Question

I am supposed to interview a person who was being a patient before in a hospital For a journal, I need to write what he or she has to say about his or her interactions with the nurses, ask the person if the nurses were caring; ask he or she how important is listening to them as a patient. Should I write this journal in past tense or present

Answer 1

Since both the interview and the patient's experiences were in the past, I'd use the past tense.