Interview with a Nurse Manager, charge nurse, nursing supervisor, CNO, or Assistan

klone, MSN, RN · Oct 15, 2014

I'm sorry - the purpose of your assignment is to actually find one of those people in your community - sit down with them, talk to them. Not to find an anonymous person on the internet, whose credentials are impossible to verify. The answers to the questions themselves are secondary - the primary purpose of the assignment is to get you outside your comfort zone, become more comfortable with interviewing strangers, and also perhaps make some connections in the community that may benefit you in the future.

Good luck.

SummerGarden, BSN, MSN, RN · Oct 17, 2014

I'm sorry - the purpose of your assignment is to actually find one of those people in your community... the primary purpose of the assignment is to get you outside your comfort zone, become more comfortable with interviewing strangers, and also perhaps make some connections in the community that may benefit you in the future.

I second the above.

OP, I had an assignment as a BSN student, where I had to interview a local politician and we could pick anyone. I ended up interviewing my congressman at the time! My back up plan was to interview a local city council member because it took me a month to set up the interview and I was secretly hoping that the arrangements would fall through at the last moment. In fact, up to that point in my life, that was the scariest thing I ever did! The thought of interviewing someone that gives interviews to well respected (and prize winning) national reporters, sits on national committees, and meets with the President was way out of my comfort zone! Although I no longer live in that state, I still see him on television from time-to-time and I proudly tell people I interviewed him as a nobody RN-BSN student regarding health policy. So good luck to you!:)

Nursetonp · Oct 29, 2014

Just curious-are you in an asn, bsn , or hospital program?

I know when I had assignments like these, I unfortunately ran into many nurses that "eat their own" and would not be willing to help someone with an assignment, so I can understand why you would come to the Internet for help.

Are you currently in clinicals? If yes, maybe you could reach out to staff there to see if they would be willing to help out.

klone, MSN, RN · Oct 29, 2014

This is NOT "eating their own" - this is forcing lazy students who have ready access to the internet to actually do *work*.

That phrase has been so overused as to have lost all meaning.

Nursetonp · Oct 29, 2014

I apologize if you thought I was referring to your comment. I was talking about my own experience in the real world, in that it was quite difficult to find leaders and managers that wanted to help with my assignments. They were afraid I was going to get ahead of them, or take their position. Or even the ones that refuse to precept no matter what,at my past work environments. They had an attitude of "nobody helped me and I struggled, so you can too"

I am aware there are lazy students everywhere, in all disciplines, but I don't believe laziness is always the case. I remember how difficult it was to find willing people for my assignments. Especially when you have as saturated a city in nursing programs as mine, even the nice ones get burned out answering the same questions year after year.

jrt4 · Oct 29, 2014

There are leaders who are willing to help. Sometimes they are not always easy to find because managers typically work M-F and are very busy. I have found when students are wanting to ask me questions for an assignment it can be difficult finding time that they are not in class or clinical. I have allowed them to email me with questions and I have sat down with many that were able to come in when I was available. I believe there is definitely a better option than the internet because I could say I am CNO of ABC medical and no one would be able to disprove or prove that I actually am.