Nursing Manager interview

[Fenixrisen]

Anyone with Nursing management experience willing to answer some questions for me?

I just started a RN-BSN program, after graduating last month, but the one nursing manager I do have access to, I'm hesitant to ask, since I'm already annoying her with getting me started on the floor.

If anyone is willing, here are the questions. If not, thanks for reading and entertaining the idea anyway. Any advice on other places to ask, or specific users to annoy would be appreciated. :)

Thank you!

1.) How long have you been a nurse and what propelled you into nursing management?

2.) What are your long range goals as a nurse?

3.) Tell me about a high level innovative idea or change that you have implemented as a manager that you are proud of.

4.) Describe your management philosophy and management style.

5.) How have you managed to foster a successful team?

6.) Describe how you motivate a group of people to do something they did not want to do.

7.) How would you deal with an employee who broke policy?

8.) Tell me about a time in which you had to handle an irate physician, staff or patient. How did you handle it and what were the results?

9.) How do you handle unexpected circumstance such as being short staffed or having someone quit?

10.) What are some strategies that you might use to retain your current staff?

11.) Can you tell me about a quality measure that is used on your unit? How is it measured and what have been the outcomes? How is your staff informed about quality measures?

12.) What are some ethical dilemmas that you face as a leader in this organization?

13.) What effects do you believe healthcare reform will have on nursing, your organization and patients?

14.) What do you believe that we can do as individual nurses that would elevate our profession?

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

Typically, the purpose of these assignments is to get you out there networking with verifiable nurses. I could tell you that I'm a nurse manager and answer those questions, but I've never managed a unit in my life. However, I too have had an assignment where I needed to interview a nurse- specifically an educator. I will say that I learned a lot more by sitting down with her and being able to go off on tangents that went beyond the required information. So, don't sell yourself short by restricting yourself to faceless usernames on the internet who just might not be who they are.

Your profile states that you are an ADN- if you are already working as a nurse, why not interview your own nurse manager? Or, if that doesn't seem like a wise idea, why not a nurse manager on another floor where you work? This may involve giving up some of your free time to stay late or come in early, travel somewhere after completing your shift, but really, it's worth it in the end.