HELP! Interview questions

[laguilar]

I have an interview assignment due Monday morning. I am supposed to interview a practicing nurse. I didn't know where to begin so I asked my professor about a week and a half ago for recommendations to help me find a nurse. She said she would help me and get back to me shortly...But that never happened. So I have been calling different hospitals to get an interview, but no one can help me I would REALLY appreciate any help!!!

Here are my questions. The questions with *** are the questions I am required to ask, and the others are questions I was hoping to ask in my interview. I am only required to write about the questions with the ***, so if there are too many questions, feel free to skip the others

**why did you decide to become a nurse?

***what is your specialty?

How did you get to this position in terms of academic or work experience?

***do you work inpatient or outpatient?

What is a normal day at work like? Are there things about your area that you did not expect to be doing?

***what would you change in your work environment if possible?

***what are your greatest challenges in nursing?

***what are your greatest rewards?

***tell me about your most memorable patient situation

Are there any characteristics that you feel all nurses should or must have to be a good nurse?

what was nursing school like, and were there any challenges?

what were your early experiences working as a nurse? (Did it take some getting used to, for example)

ANYTHING WOULD HELP! PLEASE!

AND THANK YOU SO SO MUCH

[decembergrad2011, BSN, RN]

Do you have clinicals yet? Is there not a nurse that you have worked with that you could interview, even without her knowing that you're "officially" interviewing them? I'm confused as to why no one would be willing to answer these questions. Many of these topics were discussed between myself and the nurses I worked with during clinicals without even the backing of an assignment pushing me to do so.

[laguilar]

No i do not have clinicals yet. This is for an intro class. This year is only the pre-requisite courses....so i will not actually be in the program until next year. I really wanted to talk to someone so i was waiting for my professor's response, but i think she must have forgotten. I called a few hospitals around the area but no one seems to be able to meet with me.