Behavoir Interview Questions for Nursing Interview
Describe a situation in which you had to handle a difficult and demanding patient
This is used to assess your interpersonal skills and ability to resolve conflict. Possible examples include a patient who is uncooperative with treatment or who resists a prescribed care regime. Highlight your communication skills. Good nurses have excellent communication skills that include both verbal persuasiveness and strong listening skills. They are able to communicate with patients and families to understand their needs, explain treatments and influence their attitudes while displaying empathy.
Describe a decision you had to take quickly regarding a patient
This is looking at your judgment. Take the interviewer through the process you used to evaluate the situation and the criteria you used to make your decision. Show how you are able to rapidly assess the situation and then commit to the most appropriate action.
Tell us about a time where you disagreed with a colleague over the management of a patient
Are you able to work as part of a team? Do you display sufficient maturity in dealing with health care colleagues? What resources did you use to diffuse the situation- listening to your colleague's reasons, gathering information to make sure you had sufficient understanding of the situation. Focus on what you learned from the experience as a nursing professional.
What changes have you contributed to established practices to improve patient care?
Nursing interview questions like this are designed to explore your ability to show initiative and to assess and implement new procedures. It also looks at your motivation to go beyond the routine of your nursing job to think about how you can improve on current patient care protocols. Important skills used would include attention to detail, close observation, critical thinking and judgment.
Tell me about a challenging problem you faced in your previous job. How did you deal with it?
This question is designed to explore your ability to analyze and manage problems. Be specific in detailing how you gathered the necessary information to clearly evaluate the situation before coming up with a workable solution. Highlight your critical thinking ability and how you are able to apply previous nursing experiences and knowledge to deal with a difficult situation. Explain what you learned from the challenging experience.
Nursing work often involves a number of daily frustrations. Tell me about some of the frustrations you have dealt with recently.
Dealing with daily frustrations is part of most jobs. Your examples should highlight your ability to demonstrate perseverance, reasonableness and common-sense in the face of common frustrations. Prove you are resilient and able to deal with daily frustrations.
Take me through a typical day in your previous job
The interviewer is assessing your ability to organize and plan your day, your energy levels, your ability to be flexible and adaptable, and the sort of pressures and challenges you had to face on a daily basis. Before your interview outline a typical day for yourself and be able to answer this question fluently.
How do you manage stressful situations? Give me an example.
Focus on how you are able to maintain emotional stability in the face of traumatic and stressful situations. What resources do you use to do this? Examples include physical fitness, exercise and relaxation techniques.
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Nursing Interview Tips
Nursing Interview Tips
Conduct background research on the nursing employer
Familiarize yourself with the employer before the interview. You want to discover all you can about the target nursing job. The knowledge you gain before you arrive for the interview will give you the confidence and skills to convince the employer that you are the best nursing candidate.
Research the facility/hospital/unit and the nursing job in question. Learn more about their goals and values, their future plans and direction, the organizational structure, the demands of the job, the patient base. Use this information to prepare good answers to the nursing interview questions you can expect and to list some insightful questions to ask in your nursing job interview. If you're interviewing for a hospital job, research its financial status and economic stability. Is there potential for growth? Find out the the reputation of the hospital in the local community and the medical community.
Various methods can be used to conduct this background research. You can simply "Google" the organization and note down relevant information. Ask people you know who have had some interaction with the employer. If possible you should visit the hospital or medical facility before your interview. You can observe for yourself and ask the nurses and health care staff questions about the patients, management and organization. This also gives you a practice run to make sure you know how to get to the employer and how long it will take you before the day of the actual interview.
Bring the correct documentation
When you go to the nursing job interview, take along extra copies of your resume or CV, your complete and typed list of references, your nursing license and qualifications, and any letters of recommendation you have.
Bring your list of prepared questions to ask and a pen and paper to write down any questions that occur to you during the interview.
Prepare good interview answers
You can expect your nursing job interview to explore a number of areas. These include:
* Your training and qualifications
* Your previous work experience
* General nurse interview questions
* The key competencies required for the nursing job
* Your motivation for this nursing job
Have a list of questions prepared to ask the employer
Prepare a list of relevant questions to ask the employer. This will set you apart as both prepared and professional. Avoid questions that can be answered by conducting a little background research on the company. Your questions should be insightful and reinforce your commitment and enthusiasm for a nursing career.
Dress professionally
Choose the appropriate interview clothing. You want to look professional and make an excellent first impression. For a nursing job the safest option is something business-like and formal. As a nurse it is important to portray the image of a trusted and competent professional.
A pantsuit, dress or skirt with jacket teemed with low-heeled closed shoes would be considered appropriate. Make sure all your interview clothes are clean, well-pressed and tidy. Attention to these sort of details are essential for a nursing professional.
Conduct background research on the nursing employer
Familiarize yourself with the employer before the interview. You want to discover all you can about the target nursing job. The knowledge you gain before you arrive for the interview will give you the confidence and skills to convince the employer that you are the best nursing candidate.
Research the facility/hospital/unit and the nursing job in question. Learn more about their goals and values, their future plans and direction, the organizational structure, the demands of the job, the patient base. Use this information to prepare good answers to the nursing interview questions you can expect and to list some insightful questions to ask in your nursing job interview. If you're interviewing for a hospital job, research its financial status and economic stability. Is there potential for growth? Find out the the reputation of the hospital in the local community and the medical community.
Various methods can be used to conduct this background research. You can simply "Google" the organization and note down relevant information. Ask people you know who have had some interaction with the employer. If possible you should visit the hospital or medical facility before your interview. You can observe for yourself and ask the nurses and health care staff questions about the patients, management and organization. This also gives you a practice run to make sure you know how to get to the employer and how long it will take you before the day of the actual interview.
Bring the correct documentation
When you go to the nursing job interview, take along extra copies of your resume or CV, your complete and typed list of references, your nursing license and qualifications, and any letters of recommendation you have.
Bring your list of prepared questions to ask and a pen and paper to write down any questions that occur to you during the interview.
Prepare good interview answers
You can expect your nursing job interview to explore a number of areas. These include:
* Your training and qualifications
* Your previous work experience
* General nurse interview questions
* The key competencies required for the nursing job
* Your motivation for this nursing job
Have a list of questions prepared to ask the employer
Prepare a list of relevant questions to ask the employer. This will set you apart as both prepared and professional. Avoid questions that can be answered by conducting a little background research on the company. Your questions should be insightful and reinforce your commitment and enthusiasm for a nursing career.
Dress professionally
Choose the appropriate interview clothing. You want to look professional and make an excellent first impression. For a nursing job the safest option is something business-like and formal. As a nurse it is important to portray the image of a trusted and competent professional.
A pantsuit, dress or skirt with jacket teemed with low-heeled closed shoes would be considered appropriate. Make sure all your interview clothes are clean, well-pressed and tidy. Attention to these sort of details are essential for a nursing professional.
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