Nurses General Nursing
Published May 11, 2011
Sarah010101
277 Posts
Hi Everyone,
I tried searching for this topic already but did not find the information I was looking for.
I recently was given the opportunity for an interview in an Acute Medical Unit at a local hospital. I currently work in emerg, but i applied to a surgical/medical unit because I feel that I need some more experience and that as much as i love emerg, i could be a better nurse with a bit more med/surg experience behind me.
I have been given the opportunity to ESN (employed student nurse) in this unit.
My interview is next week and I am super nervous because I have no idea what the interview questions for a medical unit may be. I figured there may be something about pneumonia, COPD, diabetes, CHF... but honestly I have no idea what to brush up in...
Any tips on what kinds of materials i should brush up on??? VERY NERVOUS.
I feel like I am doing the right thing by switching to med though... i think that emerg is a great place and that i def can see myself working there, however my lack of experience has inhibited my critical thinking and decision making at times and i feel that I owe myself and my patients to have a great foundation before diving into emerg, and im not afraid to admit that I am inexperienced and that emerg is no place for myself as a student nurse and an inexperienced one at that :)
All advice is welcome :) Thanks for reading :)
tokmom, BSN, RN
4,568 Posts
Typicall med/surg interviews don't get that specific. Mine, over the years, have been the following questions:
Why work med/surg?
Tele experience?
Your strength and a weakness
how would you get along with a difficult co worker
Describe how you would deal with a rapid response, code blue situation?
How well do you get along with others? (looking for teamwork).
Prioritize how you would care for X amount of patients (they want to see that you organized)
It is probably not much different that an ER interview.
good luck!
Oh and play up what you can bring to med/surg from ER.
ie..good at difficult IV sticks, etc...