Interview
Health Care and Life Sciences

1. Would you become a doctor if you had the opportunity?
Yes, I enjoy the medical field tremendously, and plan to continue my education throughout my career. But as you see, it is a great responsibility for someone`s life, and it needs a strong experience.

2. What made you choose nursing as a career?
My mother is a nurse, and also I wanted to do something in my career that makes a difference in people's lives on a daily basis.

3. Do you have any professional affiliations?
Yes, of course, I feel it's important to stay always informed about all news in the nursing profession. Also, I'm a member of the American Nurses Association.

4. Have you ever done any volunteer work? If so, what was it like?
Yes, I did. I think that our proffesion first of all must be a volunteer work and anly then a work which gives some income. I helped to save people`s life after a great plane crash. Also I went to Asia to treat children from the plague and collected in all possible ways money for it.

5. What do you find the most difficult about being a nurse?
I think the most difficult is to leave work at work. Very often I I tend to become very involved with my patients. Also, a lot of patients who are ill are very unhappy, or in a lot of pain, and I can't comfort them to the degree I'd like. But I enjoy conquering challenges, and I prefer to look at difficulties as challenges.

6. What do you think you contribute to your patients?
I feel that my patients know that I am there to make comfort and understanding, that I will listen to their problems, and that I will act as their advocate if necessary. I assume and really hope and believe that I offer my patients comfort and confidence that they are being well cared for.

7. How do you handle stress on the job?
I am generally an easy going person, and I don't allow on the job