Interview Help

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So I'm taking an online course and they require me to interview a Health Care Professional, but I don't have any personal contacts. I'd appreciate if someone would be interested in answering some of these questions. No need to put your real name. I'll make one up to protect your identity.

For this weeks Discussion, you are to "interview" a Health Care Professional. This can be a physician, a pharmacist, respiratory therapist, physical therapist, nurse, etc.

You need to find out about:

1. What are their specific job duties

2. How long did they go to school

3. Where do they work

4. Are they happy with their choice of profession

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Unless you live 50 miles from the nearest health care provider, you can find one where you live. You don't have to have a personal contact for an introduction. Call up the local pharmacy, clinic, school nurse, public health department, visiting nurse association, parish nurse .... , tell them what you just said here, and take somebody out for coffee. You'll learn a lot more and besides, you'll know who you're speaking to. Believe me, they'll be happy to tell you about what they do.

Part of the point of your assignment is to give you practice in meeting and speaking to strangers, which is something you will do as a nurse pretty much every single day. This is how it starts. It's just a phone call. :)

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Okay thanks for the advice. However, I think this would also be interesting to see the kinds of people who respond and what all their job roles are. I'm sure I'll find out more about some careers I know little of.

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Okay thanks for the advice. However, I think this would also be interesting to see the kinds of people who respond and what all their job roles are. I'm sure I'll find out more about some careers I know little of.

That is the crux of the issue. You don't know the kinds of people that respond. Are they nurses, students, or neither? There is no verification process for membership on this site. This has been said thousands of times when students want to interview someone on this board. The purpose is to get out and meet a nurse in person, not to post a thread on an anonymous message board.

Go to a CVS or Walgreens and talk to the NP at the Minute clinic or go to a hospital's cafeteria (there are numerous nurses there).

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I interviewed someone. Thanks

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