Interview Questions 2

Hi, I have a couple Interview Questions that I am hoping you all could weigh in on.

1. You are feeding a patient that is completely dependent on you to feed them and you get a page that another patient who is confused/disoriented needs to be taken to the toilet, and your RN pages you that she needs your help two doors down. How would you handle this situation. This would be an acute care hospital.

2. Another C.N.A. complains to you that you always get all the easy assignments. What would you say/do?

1. i would tell the rn that i am with a patient and will be there as soon as i can.

2. i wouldn't tell her anything at all. that's just the way the cookie crumbles.:up:

I would excuse myself for resident that I am feeding, take the disoriented one to be toileted and let the nurse know that I will be with her shortly.

To the complaining CNA, I wouldn't say anything. It's obvious that she is fishing for something and I don't want to play.

1) I would see what the nurse needs. It may be important or it could just be to tell me about the pt that needs to go to the restroom, I would then go to toilet that pt, unless the nurse had something more pressing for me to do, and then come back and finish feeding the patient.

2) I would let them know that I do not make the schedule, but he/she can talk to the charge nurse and I would gladly accept any change that they (the charge nurse) felt was needed. Maybe the charge nurse is unaware of some more difficult patients. Maybe the charge nurse just didn't consider the workload. Either way, people are assigned a job, and it is their job to get it done (easy or not). Ignoring the problem will not really help the situation. IMHO, it is best to have open communication.