Help With 2nd Interview for New Grad in ICU

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Specializes in ICU.

Hello,

I went in for a first interview with the CVICU nurse manager. She said I interviewed very well but her concern was that my true passion lies in the ER. Since I had previously been asked by the nurse recruiter to rank my top three choices for units to work in, and I had given ER, ICU, and Med-Surg, I couldn't deny that I'd prefer to work in the ER. Well, low and behold I got a call asking me to come in for a second interview with the nurse who will be directly in charge of training the two new grads who get hired. The first interview the nurse manager asked me a wide topic of questions starting out with :

Tell me about yourself

What my strengths/weaknesses are,

Why do I want to be a nurse

What would I do if two nurses where talking badly about the nurse manager in front of me what would I do,

What would I do if someone complained of chest pain,

What would I do if I found a patient on the floor,

Name a drug that would effect the EKG and what I would expect to see

What would you do if a physician started yelling at you about something you did?

I'm really really scared anticipating this interview. Since there are absolutely almost no one hiring new grads in the Bay Area of California I feel a lot of pressure to get this job. Just to get an interview is amazing.

So I'm wondering if anyone out there who has gone on a second interview and how it differed from the first. What would they be looking for? What types of questions can I expect? Will it be like the first one just with a different person?

Any information is appreciated. Thanks.

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