Hello! My name is Nathaly and I am a current high school student. I'm conducting an interview with any professional in the nursing field or is a NICU for a Foundations in Health Science class project about careers! I have created a total of 13 questions. Comment on this post, answering all 13 questions to be a part of my assignment.?
1.) What profession did you choose?
Why?
2.) How many years of college did you
need to go through?
3.) What jobs did you work before you
landed your present professional
job?
4.) How can I decide if I should earn a
Ph.D. in this field?
5.) Were you in a college program?
6.) Did you have to pivot and go back to
school at a later date?
7.) Did you shadow another
professional in the field?
8. ) Did you join any school clubs
related to your current profession?
9.) Was there a particular subject you
struggled with during your school
years?
10.) What skill sets did you learn or
gain while pursuing your career?
11.) What are some skills you need for this field?
12.) Would you do something different if you can go back in time?
13.) Did you do any internships? If so what did you do and how were you able to get the internship?
1 answer
Marie’s Answer
2. Initially I took a 2 year nursing program at a local community College.
3. I was a stay at home mom before nursing school. During school work on peds oncology unit. After went straight into NICU.
4. PhD degree is used primarily for nursing research and teaching. There is another doctorate nursing program. Doctor of nursing practice (DNP). This degree is used to teach high level nursing programs.
5. The only program I was in is nursing
6. I graduated in 1990 with my ADN. In 2012 I went back to school for my BSN then MSN, so that I could teach.
7. I never shadowed anyone in the NICU. I did shadow a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) to see if I could do the examinations.
8. Since I started school at an older age, I did not join any clubs or groups .
9. Statistics was my Achilles heel. I took 2 lower level classes, before my graduate level Statistics.
10. All the basic nursing skills like venous blood draws, IV placement., nasal gastric tunes, Foleys, and critical thinking skills. Also there are different skills/task you learn depending on specialty unit you were in.
11. Work environment can be challenging, mentally/emotionally draining, and stressful. Also being a prominently female workforce there is bickering, backbiteing and bullying. But the rewards of seeing a baby get better, watching the parents take them home makes everything else not matter.
12. The favorite part is helping people. Seeing them leave better then when they got to hospital. Helping new nursing , seeing the changes they make growing as a nurse. Some people are in it for the money and that is wrong, they won't last.
13. They biggest sacrifice I made to achieve what I have in nursing, not seeing my kids grow up. Missing out on grandkids.,not attending MSN graduation.. it is called work/life balance. I was so focused on building a resume, losing focus on everything else
Best of luck. ME
Thank you!
Nathaly