A few questions for experienced nurses

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Specializes in PICU.

Helllo Everyone! I am leading a class for my senior seminar, and I have to do it on interviewing tips, typical questions to expect at an interview, resume writing, etc. Could anyone give me suggestions on any of these aspects? Anyone with any typical questions, your help is appreciated! I had an interview for the PICU and got the job, but I wanted questions from other aspects of nursing, also. Med/Surg, etc! Thank you for any and all of your help!:monkeydance:

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Specializes in ICU, ER.

ER question: In what order would you see these patients and why? 1. 65 year old male with chest pressure, diaphoresis and SOB 2. 44 year old male with a kidney stone in severe pain 3. Young man needing conscious sedation to reduce a dislocation.

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Specializes in PICU.

And can you give me the answer and the rationale to that?!?! thanks so much!

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Specializes in critical care,flight nursing.

I didn't many interviwe, but the ones I did( critical care area) I was ask:

1) how i work inside a team and they would put me in situation( i.e: coleague A has a bad attitude I would you aproach it)

2) Code sitation, so I would review ACLS protocol

3)CP or SOB scenario( how would you react

4) major pharmaco question: metropol. NTG, ect.

Hope it help

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Specializes in OB, critical care, hospice, farm/industr.
ER question: In what order would you see these patients and why? 1. 65 year old male with chest pressure, diaphoresis and SOB 2. 44 year old male with a kidney stone in severe pain 3. Young man needing conscious sedation to reduce a dislocation.

Ooh! Ooh! I want to try: I would: 1. w/u the guy with pressure and SOB, IV, H and P, call cardios, send off some labs and get an EKG, then see 3. to briefly visualize how severe the dislocation is. If not wildly out of place, then I'd run next door to see 2. (we know for sure he has a kidney stone and not avulsed kidney, swiss cheese gallbladder, AAA, right?), start an IV and give him some narcs. Then back to 1. and check on him, assess what ever I need to assess and back to 3 to start an IV, call anesthesia and lay out instruments, while keeping an ear open for 1.

So how'd I do? Am I hired? ;p

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Specializes in ICU, ER.

TDub has it right. But before you start the conscious sedation, you must arrange coverage for the other patients since you cant leave your conscious sedation patient.

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Specializes in OB, critical care, hospice, farm/industr.
TDub has it right.

Thank you! I feel so accomplished.

But before you start the conscious sedation, you must arrange coverage for the other patients since you cant leave your conscious sedation patient.

I left that out entirely, didn't I? Grr, bad me.

But thanks! I always feel a little flustered when I'm triaging and hoping I haven't missed something important. Good to know something else to check.

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