Interview Questions

[katie07]

Hi all,K

I was wondering if one or acouple of you would be able to respond to questions I have reguarding this profession. I am enrolled in a college Health and society class which is the lead class of the health and bioscience academy at my high school which i have been apart of for three years. A project in this class is a career investigation project. I have been interested in the profession of CNS for some time and am currently applying to nursing schools for my BSN; hence I have decided to do my project on advanced nursing careers. A section of this project is an interview with a professional. If one or several of you could answer my questions it would be greatly appreciated. You can respond to the thread or private message me, thank you.

Your Name: (last name initial is fine)

1- How did you decide to become a CNS?

2- How did you get your first job in the field?

3- Is continueingeducationa requirement?

4- What aspects of your job do you find to be rewarding?

5- What aspects of your job do you find to be most challenging?

6- How has this kind of work changed since you first entered the profession?

7- What do you do during a typical day/week?

8- What are the most important skills( or knowledge, or attitude) necessary to be succesful in your career?

9-If you had any advice to give to a high school studetn considering your profession, what would it be?

10- What reading/resreach would you suggest that would help me to learn more about your profession?

Thank you for any respones! I would appreciate responses by thrusday night, thanks agian.

Katie

[katie07]

Can someone please help me out? I would greatly appreciate your answers to the above posted questions! It is for a project on advanced nursing careers and I need interviews with a NP,CNM, and CNS! thanks :)

either reply to the post or private message me!

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

sorry i didn't answer sooner - work has been very busy... okay here goes:

your name: (last name initial is fine)

1- how did you decide to become a cns?i bacame an adult health cns because after finishing my masters degree in nursing (concentration in management and leadership), i realized that i really didn't want to be a manager. i wanted a more clinical focus.

2- how did you get your first job in the field?when you do your cns, you have a minimum of 500 hours of clinical experience. i was fortunate that i had some wonderful experiences. i heard about this job via the grapevine and interviewed and got the job over five other candidates.

3- is continueingeducationa requirement?yes, in both il and for continued certification, continuing education is very important. it is also important that you never stop learning because you risk becoming stagnant.

4- what aspects of your job do you find to be rewarding?i enjoy helping people so am most rewarded when i can help a patient better deal with their diagnosis or find them a medication or combo of meds that works.

5- what aspects of your job do you find to be most challenging?i work with an indigent and often homeless clientele and i find the sense of "you gotta help me" wears me out! you have to do to get in this life and nothing is handed to you. for instance, today had a patient ask for $20. told him that was the reason i went to work everyday!

6- how has this kind of work changed since you first entered the profession?i graduated with my cns in may 2006 so nope, nothing has changed - i still have the same job.

7- what do you do during a typical day/week?my job is in a large nephrology group and i do dialysis patient rounding. my typical week is spent seeing approx 200 patients at two separate dialysis units.

8- what are the most important skills( or knowledge, or attitude) necessary to be succesful in your career?i think the most important skill for any nurse is to have a sense of humor and not take yourself too seriously. other attributes: compassion, common sense, ability to multi-task and prioritize care

9-if you had any advice to give to a high school studetn considering your profession, what would it be?i would advise a high school student to go straight into a bsn and then gain several years of experience, including just general life experience so that you can decide what you want to do with your grad degree.

10- what reading/resreach would you suggest that would help me to learn more about your profession?i always advise people to get a job in the hospital, any job will do in order to better observe nurses and decide just exactly what they want to do.