Hello all. today i actually had an interview at a jail facility in so cal. It went well enough. i was asked ten questions (i list the ones i remember at the end of this post since they didnt ask that we not tell anyone like other agencies have done). i answered all of the them nicely except one which stumped me; i would be surprised if they called me to return, etc. the question was 'what would u do if u were called to an unconscious man down who is a known diabetic with heart problems?' or something to that effect. all i could think of was do CPR type stuff and check his blood sugar... and that was it! the interviewer kept prodding me b/c he wanted more, but i couldnt think of anything else. i am a new grad (graduated dec '10-is that still new?) who hasnt found that first nursing gig yet so i dont know if i'm starting to forget things, but i couldnt think of anything else and they moved on to the next question. so please someone out there (especially if u r in correctional nursing), what would u do if called to a man down, unconscious?
the other questions i can remember were:
-give an example of how you handled a disagreement with a co-worker.
-if u feel u r doing 60% of the work and the other nurse is only doing 40%, what do u do if anything?
-if u have an order for regular and NPH insulin, and the pre-administration readout on accucheck reads 56, what do you do?
-what can you tell us about yourself?
-where did u go to school?
-do u have experience working with people with mental issues?
-how do feel about working with people who may have violent pasts?
-what days can you work?
these r all i can remember at the moment. i visited the section on correctional nursing and the posters were right: it seems diabetes and heart conditions are prevalent issues in the correctional setting. anyway, holler back ya'll about what to do about an unconscious man down...
