NR393 Course Project Phase 2:

Conversation With the Selected Nurse Template

Student Name: ___Tara Woodring____

Introduction:

Student Introduction and Statement of Purpose (20 points)

Tara Woodring: Hi Roy! Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to sit down and do this interview with me! I appreciate this and you so much!

Selected Nurse Introduction (20 points)

Roy Damian: Hi Tara! Thank you for selecting me to be the nurse you think is making nursing history! I would have never thought that you thought of me in that way. You know I’m here whenever you need me!

Selected Nurse States Verbal Permission for Conversation and Submission (25 points)

Tara Woodring: Do you agree to this recorded conversation and submission to my instructor for grading purposes?

Roy Damian: Yes, I do give you permission for this!

Questions and Answers

Question 1

Tara Woodring: What are your favorite memories of nursing school from your Student days?

Roy Damian: The best memories of my nursing school days were the times when we got to do clinicals in special areas for the first time like the Operating Room, ICU. It felt nerve racking and exciting at the same time.

Tara Woodring: Honestly, I felt the same way when I was in nursing school. Its probably one of those feelings that every student feels in clinicals.

Question 2

Tara Woodring: How did your first year of RN practice compare to your nursing practice today?

Roy Damian: Nursing today is much different from the practice of yesteryears. In the 90’s we focused on care plans for the specific patient, we weren’t controlled by insurance policies as to how long a patient could stay in the hospital or which procedure would be done, based on their coverage. We also got to document a lot less.

Tara Woodring: Sometimes I wonder what kind of nurse I would be if I was a nurse back in the 90’s and even early 2000’s instead of within the last few years. I have always enjoyed listening to you and Beth talk about how different everything is today and it makes me excited to see how nursing will advance in the coming years, and who I will be sitting around with speaking of how nursing was back in 2020-2021!!

Question 3

Tara Woodring: What were some nursing practices that you used in your earlier years that are no longer used today? Why are they no longer used?

Roy Damian: As an ICU nurse of the 90’s we used gadgets and devices that I no longer see now in the present like Montgomery straps, Wangesteen tubes, etc. Pretty much everything now is automated.

Tara Woodring: Yeah, I’m going to have to research those! I’m pretty sure I’ve never used any of those, or even seen them!!

Question 4

Tara Woodring: How have specific persons or events significantly impacted your practice over the years?

Roy Damian: The most significant event in my career is when I came to the US to practice. Nursing is nursing wherever you go but, in the USA, a nurse must be cognizant of the impact of care he delivers to the legal aspects of the delivery of care. Everything must be legally documented. It makes me feel that I am doing nursing for the lawyers and auditors and not for the patient.

Tara Woodring: It does feel like we continuously “nurse” for lawyers and auditors instead of the patients. It was taught, and even ingrained in us in school to always watch what and when you document, and to make sure we document everything and note everything as if we were going to have to present the patient or the care we provided in court.

Question 5

Tara Woodring: How have you impacted the nursing practice of others?

Roy Damian: As someone with decades of experience, I get to share my past practice and techniques to the newer generation of nurses. My goal is to somehow achieve the fusion of modern nursing with the caring principles of yesterday. I would never say that the practice then was more superior than today, it is different, and the perfect balance would generate a more robust body of knowledge in the practice of the profession.

Tara Woodring: You exude that! You definitely fuse modern nursing with principles from back in the day! You have become someone I highly look up to, and search for when I’m in need of any advice, or any question I need answered or procedure I need help performing. You make it feel as if asking a million questions is never a burden to you or your day!

Question 6

Tara Woodring: What contributions have you made to nursing in the areas of leadership, provision of care, and/or evidence-based practice?

Roy Damian: I am a proponent of the pursuit of higher knowledge in nursing to advance the profession, I am an ambassador for nursing certification.

Tara Woodring: Considering the certifications you have accomplished, and the way you teach and precept new nurses, you take contributions to the next level. I know you hate being in the leadership position, but as far as evidence-based practices go, you continuously stay up to date, and bring in prior experience with new knowledge.

Question 7

Tara Woodring: What challenges in today’s nursing can be improved using lessons from the past?

Roy Damian: The lack of empathy amongst the generation of nurses of today. The older generation of nurses were more caring and compassionate. The advent of the internet and the social media impacted the practice negatively in that, nurses focus less on the job at hand and rather occupy their time with posting their getaways and such.

Tara Woodring: Its interesting you say that. I have seen both generations be caring and compassionate and seen those from both who lack empathy and make you wonder how and why they’re even a nurse to begin with. I also agree with you that most nurses today have their phones stuck to their hand and spend more time on social media than staying up to date on nursing practices and research.

Question 8

Tara Woodring: Who is your favorite famous Nurse from nursing history?

Roy Damian: There has been a lot of great nurses like Imogene King, Hildegard Peplau, Lydia Hall. They advanced the practice to the point where it is now as a unified body of science and not a borrowed knowledge from medicine.

Tara Woodring: I have heard of Lydia Hall, but not Imongene King or Hildegard Peplau. You have given me something to look into and see how these two changed nursing.

Question 9

Tara Woodring: How do you use that famous Nurse’s examples in your own practice?

Roy Damian: I use their teachings in the collaboration with other health care professionals. You, as a nurse, need to speak with authority because your knowledge needs to be respected.

Tara Woodring: I have always admired the way you speak with physicians and other members of our team. Even though it can at times come off a little strong, each person you speak with never disrespects you or what you bring up to them. It is something that I have tried to tie into my conversations with other healthcare professionals.

Question 10

Tara Woodring: Based on your nursing past, what advice would you give to the new Nurse today?

Roy Damian: My advice to the new nurses of today is to spend more time being a bedside nurse before you pursue some higher degrees. Learn humility first. The letters after your name do not mean anything if you suck as a person.

Tara Woodring: Humility is something that is needed in nursing. I totally agree with your advice, and I hope that when I’m twenty or so years into my nursing career I am someone who people can look up to and sought after for advice and love as you are!

Conclusion:

Gratitude (20 points)

Tara Woodring: Roy, thank you so much for interviewing with me. Thank you for sharing even more knowledge and advice with me. I appreciate this in so many ways! I hope the rest of your day is fantastic and that you get some much-needed rest!

Roy Damian: Thank you again for thinking of me for this interview. I hope you have a good day as well! I’m off to sleep. Too da loo my friend.

Summary (20 points)

Tara Woodring: All in all, this interview went better than I expected. I was so excited that Roy agreed for me to interview him and take time out of his morning after working last night in order to be apart of this. It was great to ask these questions and gain even more knowledge about my friend and mentor in nursing. It was especially interesting when he brought up Imongene King and Hildegard Peplau, I had never heard of them. But now, I will make sure to investigate them and their careers and see why these two had such an impact on Roy. This interview has helped me learn so much more about Roy on a different level, that I had never thought to know him on. Prior to this interview, I would have never thought to ask who in nursing history he looked up to and used their teachings as a part of his current practice.

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