Nursing Interview Questions

When figuring out how to conduct my interview it was challenging and also tricky coming up with who I would interview and also the type of questions I was going to ask this individual. As I was pondering who to interview I remembered how my older sister was in the same major as me. I look up to my older sister so it was an awesome experience for me to get the opportunity to interview her and learn more about my major. Since I haven’t been able to learn anything about nursing yet, because OU does a 2+2 year program, it was exciting to gain more knowledge from my sister about all the interesting tasks that nurses get to experience, typical first year assignments, and how communication is a vital role in nursing. When looking over the questions and answers from my interview it was clear that patience and compassion were a valuable aspect of nursing. One of the questions I asked my sister during the interview was “What qualities do your most successful nurses possess?” from there I gathered that patience is important and the hospital can be chaotic but with patience you can understand how to deal with the craziness. Another point she made was that being “A …show more content…
The author discusses about the academic and non-academic literacies that each individual carries. When conducting my interview, I knew that I should ask the question, “What are some academic and non-academic literacies that nurses practice”? The interviewee was a little puzzled at first because she was not aware of those terms. After explaining, she went on to tell me that her academic practices were “refreshing my mind on how to do CPR, going to meetings to stay up to date, and constantly checking vitals”(Carrasco). She goes on to tell me about her non-academic literacies which includes running and hanging with her family to help relieve all the stress she may encounter from her