Pre-Interview Reflection

I chose the person that I am interviewing for this assignment for many reasons, but mostly because I have known her for almost my whole life. She is a very close family friend of ours and I look up to her a lot. She has not always been a nurse, it is actually her second career and she has only been one for about 5 years. She has lots of experience within the healthcare field. She was a pharmacy technician for years before she went back to school to become a nurse. The qualities that I noticed she had that were similar to a leader were that she is determined and extremely loyal. I have a lot of respect for people that go back to school for a second career, all while balancing a family life and a job to support the family. There is a lot of work that is involved in becoming a nurse, and I cannot even imagine how much work and time she had to put in while she was in nursing school. I think that the courage and determination that it took for her to complete this is amazing and part of being a good leader. 

The job that she has currently is a formal leadership position. She currently works at a school for children that have learning and behavioral disabilities as a school nurse. I am interested to learn more about what she does on a daily basis with these kids and how she collaborates with the teachers and other members of the school in order to provide the best care for the kids. I am also interested in learning more about what she plans to do in the future, job-wise, and if she plans on staying at the bedside for the rest of her career.