1. What exactly do you do?
- What field is your job in?
Medical - What is your job title?
Staff Nurse - Please provide a brief description of the firm or organization that you currently work for (size and general description of what type of organization it is)
Rurual Hospital with 100 beds, for profit hospital. Approximately 500 employees
- How long have you been employed in this position?
2 years - How many hours do you work a week on average?
36 - Please provide a BRIEF description of your duties and responsibilities. (job description)
36 - Please provide a BRIEF description of your duties and responsibilities. (job description)
Registered Nurse in Labor & Delivery Unit. Total care of preterm and laboring patients. Charge Nurse, Night supervisor or Womans' Services Unit.
- What was your gross income last year? Please include any bonuses or incentives received.
69000 - What is your expected gross income for this year? Please include any bonuses or incentives you expect to receive.
70000 - Please list any benefits you have (Please include number of weeks vacation, sick leave and type of health insurance, retirement plan 401k)
2 weeks vacation, 401K, Partially paid health insurance, accure sick time hours each pay period - Do you feel you are under/well/over compensated at your current position?
under
2. Work environment!
- Does your job entail you working with others on a daily basis? Is this something you like/dislike about your job? Explain
yes.like. I work with a team of nurses each night. Can be a good or bad thing depending on the nurse your working with.
- Do you work collaboratively with supervisors/managers?
Yes - Do you work collaboratively with your co-workers?
Yes - Describe your work location (e.g., office, home, theatre, in the field) and what you like/dislike about working in it
- Please rank in order of importance from 1-8 (1- most important 8- least important) Assign each number once.
- 1 Income
- 2 Work Environment - co-workers
- 5 Work Environment - supervisors
- 3 Benefits
- 4 Hours
- 6 Level of responsibility
- 2 The actual "work" you do at your job
- 8 Job Title
3. How should someone new to the workforce get a J-O-B like yours?
- If someone wanted to go about getting a job similar to yours, what would you recommend for him or her to do?
Get a 4 year college degree with a BS in nursing
- What skills do you think a person should have if they want to pursue a position like yours? Please be specific and explain why (e.g., social skills, organization skills, technical skills)
Patience with people, critical thinking skills, organization skills, common sense.
- Do you feel that you need a certain level of education or training to be successful in your job?
Yes - What advice would you give to someone who was about to start work in your position/ line of work?
Be organized and double check everything you do. Be nice to coworkers. listen to advice of senior nurses.
4. How did you get your J-O-B
- How did you find your current job? (e.g. newspaper, internet, referral, etc.)
referral - What was the application process for your job? (e.g. submitted resume, paper application, electronic application, all, etc.)
electronic application - Did you have to interview for your current job? If yes, what did the interview process entail? (e.g., number of interviews, who you interviewed with, group interview, individual interview, etc.)
yes. one interview conducted by woman's services nurse manager. - If you can remember, what questions were you asked at your interview?
Hours, job expectations, career advancement opportunities - Is this the job / field you planned to work in?
Yes - If your job is in a different field from your original plan how did you get here? Explain (Plan can be from high school/college/post college/personal plan)
na. this is my planned field
5. Background: Are you qualified?
- Was there training for your current position? If yes, what did it entail?
4 year college degree. BS in nursing. - Do you feel your employer properly prepared you for your job? Explain
yes - Do you feel your educational background prepared you for your job? Explain
yes - If applicable, do you feel your internship experience helped you prepare you for your job?
6. The Future and Beyond (FINAL SECTION)
- If someone were to observe you at work, what would he or she say is "fun" about your job?
Being the first person to touch and see a new baby come into the world. - What is (are) the most fulfilling aspect(s) and least fulfilling aspect(s) of your current employment? (e.g. fiscal, spiritual, type of work, hours, commute, compensation, etc.)
Spending sometimes up to 1 hours after shift is over to chart when the 12 hour shift was busy. Most fulfilling is gettint to see a mother look at her newborn baby for the first time. - Is your current employment part of your career plan? Why or why not?
yes. I plan to stay in the Labor& Delivery area - What are your current career goals? (Can be broad or specific)
Masters in Nursing, possible Nurse Educator - Is there anything else you would like to share about your career?
I love being a nurse. It can sometimes be grueling but in the end it is worth it.
7. A Day in the Life Of...
- 7 am - 8 am
I work the night shift. At 7 p.m. I come into work change into scrubs and get report on the patients that are on the unit or ones that are scheduled to arrive. The offgoing nurse gives me report. I then begin to get organized for the night. I'm in charge so I also have to see what else is happening on the unit. - 8 am - 9 am
I assess the patient that is already here. Instruct her on the plan of care, get anything she needs. I check on the other areas of the unit and see if they need anything. I then prepare the birthing room for a patient that should arrive at 10 p.m. for and induction of labor. - 9 am - 10 am
I prepare my chart for the incoming patient. Sign my name, and do as much paper work as I can before the patient arrives. I stock the operating room and the other patient rooms on the unit. - 10 am - 11 am
The patient arrives a little late. I settle her in, start and IV, draw lab work and complete paperwork. I attach her to the fetal monitor so that I can observe the fetus's heart rate and if she is having contractions. Based on this I will make a decision wether or not it is safe to begin the induction process with medication. - 11 am - 12 am
The induction process has begun. I again observe the other patient that I am taking care of. I try to attempt to keep up with charting what is going on with these patients. I have to chart every hour on one patient and every 30 minutes on the other. - 12 am - 1 pm
- 1 pm - 2 pm
After forming a plan of care with the physician, I informed him of my assessment finding. I explain to the patient that we will monitor her for one hour and perform aother exam and if there is not change she will be sent home. I chart all of this on the patients legal record. I again recheck on the other patients that are one the unit. - 2 pm - 3 pm
I give the induction patient more medication based on my assessment of the fetal heartrate and contraction pattern. I then reevaluate the patient who thought she is in labor. There is no change in her status. I give her discharge instructions. Clean the room. Finish up all paperwork on her. - 3 pm - 4 pm
The patient arrives a little late. I settle her in, start and IV, draw lab work and complete paperwork. I attach her to the fetal monitor so that I can observe the fetus's heart rate and if she is having contractions. Based on this I will make a decision wether or not it is safe to begin the induction process with medication. - 4 pm - 5 pm
I prepare the operating room for a c-section that is scheduled for 7:30 a.m. I also prepare the room that the patient will be in. I do as much paperwork on the c-section patient as I possibly can. I check on the postpartum and nursery areas making sure they are having no problems. - 5 pm - 6 pm
I give the induction patient more medication and reassess her status. I reassess the other patient. I catch up on charting on each patient. The scheduled c-section arrives at 5:30 a.m. I prepare her for surgery, start an IV, place her on the fetal monitor, do paperwork and draw labs. While all this is going on I still have to evaluate the fetal monitors of the other patients. There is a computer system with monitors in each patient room where I can see what is going on with the fetal heart rate and contractions in each patient room. - 6 pm - 7 pm
At 6:30 a.m. Anesthesia arrives. I assist the patient and the anestheisiologist with epidural placement for the c-section patient. I am still watching the monitor for the other rooms while this is going on. At 7 a.m. the morning nurse arrives, I give her report on the unit. - 7 pm - 8 pm
The morning nurses takes over for me at 7:00 a.m. I then find a quiet area away from everyone else and chart what has occured with each patient. This is a legal record of all happening, it is the patients medical record. By 8:30 a.m. I've completed my charting. Now I have to complete the charge nurse duties of calculating observation hours, deliveries, midnight census and any other occurances. I walk out the door at 8:45 a.m. I have to return again at 7:00 p.m. - 8 pm - 9 pm
- 9 pm - 10 pm
- 10 pm - 11 pm
- 11 pm - 12 pm