Questions relating to population-focused practice

[jennk24]

Attention all nurses: I am a nursing student and for one of my assignments for school is to ask a nurse who practices in the population-focused nursing. This means you could be a school nurse, a staff nurse, a director of a nursing home, nurse practitioner, Vice President of nursing in a hospital, staff nurse in a public health clinic, or a community health center, and last a director of nursing working in a health department....My questions are, "What is the scope of practice for you in your nursing field?" & "Are you able to carry out population focused practice?" & "Could you carry out population focused practice if you weren't already, and how would you?" Thank you soooo much, this is a big help!

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

I think when nursing students are asked to interview nurses it is meant to be face to face. Face to face interviewing is a vital skill in the nursing process of caring for a patient. Tons of information can be gleaned from body language in a face to face interaction that as a nurse you need to read to best care for your patient. In this electronic age we exist in, face to face interactions are rarer and rarer but remain vital to the assessment process.

Go to CVS and talk to the nurse practioner running the clinic, make an appointment with your PCP to speak with his nurse, talk to your local board of health in your town and their nurse practioner, check the health stop on campus, go to a local urgent care, call the local school and ask for an appointment with the school nurse. I really think perfecting interview skills is vital to the nursing assessment process. :heartbeat

Good luck!

[Hospice Nurse LPN, BSN, RN]

I agree w/ Esme

[Guest717236]

I agree with Esme. Select one of the population focused practices that you have

identified above, and make an appointment with the nurse.

You will learn a lot more about the nurses role and how she manages

that patient population.