Fourth Interview Preparation

20 Questions:
1. What do you consider to be the most important aspect(s) of midwifery?
2. What knowledge most affects a midwife's ability to serve her patients?
3. Which prenatal diagnostic do you use? Why? Is this the best one?
4. How do you keep your patients low risk throughout their pregnancy?
5. What can a midwife do throughout a woman's pregnancy to prevent a c section?
6. What can a midwife do during labor to prevent her patient from having a c section?
7. How important is having an extensive knowledge in maternity care? Does it affect her ability to serve her patients?
8. How important is having an extensive knowledge in primary care? Does it affect the midwife's ability to serve her patients?
9. Which is more important to possess? A knowledge in maternity care or primary care? Are they equal?
10. What does a midwife need to do often to provide her patients with good health care?
11. What can midwives do to best improve the practice of midwifery?
12. What other things, that are out midwives hands, can be done to improve the practice of midwifery?
13. Which do you think is most cost effective? A midwife or physician?
14. What is done during an at home birth if a woman needs to undergo a c section?
15. What characteristics do you think a midwife should have?
16. What sort of personality is needed to be a midwife?
17. How do that personality and characteristics affect the relationships built between the midwife and her patients?
18. For you specifically, what affects the way you serve your patients?
19. What type of childbirth classes do you recommend expectant parents to take?
20. What books do you really enjoy and know of, that focuses on all aspects of midwifery?

Blog 6- Interview Preparation

1. My mentor is Deborah Nakielski and she is a certified nurse-midwife at Kaiser Permanente in Baldwin Park, Ca.

2. Five questions I plan on asking my mentor:

• Where did you attend school and how long did it take you to become a certified nurse-midwife?
• How has this field/ position evolved over the years and/or ever since you began working in it?
• Why did you chose to work at a bigger hospital such as Kaiser? What do you enjoy most about working in a hospital such as kaiser rather than at a smaller clinic or birth center?
• What does a typical day at work look like for you? What attributes does someone need to have in order to be successful in this career? 

Blog 4: Interview Preparation

1. I plan on interviewing Simona Istrate because she is a very well known nurse-midwife and has been in the field for over 20 years. She is accredited by the American College of Nurse-Midwives and is licensed by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Simona is also a Registered Nurse First Assist certified by UCLA, and is the Senior Vice President and Director of Midwifery Services for University Physicians Medical Group. She is also the founder and CEO of the Natural Birth Center and Women's Wellness. I think that interviewing her would really benefit my research because she is a professional who has a wide knowledge on midwifery and can provide me with accurate information.  

2. Questions I plan to ask:

• How, when, and why did you decide that you were going to be a midwife?
• How did you decide what school you wanted to go to and how long did you have to be in school to be a CNM?
• Why did you choose to open your own birth center instead of working for hospitals or any other birth center?
• What do you feel you have to do in order to give your patients a good overall experience with you from before birth to postpartum?
•  How many births have you attended and how do you feel every time you bring a new child into this world?