interview

Sorry to hear you are still having problems. Good luck for the interview

Good luck! let us all know how you go!!

thanks

ive been told its like a chat and realise i know v little about clinical goverance what else is big

See what sort of local issues there are. Question to ask would be what sort of preceptor program to they have for new grads?

I would also be expecting questions on infection control and I would advise you to keep the answers simple. Remember the things you do already - handwashing, alcohol gel, gloves, aprons etc - would could mention the 10 high impact changes - not in any detail but enough for them to let you know you are aware of them

Some senario based qestions may be asked "what would you do if....?" remember that if you are ever in doubt - seek advice, tell someone.

The importance of proper documentation.

I don't think you would need to know much more than this they need to know that you are safe and have a good attitude - everything else will come with time.

Just relax a little and be yourself, they will want to see what you are like as a person. Hope it goes well. Jane

:yeahthat: I'm sure you'll be fine.

It's also good to read a couple of nursing mags from recent weeks, see if there's an article there that may be pertinent to the area you're applying for. If an opportunity arises sliip in that you read about *that* in the NUrsing Times/Standard last week & expand on the subject a little to show you're up to date.

Make sure that you prepare some questions to ask them.

Most of all - the very best of luck to you!!

seen tutor today,

got told dyslexic tend to feel better with order and disorder makes them anxious, so that having no mentor is not so good. think the ward is breaking their obligations under the sha with the uni and with me. uni seems on my side i had been wondering if they took their colleagues views over my experinces.

over the interview

bought a new blouse and shoes and the nursing stanard and am thinking why i like medical nursing so i can be bubbly and keen

so farmy ideas run to

being exposed to more holitsic nursing having longer time to get to know your patients and relatively slightly more automny

liking having medic on the ward all day

When I had my medical ward interview I played up those very same things, more holistic care, more observational/interventional nursing & more influence over outcomes than in surgery.

Although I kind of prefer surgical nursing now I do yearn for those days of really making a difference!! It's just that medical nursing in the NHS is just soooooo heavy!! Great if you're young, slightly hard on the old back if you're veteran (despite all the slide sheets you can muster!!!)

Truth is that I preferred medical but as an old bat need surgical!!!

spinal injuries is the heaviest nursing i have ever done

but no larger eldlerly immobile patients

ok 30-40 mins in interview

question included how to manage a patient with chest pain coming out of it i realised i had said oxygen asprin ecg morphine etc get help sho observations but did not say ABC and was prompted on if the patient has angina i give GTN

another qiustion on ward management how to organise care 4 10 patients on a medical ward early with a 1st year st/n and a experience hca

so initially i went all for the obvious washes meds etc

however i then said i get any referels etc needed so that the patients would get the MDT input etc and the other professional would plan to include that patient on the list. however i was the n asked how i would promote the learning needs of the st/n so i was slighly honest and said instead of treating them like a pair of hands that depending on the st/n ability thye could contact the mdt etc and then follow through and observe any assesment.

how to implement change i gave an account from pre training and what i've learnt which was my former manager tried to creat a more holostic environment and he didn't get enough ground support and cahnge agents so that what i would do in future.

what would i do if i saqy 2 hca moving a patient on a sheet (this was hard cause i know its wrong but i'm not innocent of this act.

i said as a nq nurse i would take them aside remind them that it bad for the patient and themselve which they know from manadorty training. and that i tell a seniro colleage incase this had been noted before and then if i say any repetion i'd esclate up.

i find out tuesday my mobile in getting fixed so they will phone my home number or my current ward.

i asked what the perceptorship is like 2 week training 2 weeks on the ward super nurmery 6 months percetorship 9 months probation

against sickenss/performance and a foundation trust so modified the afc ksf