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for my informational interview, I chose to interview a close
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family friend named Holly Long.
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Holly is a nurse, but her official title is Health
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Service's manager for the effort.
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Green Public School District.
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Um, my first question for Holly Waas.
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Tell how you got started in this field.
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What your education.
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WAAS. What educational background really did Experience might be helpful
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in entering into this field.
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Her answer for me.
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Waas. She earned her bachelor's degree from Idaho State University
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nursing many years ago.
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She started as a school nurse in the Vancouver School
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District. She later transferred to Evergreen School District in the
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Human Health Service's manager.
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One thing she found helpful when entering into the fueled
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I'm nursing and health is to find a mentor or
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someone with a few more years experience on when you
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could go to with questions or concerns.
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She also said that getting an internship or clinical experience
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with patients is very crucial.
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My next question for her one of the daily duties
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of your job.
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What are the working conditions?
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What skills abilities are utilized in this field?
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Her current job is now more minutes administrative position because
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she's working at the district level.
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She was in charge of hiring school nurses.
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She also worked with Task Force to develop health standards
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and schools, including vaccine requirements, flu prevention, mental health counseling
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and self had cell in sex health UH, content, she
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says she doesn't use much of her practical nursing skills
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that utilizes Cirque or nursing values.
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My third question was one of the toughest problems.
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You deal with that work.
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What problems does the industry have as a whole?
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And what is being done to solve these problems?
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Some of the toughest problems Holly says she sees in
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her field his political dramas.
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Who says working at the administrative level can be a
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daunting Sometimes it's not always black and white.
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Many of the health issues she was working with are
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very controversial, which can make decision making difficult.
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Some solutions to these problems aren't informed parents and teachers
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about the health of their students.
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Uh, my fourth question was, What do you find most
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rewarding about this work?
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Um, she friends most rewarding about her work is changing
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the health of students.
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She thinks that some of the health issues she's working
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on our preventative measures.
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She hopes that she will be making future of healthier
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Children. My question.
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Ours, where do you see yourself going in a few
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years and what your long term goals?
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Holley said.
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She's getting closer to retirement, and she doesn't see much
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post for herself personally.
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However, she said that with her level of experience, she
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could potentially work at a state level on a board
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of health.
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She said she could also work for a hospital administration
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job. My six question for Holly was how well suited
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is my background for this field When the time comes,
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How would I go about finding a job in this
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field? What experienced, paid or volunteer?
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Would you recommend?
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What suggestions do you have to help make my resident
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more effective?
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Um, she said that with my current background, with a
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major and health sciences, I'd be a great candidate for
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either nursing or health service's manager.
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She said one tool is definitely networking.
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When it comes to finding a job, make sure they
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have a well written resume.
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In definitely a few letters of recommendation volunteer with the
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hospital or another health related organization.
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She said that she volunteered with the Red Cross and
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met of any great contacts.
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My seventh question waas pretty timely.
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It waas How has Cove in 19 changed the way
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you work?
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And do you think you will be better prepared for
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a future situation?
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Um, Kobe, 19 has definitely changed the way we have
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been working.
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We have started to work.
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I started working remotely rather than in the office.
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We have also started to develop plans for a safe
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return of school.
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We have to submit these plans to the local health
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department for approval.
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I know that we have learned a lot from this
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pandemic. I think we will work on dry.
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Just be more prepared as well as plans for teaching
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school remotely if we have to.
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My final question for her was, How have, UM, you've
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been able to balance a work life and home life?
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Do you feel you get an adequate time in both
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early is.
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And she said, this dress during these times has been
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a bit unbearable.
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She says she's feeling she's working 40 to 50 hours
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a week roughly to help cope with this dress.
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She has been trying to get outside as much as
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possible, taking about 20 minutes to go on walks around
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the neighborhood, clear her mind and reduce anxiety