Blog 20: Exit Interview

1. What is your essential question, and what are your answers? What is your best answer and why?

• My essential question is, Which role of a Labor and Delivery Nurse is most important to ensure a successful birth?
• My answers are: 
• Labor and Delivery Nurses must be educated of a woman's body before, during, and after birth.
• Labor and Delivery Nurses must be able to provide emotional support, care, comfort, and fulfill the needs of the patient. 
• Labor and Delivery Nurses must be able to cope, move quick, understand, and handle stress at any time, given the type of situation and current condition the patient is in. 
• My best answer would be, Labor and Delivery Nurses must be able to provide emotional support, care, comfort, and fulfill the needs of the patient. Due to statistics and research showing that the behaviors of labor support from nurses, can have the ability to affect a woman's birthing experience. 

2. What process did you take to arrive at your best answer?

• The process that I took in order for me to arrive at my best answer, would definitely be through research and mentorship. From my research, not only have I learned that labor support can affect birthing experiences, but is also one of the most important keys to a successful birth. Mentorship has also provided me with an hands-on experience, which has taught me the real job of a Labor and Delivery Nurse. 

3. What problems did you face? How did you resolve them? 

• I didn't encounter any sort of problems, while trying to come across my best answer or trying to prove it. Since I have both research and mentorship to support my findings. 

4. What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why?

• My first significant source that I used to answer to my essential question is, "Factors Associated With Labor Support Behaviors of Nurses" by Samantha J. Barrett and Mary Ann Stark. I used this source because it has provided me with research and statistics, which I needed to really support my best answer.  
• My second significant source would be, "Lesson 5: Special Situations in Labor and Delivery". This source was also helpful, because it provided me with a list of instructions and duties a Labor and Delivery Nurse must complete and be in a variety of situations, which supports my third answer.