Progressive/ICU interview advice!

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Specializes in ICU, Psych.

I'm graduating in August and I have two interviews set up for Friday at JPS Health System in Fort Worth...One in their ICU and one in their Progressive Care Unit.

What I'm wondering is what questions I can expect to be asked and what questions I need to be asking for myself. The nursing recuiter already gave me the salary/internship rundown, so that is all taken care of, so I'm wondering about unit specific stuff.

I am SO excited I could spit!!!! Critical Care was by far my favorite class and (bragging) my teachers were nothing but complimentary about my performance in the class. Plus, JPS is the county hospital and a level 2 trauma center which means fun traumas!!!

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I just got hired into a New grad critical care program for MSICU. I was asked mainly behavioral type questions, very few clinical scenarios.

Why do you want to work for us? What have you heard about our hospital? Make sure you research the hospital, especially their vision statement, their philosophy on health care. Also the type of specialties, for ex the hospital that I work for is is a stroke as well as a transplant center.

Other questions like:

Give an example of how you handled conflict.

An example of how something didn't turn out the way you wanted it to, and what did you do to change it.

The kind of medical diagnosis that you worked with

Your weaknesses, your strengths.

Questions that you should ask are about educational opportunities that they may provide for career advancement, is the hospital on the magnet track? Will you have a mentor after your training? What's the experience level of most of the nurses that you're going to be working with? How many travellers?

Good luck with your interview.

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Specializes in ICU, Psych.

Thank you for the info!!! I"m getting super excited!

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Specializes in ICU, Psych.

I got offered the job in ICU!!!!

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Specializes in Cardiac.

Congrats!

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Specializes in SICU.
I got offered the job in ICU!!!!

Congrats! I would definitely want to work at JPS if I lived in Fort Worth. How fun! I just got an ICU position at Parkland in Dallas. Go us! :-)

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Specializes in ICU, Psych.
Congrats! I would definitely want to work at JPS if I lived in Fort Worth. How fun! I just got an ICU position at Parkland in Dallas. Go us! :-)

Yay us!!! I'm soooo excited!

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