Telemetry Interview Help

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Has anyone interviewed for a Telemetry/Step-down unit before? If so what clinical scenarios were you asked?

Thank you so much for the help!

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I work on a tele/step-down type unit. The questions they asked me were more like, "How would you handle a stressful situation," and "What does teamwork mean to you?" If you want to prepare for the possibility of them asking you about clinical situations, I'll tell you a great deal of my patients are admitted for chest pain, NSTEMI, respiratory distress (we take vented patients), and a TON of SOB, which is most often caused by an exacerbation of CHF.

Are you a new grad?

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Thank you for responding. Yes I am a new grad. This is my second interview, first for a telemetry position. The manager informed me they will ask me clinical scenario questions so I wanted to see if anyone had any examples.

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Specializes in ED.

I was asked these questions: What would I assess or expect to see for patients with CHF? If a patient comes in with chest pain, what labs would I order? I was asked situational questions as well with lots of emphasis on teamwork and how to handle stress.

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Specializes in Quality, Cardiac Stepdown, MICU.

Definitely, how to handle new onset chest pain. Remember MONA: morphine, oxygen, nitroglycerin, aspirin (well, not in that order). Stat EKG, troponins, of course call the MD first for all of these except oxygen if you don't have standing orders.

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Thank you so much for the help. I really appreciate it. I have a second interview this week! Who knows what they'll ask this time..

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