The preceptor wants to encourage senior nursing students to learn more about how public health nurse professionals collaborate with community-based resource partners. As a senior nursing student, you are asked to interview a public health nurse professional working in a community clinic, the health department, or a program that specifically deals with vulnerable populations.

You will need to prepare interview questions, contact a public health nurse professional to schedule the interview, perform the interview, and prepare a thank you email with a summary of the interview.

Instructions

Part One – Questions for Interview

Prepare six interview questions that identify:

The role of the public health nurse professional in the community.

The populations served by the organization.

The collaboration that occurs with community-based resource partners.

To address the needs of specific populations.

To disseminate relevant information to the community.

• Part Two – Interview
• Conduct an interview with a public health nurse professional by:
• Scheduling the interview
• Determine how the interview will take place (over the phone, in person, Skype, Google Hangout, or a web-conferencing tool).
• Determine when the interview will be (date and time).

Documenting the responses to the interview questions and include the following contact information:

The full name of the public health nurse professional.

The name of the organization the public health nurse is employed.

Phone number of the organization.

• Work email address of public health nurse professional.
• Part Three – Thank You Email
• Prepare a thank you email to the public health nurse professional that:
• Provides the public health nurse professional with two suggested resources for information to support their community.
• Concludes with a thank you statement and summary paragraph of the interview.