Interview Question

[danish0914]

One of the questions the nursing manager asked me in a recent interview was "How do you deal with a needy patient, a patient that keeps calling you into their room?"

I can't remember what I answered exactly, but I think it was a negative answer. Any tips on how to answer this would be great :)

[RN403, BSN, RN]

You could inform them that you understand their needs, however, you have other patients that need you as well. While you can't be in their room as often as they would like you can check in on them once hourly (hourly rounds) and they can write down their needs and relay them to you at that time.

Something to that effect would be alright I believe.

[NICU Guy, BSN, RN]

Explore why they are needy. Are they in their room alone and scared, so the only way to be able to talk to someone is to constantly hit their call button?

[danish0914]

Ahh, thank you so much, this really helps. I also just thought of another one, I was asked, "How do I tackle or what do I do when there are a fair amount of tasks on my plate?" I said I'm the type of person who likes lists, and while I am tackling that priority task, in the back of my mind I am making a list of what I could tackle next and so on. I'm thinking I also should have said something about delegating some of the tasks to lighten my load?

[RN403, BSN, RN]

Ahh, thank you so much, this really helps. I also just thought of another one, I was asked, "How do I tackle or what do I do when there are a fair amount of tasks on my plate?" I said I'm the type of person who likes lists, and while I am tackling that priority task, in the back of my mind I am making a list of what I could tackle next and so on. I'm thinking I also should have said something about delegating some of the tasks to lighten my load?

I think what you said was perfectly fine! Don't read too much into your responses. I know it is hard, but, you will drive yourself crazy. You probably did better than you think.

[danish0914]

I think what you said was perfectly fine! Don't read too much into your responses. I know it is hard, but, you will drive yourself crazy. You probably did better than you think.

Unfortunately I've always been a person who is too hard on herself lol, but I have another interview tomorrow, so I just wanted brush up on a few things :)