Phone interview with Everette Hospital/Med- Surg

[piscesmama]

Greetings. I am a new grad that will be interviewing via phone next week with a med surg nurse manager.

What kinds of questions should I ask her?

What kinds of questions do you think she will ask me?

Anyone working there that can give me feedback or say anything about the new grad program.

Thanks Piscesmama:yeah::heartbeat

[L&DForMe]

I used to work on med/surg as a CNA. I moved to L&D 4 years ago, so Im not sure what its like there anymore. I only get bits and pieces of info from nurses who transfer over to us.

Penny Parks is the nurse manager on that floor and she's a very nice woman. She's generally very organized and very willing to help you with whatever you need help with.

Right now, I would ask questions like....

*How long will orientation last?

*How often are you low censusing?

*How often are you floating to other floors?

*How long after orientation before I can be floated?

*What will your patient load look like?

*How many patients would you take with & without a CNA? (When I left, the 33 bed unit was getting 2 CNA's to split the floor. Each nurse was getting 6-8 patients, depending on census, aquity, and staffing. Ive heard that theyve gone back to each nurse getting 6 patients with a CNA and the CNA works between 2 nurses. I dont know that I believe that though).

Good luck with your interview! And welcome to Providence, should you accept the position :)