Robin Harris
AHS 4010
26 October 2015
Health Profession Interview
For my healthcare interview I interviews the LPN nurse Sandy Strausbaugh at my job
Bowling Green Care Center. She has been a nurse for a total of 32 years, most years spent
at Bowling Green Care Center and Bowling Green Manor here in Bowling Green, OH.
Since she was younger she has always had a passion for helping out other people around
her. She got started in the nursing field at 18 years old as an STNA and moving up to a
LPN. As a 32 year veteran in caring for others she does a great job as a nurse at our
facility. Her most rewarding aspects of this job is helping out the residents and seeing them
progress. Some challenges she faces are the endless paper work she has to do while on
duty and especially when things go wrong with a resident. She also wishes that in our
facility there was a lot more staff to cover the residents we have. It can get very frustrating
when you are short staffed and residents need around the clock care.
In regards to the affordable care act, Sandy talked about it limiting the amount of care that
you are able to provide to the resident. She also said that it limits the amount of time many
of the residents has in the facility. This is a problem when some residents need a longer
length of stay or their homes are not safe for them to reside in without supervision. Many
