Need to interview current RN re: ethical issues

petiteex · Jun 26, 2012

Hi, did any RN ever get in touch with you? I also have to do this interview and cannot find an RN to interview. If anyone answered you could I get their email or something to ask permission to interview them too?

thank you.

I need to interview a currently working RN to write a paper. I need a complete story of an ethical issue you've encountered (relating directly to patient care), the steps you took to resolve it, and the final outcome. It must be an issue you've faced as a nurse, not the doctor's issue. Thank you for your help!

Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN · Jun 26, 2012

Welcome to AN! The largest online nursing community.

I believe that the assignment to interview a nurse means to interview someone face to face. The interview process is a vital tool in the nursing process and it requires it to be face to face. This is an anonymous site, and while reliable, you still have no way of knowing of it really is a nurse you are speaking to.

There are many places to interview nurses. You can call you PCP office, local Dept of health, local schools, and some outpatient mini clinics like CVS.

The whole process of stepping out of your comfort zone to ask a complete stranger to talk about a personal issue and to trust you enough to give you that information....is the assignment. It is my personal belief that online interviews do not fulfill this process.

I wish you the best on your nursing journey.

nurseprnRN, BSN, RN · Jun 29, 2012

esme and i always answer this one together.

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 an rn face to face. 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.

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 and comfort zone.

go!