Heather Zwigart Informational Interview
I conducted an interview about what it is like to be a RN. I find doing Informational interviews very useful to see what someone experance in the field that i might want to go into. I know that there are different nursing fields to explore with my RN degree. I feel that with a informational interview you get to see hear first hand someones experiance in different fields. I interviewed Jamie who is a hemodialysis nurse. She has been working in this field for the past 13 years and loves doing it. I enjoyed learning about Jamie's field and after doing the interview with her find that her field is very intresting but probably not the field that I would enjoy the most. The parts that I find intresting about being a hemodialysis nurse is that she has a lot of responsablity. She has to make sure all the dialysis machine are working properily. She also has to deal with patients at a very crusaul time is someones life. I think i would love to be there for someone to help them deal with this stage of life. I would also love to deal with helping their family through this time too. The other part of her field that I find intresting is that she is there when someone codes. I think it takes a strong person to deal with that. Salury that a hemodialysis nurses make seems great but not one
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The main one is the amount of hours Jamie works. She was saying that if she is on call she might work a 22 hours then sleep for eight to turn around and do another 12 hours. I know this is not at every place, but I am hoping for a more staidy work hours. In the phase of life I am in now, I am looking for more of overnight work or part time. The other part that is not a deal breaker, but something I do not like is dealing with death all the time. Where I work now I have to deal with it and Im not sure if I want to find a nursing field that does not have ads much
interviewee development. I chose to interview one of my fraternity brothers, who work in higher
I interviewed one of my best friends from high school because we grew up in similar cultures and I wanted to see how her views aligned with mine. She’s also in a nursing program so I thought that would make it interesting.
Some of the lessons I learned from doing these interviews are, that I must study hard and work a lot on myself to succeed. I also learned that I have to educate myself as much as I can and get higher degrees in school to be able to have the best job opport...
For my informational interview I spoke with a nurse who has experience working on a medical surgical unit in a hospital setting. She has been a nurse for 10 years. She also has her bachelors degree in nursing. I started my interview by introducing myself and explaining what my assignment was about, and how she could help me tremendously with answering some questions regarding her nursing career, and what she does as a medical surgical nurse.
...rses work in an environment is forever changing. The one thing that I will not change is my dedication to excellence through ethics, standards, and best practices. My commitment to the health care profession is to provide excellent care for my patients. I will work to help manage patients with their illnesses, prevent disease, and promote a health lifestyle. We are health care educators and advocates for patients, families and communities. There is a mix of flexibility, opportunity and job security offered by nursing not currently found in any other profession, which allows me to rotate among different employment settings. I choose this profession to help the ones in need and improve the quality of life for others. There are so many areas of nursing out there, but all these areas overlap and the more I learn and absorb, the better nurse leader I will become.
The new information that I have learned is that Registered Nurses do not just work in hospitals but other places too, such as nursing homes, schools, and clinics. Nurses are able to just about the same things doctors can, and they are ranked one of the most employed occupations in the Health Care field. I do believe that this is a good career choice for me because I want to be able to help people not only mentally but physically as well. I feel as though this career choice will give me the opportunity to do just that. This will allow me to help patients to maintain their help so that further visits to the physician will not be as necessary for bad health, but to check on how well their health
I chose to interview Mrs. Mary, Mrs. Jen, and Ms. Katonda because they all have experience with working in the hospital and that is the setting that I am looking to work in. I have also thought about becoming a college educator for physical therapy students and Mrs. Jen and Mrs. Mary are currently working as nursing lab staff, but they also work with the physical therapy staff throughout the semester.
It is one I know I will love and will be much more than just a job. It gives ordinary people the opportunity to be a proponent for every patient especially those who may fall through the cracks of the health care system. With that being said, I established important goals to remain on this path for success. By the end of my career I hope to be ultimately satisfied with my choices and following the realistic and clear career goals I have put out with myself, I hope to acquire the characteristics needed to become a successful perioperative nurse and become not only a healthcare provider, but an advocate for my patients and to have the education needed to give them the care and dedication each patient
Finding the right person to do my interview was difficult. I wanted to interview someone who are passionate in their field. The person that I found was Lawrence Cariaga. He is a dear friend of mind and motivated me to never give up on my dreams and keep shooting for what you believe in. He is a passionate in his work duty and tries his best to help those are in need.
This week was very exciting in terms of my informational interviews and being able to work security at a music event. The informational interviews not only helped being the classroom to the real world but also provided me with real examples to better strengthen the connection. I also learned a lot in terms of dealing with the public in a busy environment and how to most successfully defuse a situation in which alcohol and attitudes are involved.
Conducting an interview is not as straightforward as it may seem. On paper the idea is that an interview is “‘a meeting of two persons to exchange information and ideas through questions and responses, resulting in communication and joint construction of meaning about a particular topic’” (Esterberg 2001:83). In the social sciences, being able to interview individuals allows the research to observe individual experiences, while also speaking to the broader sociological dynamics of a society. In Qualitative Methods in Social Research, Esterberg describes interviewing as a “relationship between two individuals…two individuals come together to try to create meaning about a particular topic. While participating in this relationship, they also draw
...th the patient I kept thinking that if this were my mother how would I want the nurse to treat her. I tried to behave in the way I would expect a nurse to treat me. I had preconceived notions before meeting the patient and they were all laid to rest almost immediately, honestly I was nervous. But once I started it began to feel comfortable and the interview just flowed naturally.
Nursing is a promising career that offers many rewards to caring individuals. It is more than just a job that one attends day to day. Nursing is a career that kind people get in to because they are passionate about life and everything is has to offer. They care for people they have never met before in such a way that makes the patient feel comfortable and able to relax. In a way that makes it possible for the patient to recover from whatever they have encountered. If I am going to spend valuable time and money on education, I want to a job that I absolutely love. I want to have the satisfaction of knowing that my job is safe even when times are rough. Interviewing Jennifer H, a Registered Nurse at a local Banner facility really helped me get insight on what the position has to offer. I have encountered many people who are not passionate about their job and just show up for a paycheck; choosing a job in the medical field provides people with the same check, but also offers job security, advancement opportunities and numerous benefits for the employee and their famil...
I had the privilege of interviewing my partner. I met him in college (orientation to be specific), as Ms. Lynn Hamilton did. We spent about two years together, and dated for year and half. As I have been interacting him on daily basis, it was fascinating to learn what he had deep in his mind, and to learn about how he has been socialized until this day (or before he met me).
My role as an ethnographic interviewer and researcher was difficult for me. This is because I am a very shy person, but I had to learn to step out of my comfort zone in order to interview a complete stranger. If I had an opportunity to redo the interview I would have practiced with someone I do know so that I would not feel as uncomfortable. Overall this project was educational and I would happily do it again.