i would like to interview a nurse for my guidance class

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Hello everyone,

My guidance class assignment is to interview a nurse and do presentation about it at the end of this semester. this class is the class that increase student proficiency and retention. i'm a freshman student and i'm majoring in nursing. so here is the questions

1. name?

2. What school did you graduate from?

3. what was your major?

4. what was your degree in?

5. were you attending school full time or part time? degree? (BA/MA)

6. did you work while going to school?

7.how much schooling did you need for your career? if so, what type of work and how many hours did you work outside the school?

8. did you ever change your major? if so, how many times did you change your major while in college?

9.what influence you to complete this major?

10. what do you like best and least about your career? please explain.

Thank You.

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.

Are you certain your assignment is to inquire with random anonymous strangers in an online forum who may or may not be licensed nursing professionals? As an anonymous forum no one is likely to give you their real name. To quote GrnTea:

Sometimes we learn things from assignments that weren't explicit in the syllabus. In this case, you have learned that:

1) Planning ahead in case plan A falls through is a better idea

2) Asking someone else to do your work for you rarely ends well

3) Posting your full name and email in public is a really bad idea

4) Nursing instructors read AllNurses too

5) There are a lot of places to find nurses, and we will tell you where some of those are. This is not the same thing as, "telling you where to go."

We get these requests a lot, so if there are any other students out there who might get this kind of assignment, listen up:

Part of your faculty's reason for giving you this assignment is to get you to go out there and speak to a nurse face to face. You also learn something about other places nurses work and what that's like. A big email blast is not a substitute for shoe leather. AN is not Google.

See, in nursing, you have to learn to speak to a lot of people you would not otherwise encounter; you might find yourself out of your comfort zone. This is part of nursing, a huge part. An anonymous respondent online, well, you don't really know who we are, do you? We could be the truck driving guy living next door for all you know.

So if all you do about learning new things is "Go to the keyboard and hit send," then you are limiting your chances of actual learning a valuable skill you will need all your working life. Also, your faculty will not be impressed by your citation of an anonymous person who may or may not be a nurse on the internet.

That said: Where will you find a nurse? Think outside the (computer) box.

Local hospital: go to the staff development/inservice education office and ask one of them. They value education and will be happy to chat or to hook you up with someone who is.

Go to the public health department downtown. Ditto.

Go to the local school and ask to speak to a school nurse. Ditto.

Go to a local clinic / physician/NP office. Ditto.

Go to the local jail and ask to speak to the nurse there. Ditto.

Notice all of these say, "Go to..." and not "Email..." Remember that part about meeting new people face to face, new perspectives, and comfort zone.

Go!

Go forth and sin no more. ;)

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

That's an awful lot of personal information you're asking to be divulged on an anonymous message board. There are a lot of options for finding nurses who are local, and talking while you take notes is a lot less work on their end than typing out responses. Try the local public health office, the local school, your own healthcare provider's office, hospitals, nursing homes, etc. Even over the phone is better than a message board because again, the bulk of the work (taking notes) is on your end of the deal. Think of it this way: anyone willing to provide an interview is doing you a favor- make it as easy for them as you can.

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No, I will not do your homework for you.

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Specializes in PACU.

There are no nurses where you live? No one in your family? Your neighborhood? Your friends' families? What strides have you made to complete this with a real live nurse in person? I'm quite sure that is the aim of this project. It is helping you network and work on your communication with others.

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.

Do people not realize this is a *public* forum & their professors might be on the same forum? I do not know of one professor who would say it would be ok to "interview" a nurse from the internet. So why do this? I mean I know why they are, they're lazy.

I wonder if any students have gotten in trouble for doing this. Trying to "interview" a nurse through AN instead of in person.

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yes i have but i'm not really realized when i post this stuff in here. can you please tell me how could i delete this post ?

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
yes i have but i'm not really realized when i post this stuff in here. can you please tell me how could i delete this post ?

Go to the admin help desk and ask for the thread to be closed.

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

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