Be Ready and Get Hired! Interview Questions for Newly-grad Nurses
Most students look forward to the school-year end and yes, graduation! After years of sleepless nights and sweat, you are now ready to rip the fruits of your endeavor. But before jump starting your career, it all starts with job searching and of course, job interviews. We listed few common questions asked to nurses during job interviews for the greater chance to be chosen by the hospital of your choice. 1. How do you see yourself, three years from now? In order to prepare well for this question, research a reasonable career path or nurse specialization which will flow from the position you are applying for. You may start with “I see myself being successful and advancing as…” 2. What are your major weaknesses? Remember this: Do not confess all your problems and never say that you have no weaknesses. Mention your personal weaknesses that are outside the job or a professional weakness that you have already improved upon. For example: "I've never been good with accounting. I'm glad this job doesn't involve accounting." Or "I have a tendency to take on too much on my own. I am working on this by delegating more." 3. Nursing is a stressful profession. How will you manage or deal with stress in your daily work? You may site a stressful school project you've worked on and the specific actions you took to organize each step and see the project through. Or say “I try to get out and catch some breather to clear my head. If this is undoable, I just pray." 4. How are you going to deal with an unfriendly doctor? You will definitely deal with doctors. Here’s the tip: “If I can stay absolutely calm, then I will be calm. This doesn’t mean I have to smile, though.” 5. How would you rate yourself in communicating with patients—and with families? If 10 is the highest, rank yourself 8. It is modest. Then add “I would remind myself to remaining calm, professional and empathetic to the emotions of the patients and their families.” To further impress, practice answering these tough questions, too: 1. Do you have any time-management tricks other nurses could benefit from? 2. Have you attended any nursing conferences? If so, how did you benefit from the experience? 3. How do you keep up with the latest information in your field? 4. What do you think are the most challenging aspects of meeting patients' needs? 5. How will you motivate a depressed patient? 6. What would you do if you were asked to float to an area or duty you weren't too familiar with? 7. What would you do if you found an elderly patient on the floor in his room? How would you document it? 8. How would you handle a situation in which you couldn't read a prescriber's orders? 9. Why did you choose nursing? Why didn’t you take other bachelor course? 10. What's your most important achievement as a student?
Hope that this compilation help you as you leap in your nursing career. Best of luck and welcome to the world of real-life angels!
Published at: 03/10/2015
