Published Nov 13, 2011
footie88
5 Posts
Please can a nurse help me out with a school project!
1)I would like to know what area you special in, for how long and where?
2)What is your personal philosopy of nursing?
3) How do you collaborate with other professionals?
4) How do you deal with stress on the job and what are your coping habits?
5) do you teach? why or why not?
6) what is the biggest challenge in nursing and how can nurses overcome it?
xtxrn, ASN, RN
4,267 Posts
:) Interviews are designed to be face to face for many reasons :)
Can you interview an instructor or MD office nurse? They'd probably be happy to talk to a student in this format.
Pay attention to body language, answers that raise more questions, tone of voice (excited, tired, eager to talk, etc).
How is it to talk to someone and get information you need?
How does this help you with how you communicate with patients?
Thank you! I will take your advice
Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN
20,908 Posts
I agree with XT....The interview process in nursing is extremely important. It is imperative that you learn to pick up on verbal and nonverbal clues from the first moment of contact whether triaging or interveiwing you new admission. A lot of information can be obtained through non verbal communication and eye contact (or the lack thereof) Like " is anyone hurting you mentally of physically at home??" I can easily say no now but in person ....What does the body language show? Is someone hurting them and they are afraid to say????
I am thinking it is the face to face skills that your instructors are looking for.....not something tweeted or FB'd or blogged. Make an appointment at your own doctors office to talk to that nurse (just make sure they are a nurse and not a medical assistant...your assingment is to talk to a nurse.) Go to a minute clinic at CVS or Walgreens and talk to a nurse there......go to your town's board of health or health services. Go to your local schools.....elementry,middle,jr or high and speak to the school nurse. Go to the health stop on campus....there should be a nurse there too.......Good Luck..!
Thank you,appreciate the advice.
So I finally interviewed a nurse in person...... she was awesome it really was better to see her reaction to the questions and get a better understanding about nursing.....