Nursing Student

Are you sure you aren't supposed to interview someone not just seek feedback on an anonymous Internet forum from strangers with credentials you cannot verify due to anonymity ?

My feedback is that you should go right ahead and do that assignment. I bet there are lots of nurses right in your local area.

I would love everyone's feedback. I am currently a nursing student, and was giving this assignment.

1. The person interviewed should be a licensed nurse or was once a licensed nurse. They can be an LVN, LPN, ADN, BSN, MSN, APN, PhD, DNP, etc... and should have completed nursing school at least 6 years prior to your interview. Give the educational preparation of the nurse along with all of their current or previous certifications and any noted accomplishments.

2. What are some of the various roles that this nurse has worked in their career? What are they doing right now?

3. Discuss the reasons they chose nursing as a profession. (Ex. Job security, a family member was influential, they were ill as a child etc...)

4. What are some of the changes they have seen in nursing? What are some of the memories that they have of nursing school and their beginning careers?

5. Do they think that nursing is an honorable profession and would they still choose to be a nurse if they could go back in time?

6. What are some "words of wisdom" that they would offer a person considering this career path and any other information that you would like to ask them regarding the nursing profession and their careers?

Here's what you can get from an anonymous board:

1) RN. School. Other stuff

2) save lives. fluff pillows. On an, drinking coffee.

3) seemed like a good idea at the time.

4) yes

5) if i could back in time i'd be a stockbroker or professional gambler.

6) follow the assignment instructions to go find a real live nurse to interview.