Registered Nurse Interview Assignment

Interview Assignment I had the opportunity to interview a registered nurse who has worked in this profession for over ten years. She has had the opportunity to travel all over the United States to work as a Registered nurse at many well known hospitals and institutions. The experiences she shared with me where amazing. Her name is Dawn Pope and she is currently employed as a Registered Nurse at Duke University in the intensive care department. I chose to interview a nurse because I wanted to learn as much as possible about the career before I applied for the program this fall. I chose Ms. Pope because she was my grandmothers' nurse in ICU at Duke and she was the one who influenced me to purse a degree in nursing after the wonderful job
The first thing I did was research nursing degrees and schools. I also read a few articles and testimonies from nurses about their jobs, experiences, and education. I wanted to learn as much about the nursing occupation as possible so I would sound well educated and ask the right questions. After a lot of research I made a list of questions that I thought would help me gather the information I needed. After listing all the questions I could think of I narrowed my list down to about eight questions that were all open ended questions. I wanted to make sure that I asked enough of the right questions to get the information I was shooting for, but also didn't want to go over the thirty minute session that we had scheduled. After a few days of preparation I was ready for the big day. On the day of the interview I dressed professionally as if I was going to be interviewed for a job. I made sure to bring along a notepad with my questions and paper to jot down some notes. I chose not to tape record this interview because she preferred not to be recorded. I arrived about 10 minutes early so that I could find the right office. I greeted Ms. Pope with a handshake and a smile and thanked her for making the time to help me with this