Pre Interview Reflection

The subject I chose for this interview is my father. My father works as a nurse and he is the clinical leader of his floor. He works in orthopedic nursing and has a background in physical therapy as well. He has been working at the same hospital for over 10 years and has taken on a huge leadership role as the clinical leader of his floor. I chose my father because he has been my biggest role model my whole entire life and having the pleasure to also see your role model grow and go from a floor nurse to a clinical leader is something special to me. As a father, he is compassionate, empathetic, understanding and always willing to listen and that is something that he also shows in his work with patients. He is always prepared and professional but still accommodates to any needs that a patient has. He is always able to communicate efficiently and is extremely self aware which is something I have always admired because it means that he is able to always check in on himself and work on things to make himself better for not only his family, but his career as well. As a clinical leader, I find him to be both informal and formal. He is a formal leader because he does have authority over his floor but also connects with others and builds communication with others to find a common ground for people which is seen as informal. I am extremely interested in interviewing him because I want to learn more about how he sees himself and get a behind the scenes of how he came to get this clinical leader position. I am extremely interested in finding out more about what it was like being a male nursing student at the time that my father went to school. During that time period I know it was not as accepted to be a male in nursing and I think those struggles that my father went through really helped him to become the amazing nurse that he is today.