Interview with a death-related professional
Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to learn how to locate appropriate professionals in the community who are involved in the field of dying, death or bereavement and to develop an understanding of the nature of their work, their clientele and their organization.This assignment provides you with the opportunity to connect what you have learned in this course with the perspectives of professionals who are currently working full-time in the field of dying, death, or bereavement. Examples of appropriate professionals to interview are grief counselors, hospice nurses or hospice social workers, death educators, physicians or nurses who have experience caring for terminally ill patients or patients who have died, funeral directors, EMS workers, or any other appropriate professionals who deal with this subject on a regular basis. Each semester, one or two students will find someone from the internet who lives in another state and who has a website. They will either use information from their website or in a rare instance actually contact them for an interview. This is not an appropriate person to interview. It must be someone within your local community, in other words someone who you can refer people directly to from your local community if they needed help. If you have a certain professional in mind but are unsure if he/she qualifies for this assignment, please contact me.
Instructions: Your task is to conduct an interview with a professional working in a death-related profession and to write a report of this interview. Discuss what you learned from this exercise and relate it to material covered in this course. ANSWERS ALREADY FILLED JUST NEED TO PUT INTO ESSAY
Interview questions and answered questions
) Full name and contact information of the interviewee (required)
De’Andrea Overton (347)263-0070
2) Their position and place of employment (required)
LPN Execu-search Agency (Menorah Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Care.
3) Academic and professional background of interviewee.
Lpn – 6 years, BS in Biology, will be attending Accelerated BSN program Fall 2022 at Wagner College.
4) Reason why they chose their profession
– I chose nursing as a profession because everyday is different and you never know what to expect, its not boring and it keeps you on your toes. I first went to school for finance to become an actuary but working behind a computer all day, barely interacting with others was too boring. I knew I wouldn’t be happy doing that for years.
5) A detailed description of their role and responsibilities
– administering medications, providing ongoing wound care, documenting patient vital signs, ensuring patients are as pain-free and symptom-free as possible, assist with patient assessments and creating plan of care for patients
6) Common challenges they face in their work – Having to work with a shortage of staff (nurses and aides) and/or supplies, patients refusing care and/ or medications, being cursed at or physically attached by patients.
7) Any ethical dilemmas they have encountered – Having to treat patients that call you racial slurs or attempt to attack you.
8) Their views about dying, death, afterlife etc
Their views about dying, death, afterlife etc. I believe dying is much more than suffering. I see it as a time where those getting ready to pass can reach a different level of comfort and peace. Death doesn’t have to be a sad experience, it can bring family and friends closer together. I find comfort in believing there is an afterlife, which allows me to offer this comfort to my patients
9) What advice can they offer someone who is interested in a death-related profession – Go to therapy and find ways that help you to relieve stress. Being around death is not just hard on the patients’ families, it also takes a toll on you as well.
10) If there was something that they could change in their job, what would it be and why? I’d change having to witness patients slowly pass away before my eyes.
11) What was the last stressful situation you encountered in your job, and how did you react? Having a patient with an anxious daughter, who tried to control every aspect of care for the patient. The daughter didn’t want the changes to the medications from the hospital to be implemented. She was in denial her mom was being put into palliative care. I took the time to go over all the medications to help put the daughter at ease. We discussed the purpose for specific orders. I remained calm, attentive and reassuring. I didn’t rush and I have my full attention.
12) Tell me about a time that you had to deliver bad news to a patient?
13) Have you ever had a patient that took up a lot of your time? It’s not necessarily the patients that take up a lot of your time in hospice it’s typical the care you’re providing or a concerned family member that takes up a lot of my time.
14) How do you practice self-care? Yes, music soothes me so after a shift I listen to music on the way home. I have a spa day monthly and walk around my neighborhood. After a shift I also do yoga to help clear my mind.
15) How do you see the future of healthcare? If things remain the same, I see even more people leaving bedside care. There will be an even worse shortage of nurses and cnas.
Original questions Use the following questions to guide you:
1) Full name and contact information of the interviewee (required)
2) Their position and place of employment (required)
3) Academic and professional background of interviewee
4) Reason why they chose their profession
5) A detailed description of their role and responsibilities
6) Common challenges they face in their work
7) Any ethical dilemmas they have encountered
8) Their views about dying, death, afterlife etc
9) What advice can they offer someone who is interested in a death-related profession
10) If there was something that they could change in their job, what would it be and why
Note: You are expected to come up with at least five other questions on your own. Your report should be in narrative/essay form. You can write down each question but make sure you follow it with a paragraph or two that paraphrases the person’s answer. And relate each response to the material covered in the course. Think of it as writing an interview article for a magazine not just a Q & A format.
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