Blog 18: Fourth Interview Preparation

1. List twenty questions you want to ask an expert in the field of your senior project. 

• Studies and research have shown, that Labor and Delivery Nurses have a significant impact on a woman's birthing experience, how do you relate to that?
• When a woman arrives at the hospital in labor, what standard procedures are done?
• Typically, how many Labor and Delivery Nurses are assigned to one patient?
• What is key, into building a relationship with your patient?
• Do you ever conflict with a patient's birthing doula and/or family members?
• How often do you check up on a woman, who is labor? 
• How often do you address the patient's physician, while she's in labor?
• How do you read a woman's body language? 
• What's a woman's typical behavior while she's in labor?
• How is a woman with the "Baby Blues" cared for?
• What kind of care is given to a woman who is pain, and not wanting to receive any medication? 
• How do you encourage natural birth, if that is in the woman's birth plan? 
• What are your procedures after a baby has been delivered?
• How different are after care procedures, if the baby is premature? 
• How do you attend a woman and/or a physician during a cesarean section?  
• Have you ever preserved a woman's delivered placenta?
• Do you teach woman how to breastfeed and care for their baby? 
• Have you ever delivered a baby before, when the physician was not able to make it on time?
• On average, how long do women and their newborn(s) have to wait, before being discharged from the hospital?
• How do you manage to remain calm, professional, educated, and stress free with the pressure of your job?