Interview for junior sister post in icu.

[kunni]

:confused:Hello Guys,

I have been invited for interview for a junior sister post in intensive care unit, in london. I have been asked to prepare a 5mints presentation which would not be much of a problem as 5mints is really a short time. My major fear is that I have also also been asked to pick up some materials from the receptionist prior to the morning of the interview for my scenario questions. So, the question now is, can anybody help me as to possible scenario questions that would involve collecting equipment before the interview. Have anybody been to any of this type of interview. PLEASE HELP. ANY HELP WOULD TRULY BE APPRECIATED.

Thanks

kunni

[XB9S, BSN, MSN, EdD, RN, APN]

Hi there, firstly I've got a bit of interview help in my blog, the link is in my signature and there is a bit in there about presentations.

As far as a scenario presentation, I use these and I would set an untoward incident such as patient deteriorating, serious medication error, capability issues.

If it is patient related then obviously they will be looking for ABC's check patient safety and knowledge of actions to take in various critical care situations so maybe a vent failure, peri-arrest that kind of stuff. If it involves staff then make sure once the patient is settled and safe that education, policy issues etc are addressed.

For example the last one I set was a patient with a tracheostomy, becoming more unwell during the day but not acted on and finally when called you find that they are peri-arrest. What do you do.

I expected the actions to be separated into immediate, intermediate and then long term

Immediate, ensure patient safety, call for assistance from medics, ABC deal with the situation and stabilise patients condition.

Intermediate, speak to nurse involved and discuss incident, question why this is only now been brought to your attention and identify compassionately any knowledge deficits, stress, illness that may have contributed

Long Term, look at action plan for provement, if there is a knowledge deficit is it just this nurse or as a global problem, work with education nurses to deal with it etc etc

Hope that helps