Introduction to Public Administration – Week 3 AssignmentPublic Administrator InterviewFor this assignment you will need to find a public administrator to interview. You may want to reach out to your local government and ask if you can interview your local City Manager or even the Parks & Recreation Manager. The interview could take anywhere from 15-60 minutes depending on the level of detail discussed. Below is a list of sample questions that you will want to ask in your interview. You will also need to develop your own questions to add to this list. Once the interview is complete you will submit a 3-4 page summary and reflection of the interview including a list of the questions discussed and a record of your interviewee’s answers. You may want to record the interview in order to provide an accurate record of your participant’s responses.In writing your reflection, consider what you learned from this experience and how it applies to your interests in public administration.Questions you will want to ask:1.Describe your current position. 2.What are your organizations goals, values, and/or mission statement? 3.How did you come to work as a public administrator?4.What is the most challenging aspect of your role?5.What do you find most enjoyable about this line of work?6.What do you find it the least enjoyable thing about this line of work?7.What are the typical issues/conflicts that you must deal with on a regular basis?8.We have discussed intergovernmental relations in class. How does your agency work with other governmental agencies?9.How do you approach decision-making in your role? Are there specific models or guidelines that your organization endorses? 10.How is your organization held accountable? What happens if the organizational goals are not met? If you were to give any advice to someone considering a career in public administration, what would you tell them?View your assignment rubric.

Part 1: 25 y/o presents to Labor and Delivery with complaints of uterine cramping and lower back pain. Denies any vaginal bleeding at this time. Has related history of a preterm birth at 32 weeks gestation with her last pregnancy. The baby is 3 years old now and has no developmental issues. Her current gestational age is 30 weeks. She is O+ and all other lab values are normal. No noted STI's. 1. Group Beta Strep is missing from the labs - most often is obtained at 35 - 37 weeks gestation. 2. Without this information it is often determined to treat the patient anyway - presumptively to protect a premature baby from the risk. 3. What other information would you like to ask her? 4. What nursing intervention will you provide? 5. What screening tests are often obtained to help determine her risk for preterm labor. 6. And if it is determined she is in preterm labor what medications may you want to use with a doctors order? 7. Please also give dose, side effects and possible result of the medication.Part 2: Objective information: Fetal heart tones are 130, with minimal variability Vaginal exam is 4 cm/90%effaced/ -1 station She is complaining of pain - 8/10 on a numerical scale. An IV has been started with an 18 gauge catheter with 1 liter of Lactated Ringers at 150 ml per hr in left forearm. How can you provide non pharmacological comfort to this patient? What are the pharmacological methods to use? Without prenatal records or history GBS is unknown. What must you provide? Contractions are 5 minutes apart and you receive an order to augment labor - what non pharmacological methods can you employ (or ask the MD to provide?) Pitocin is ordered, please include at what rate you will start Pitocin, and how often you titrate. What equipment is needed to hang and run Pitocin IV?

Using the Milestone Two position paper developed in Module Four, discuss who should be responsible for implementing this policy. Discuss how your agency (or a state agency, if it applies) will submit the proposed policy for input from beneficiaries. Based on typical policy development at the legislative level in your state, determine how long it will be advertised for input, and in what manner will input be sought and communicated. Explain how advocacy has contributed to this policy change.