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Directions: Interview a Registered Nurse with two or more years of experience currently in practice regarding his/her perception of the nursing role and discuss the role of communication in nursing.Instructions and Rubric are attached in the PDF
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ASSIGNMENT II – REGISTERED NURSE (RN) INTERVIEW
Communication is more than just the sharing or exchanging of ideas and information. It is a
dynamic interchange between communicators. It includes verbal and nonverbal interactions and
is essential to nursing practice.
There are three (3) parts to this assignment:
Interview a registered nurse (RN) with two years or more experience currently in
practice regarding their perception of nursing and the nurse’s “role.” Turn in a twoto-three-page typed summary of this interview. The paper must be typed in a
summarized APA format. Do not numerically itemize the questions in your paper.
10 points will be deducted from the total score of the paper where the questions
were numerically itemized. However, all interview questions below must be
summarized in your paper.
I.
Start your paper with a brief introduction of the RN interviewee – to include
years of experience and current area of practice.
NOTE: Please use the nurse interviewee’s initials or last name only.
II.
Questions: (summarize the questions in the order in your paper). Do not
numerically itemize the questions in your paper.
1. What is your perception of the role of the Registered Nurse?
2. Has that perception changed since you first entered Nursing?
3. In what area(s) of nursing have you worked?
4. Did you feel you needed different types of communication for each specialty
area? If so, how did your communication differ?
5. With whom do you communicate most frequently?
6. How important do you believe communication is in a nurse/patient relationship?
7. Are there insights or tips you can give me that you have discovered enhance
communication with patients or others?
III.
In one or more paragraphs, discuss how you felt about interviewing the RN. How
effective are your communication skills? Are you comfortable with the way you
communicate? Describe at least three non-verbal cues that you observed the
interviewee using. What did these non-verbal cues mean to you as the observer?
Grading Rubric for Registered Nurse (RN) Interview
Must be Submitted in Canvas
Name: _________________________________ Possible Points: 100 Earned: _______
Criteria
Possible
Points
1. Paper starts with a brief introduction of the
RN interviewee – to include years of
experience and current area of practice.
10
2. What is your perception of the role of the
Registered Nurse? Has the perception
changed since you first entered nursing?
10
3. In what area(s) of nursing have you
worked?
10
4. Did you feel that you needed different
types of communication for each specialty
area? If so, how did communication differ?
10
5. With whom do you communicate with
most frequently?
10
6. How important do you think
communication is in the nurse/patient
relationship
10
7. Are there insights or tips you can give me
that you have discovered enhance
communication with patients and others?
10
Actual
Points
Comments
8. In one or more paragraphs, discuss how
you felt about interviewing the RN. Did it
make you feel more comfortable about the
way you communicate?
10
9. Describe at least three (3) nonverbal cues
that you observed the RN you were
interviewing using? What did these
nonverbal
cues mean to you as the observer?
10
10. APA Format:
10.1 Title Page (1)
10.2 Body of paper in APA Format (3)
10.3 In-text Citation (2)
10.4 Reference Sheet (2)
10.5 Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling
(2)
10
TOTAL
100
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