Running Head: Interview and Interdisciplinary Issue Identification
Interview and Interdisciplinary Issue Identification
Megan Charrette
NURS-FPX4010
Capella University
July 12, 2022
, 2
Running Head: Interview and Interdisciplinary Issue Identification
Interview Summary
I had the pleasure of interviewing another one of the registered nurses on my unit,
Brittany Fenstermacher. Brittany has been working at this facility for over six years now, almost
five of them being as a nurse. Her current job title on the unit is a weekend night shift nurse. Her
current role as a nurse on a med surgical unit is to have a specific assignment of patients where
she is required to assess these patients, monitor their vitals, and administer any medications that
the patients are required to have while they are admitted in the hospital. More times than not
Brittany is also required to be charge nurse with her own five to seven patient assignments. Saint
Vincent Hospital is a nine-floor facility, that has many different specialties to offer. A couple of
these specialties include oncology, cardiovascular, nephrology, neurosurgery, pulmonology, and
orthopedics. Brittany works on a general medicine floor with 35 rooms, that regularly admits
med-surg patients as well as oncology. There are several nurses that have been signed off and are
oncology certified on the unit. This allows for oncology patients who are admitted on the unit to
still be able to receive their scheduled chemo if it is not being held by the oncologist. This floor
is also a designated spot for patients who receive 24-hour chemo infusions to be a direct
admission from our cancer center. Unfortunately, Brittany expressed some issues that have been
a concern for her and other nurses on the floor for quite some time now. The unit may have a
max number of 35 patients admitted at a time. The floor consists of four hallways 1-13, 14-19,
21-28, and then 29-36. The ones hallway has all negative airflow rooms, but for a while now the
negative air has not been working. The 30s hallway is supposed to be a desired location for
oncology patients or any patient who has been receiving chemo. Just recently the president and
the CNO, approved that if a patient tests positive for COVID-19 they are required to stay where
Interview and Interdisciplinary Issue Identification
Megan Charrette
NURS-FPX4010
Capella University
July 12, 2022
, 2
Running Head: Interview and Interdisciplinary Issue Identification
Interview Summary
I had the pleasure of interviewing another one of the registered nurses on my unit,
Brittany Fenstermacher. Brittany has been working at this facility for over six years now, almost
five of them being as a nurse. Her current job title on the unit is a weekend night shift nurse. Her
current role as a nurse on a med surgical unit is to have a specific assignment of patients where
she is required to assess these patients, monitor their vitals, and administer any medications that
the patients are required to have while they are admitted in the hospital. More times than not
Brittany is also required to be charge nurse with her own five to seven patient assignments. Saint
Vincent Hospital is a nine-floor facility, that has many different specialties to offer. A couple of
these specialties include oncology, cardiovascular, nephrology, neurosurgery, pulmonology, and
orthopedics. Brittany works on a general medicine floor with 35 rooms, that regularly admits
med-surg patients as well as oncology. There are several nurses that have been signed off and are
oncology certified on the unit. This allows for oncology patients who are admitted on the unit to
still be able to receive their scheduled chemo if it is not being held by the oncologist. This floor
is also a designated spot for patients who receive 24-hour chemo infusions to be a direct
admission from our cancer center. Unfortunately, Brittany expressed some issues that have been
a concern for her and other nurses on the floor for quite some time now. The unit may have a
max number of 35 patients admitted at a time. The floor consists of four hallways 1-13, 14-19,
21-28, and then 29-36. The ones hallway has all negative airflow rooms, but for a while now the
negative air has not been working. The 30s hallway is supposed to be a desired location for
oncology patients or any patient who has been receiving chemo. Just recently the president and
the CNO, approved that if a patient tests positive for COVID-19 they are required to stay where
