealthcare.com to create an in-depth profile of a Flight Nurse.

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

I had the pleasure of interviewing one of our dynamic director, Mrs. Beth Rozak, MBA, BSN, RN. As the current director of the Neonatal ICU and Pediatrics at SSM St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center in Madison, WI, Beth have had serve in many roles in the organization. Employed at St. Mary’s for the past 15 years, she started out as a nursing assistant/monitor watcher on 8 south west (medical floor). After obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from Edgewood College, in Madison, Wisconsin, she then transfer to 4 east (a medical, cardiac unit). Where she worked for a few years before transferring to ambulatory nursing (a staff nurse on the surgery and procedure center unit). After earning her MBA from Warden University, she took on the

The purpose of this paper is to describe an interview with an advanced practice nurse at Mercy Hospital in Ardmore. Devon Perry APRN-FNP, who goes by “Devo,” agreed to participate in the interview on November 30, 2015. I currently work with him in the Emergency Department in Ardmore.

Who am I? This is a question I struggled to find the answer to for all of my teenaged years. For the past 4 years, I felt lost, trapped in my own body. I had no sense of identity of who I was or even, who I wanted to be. Now that I’m 18, my teenaged years soon to be over, I’m confident I finally found myself. The most important factor about myself is I’m a goal orientated person. My life, my future is shaped around my goals for myself and for who I want to be. My goal in life is to become a Registered Nurse/Midwife. At first, I was only interested in nursing for the promising career in the medical field. After pushing myself to apply to the UW Nurse Camp, a week of exploring UW, shadowing nurses, learning protocols and trainings, I quickly

Several of the roles which I observed this morning were expected: the nurses took vitals for incoming patients, performed focused assessments, and were the main communicators between family, the patient, and the physician. I realized when the first patient came in around 10:00 am, the RN’s role in assessments, gathering blood work, and carrying out all the necessary steps to situate and stabilize the patient as soon as possible. It was incredible seeing the nurses work together, in sync, in those first moments when the patient was brought in. And though expected, I appreciated seeing just how much communication was held and information was gathered from the patient or family members by the nurse. Jessica asked the right questions from both parties, while still showing incredible empathy and not making the whole situation seem rushed and flustering. I understood this as another essential role of the nurse in the ED; he or she must maintain even in such a fast-paced environment empathy and focus in each interaction.

I am currently in my senior year; I am about to graduate with a bachelor’s in nursing next semester and I am feeling anxious about what the real world is all about. I am not worried about my skills, expertise, certifications or the demands of registered nurses. I am very concerned about the high and low points of nursing, which is why I chose a nurse for the interview process of oral history. In my perspective, nursing is caring. Nurses help patients attain their best possible health goals. Oral history draws a picture about the working life of nurses through revealing what nurses see as important, providing an idea about the roles of a nurse, showcasing how nurses cope with the most stressful experiences and aiding nursing students with role transition. In this project I also tackle my interview process and possible factors why it is shortened. First, nurses are legally liable to abide by patient privacy making it difficult to penetrate their experiences with patients. As a result, Kiki could not elaborate. Other factors to consider are the teacher-student relationship and the formality of a recorded interview, which could alter the conversational atmosphere. Moreover, the lack of interviewees affects the accuracy of oral history as a research methodology. These issues, however, may be resolved by interviewing respondents with various backgrounds to represent a group. In addition, critiquing the interview helps draw meanings that impacts validity and accuracy.

The basic structure of the interviewing was used throughout, except in the initiations phase. Rather than being informative, initiation was very prompt and short. Nurse hadn’t asked for the applicant’s comfort, a confidentiality statement was not delivered in this phase, though nurse talked about it after the personal information section was already passed. Also, nurse hadn’t said anything regarding the information like whom she will be submitting the information and what will be the outcome? The