Blog 20- Interview 4 Preparation

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise?

• I plan to interview a nurse named Jennifer Ochoa. She is a registered nurse at City of Hope

2.  Post 20 open-ended questions you want to ask an expert in the field concerning your senior project. Your focus should be finding answers to your EQ.

1. How do you help a patient throughout their time at the hospital?
2. How difficult is it for them to cope with what they're suffering from?
3. How bad does the family take it?
4. Has there ever been a case where a patient rejects any type of treatment for cancer?
5. Whats the best way to help a patient through their treatment process?
6. What are the many different ways a nurse helps a patient depending on the type of cancer they have?
7. What has been your biggest accomplishment as a nurse?
8. What has been your toughest experience?
9.  What are the most common treatments for cancer?
10. What are the side effects of the treatments?
11. Does chemotherapy cause different effects on different people?
12. How do you deal with the side effects that patients get?
13. Has treatment ever gone bad on any patient?
14. Can you explain why some patients get chemo and some just get medication?
15. How bad have patients gotten because of the treatments given to them?
16. On a scale of 1-10, how difficult is it for you as a nurse to deal with their side effects?
17. Has there ever been a case where family members get extremely upset with you as a nurse?
18. If so, what has the family done that has affected you?
19. Do you love what you do?
20. Do you think you would be able to handle doing chemo?