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Um... Really?

Just left an interview today and thought interview questions were bogus. :uhoh3::uhoh3:

Here are a few examples ( btw- she is making these scenarios up from her head):

Interviewer: " What would you do if a NM ask you to do something that you think is unsafe"?

Me: I would ask for the NM reasoning behind the task and tell him/her my reasoning for not performing the task if it truly will jeopardize the residents or my license.

Interviewer: " I'm not satisfied with that answer, nursing is a learning process no matter how much experience you have"

Me: I totally agree with you.

*** Obviously, in nursing we are constantly learning... I would NEVER not do anything my NM asked me unless it was not safe or legal, I can't believe she assumed that I was not willing to learn, but I guess I will know how to answer that type of question next time.

Another example:

She asked me twice what would I do if a resident fell. I can see asking me once but why twice??? Needless to say she got the same answer.... :uhoh3:

Unfortunately I may decline the job if offered because orientation is scheduled on a school day. I can attend 3/4 days of orientation but since I can't attend the fourth day I can't work there, her words not mine... but its' all good.

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    Interviewer: " What would you do if a NM ask you to do something that you think is unsafe"?

    Me: I would ask for the NM reasoning behind the task and tell him/her my reasoning for not performing the task if it truly will jeopardize the residents or my license.

    Interviewer: " I'm not satisfied with that answer, nursing is a learning process no matter how much experience you have"

    Me: I totally agree with you..

    Just the simple fact that she asked you this at the interview, probably means you WILL be asked/told to do something unsafe, and will be EXPECTED to do it.

    run for the hills.....:uhoh3:

    Diane, RN

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    So what if your nursing manager had CHF and diabetes, had shortness of breath and pitting edema, and asked you to do something unsafe as she was falling down?

    Oh my gosh, just scared the bejeezsus out of my sleeping cats from laughing at that!

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    Sounds like this interviewer has been out of bedside nursing for a loooong time. PO lasix for pitting edema and SOB? Besides, it really doesn't matter what orders you expect, the doctor will order just what he/she wants. Your job is to follow the doctor's orders, not guess what he/she will order.

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    Why doesn't this nurse manager just handle the floor on her own? It doesn't sound like she needs other nurses- or even physicians.

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    What orders do you expect? Who cares?!!?! You can't do anything about orders you expect, only orders once given! :uhoh3:

    I would run, not walk, to the nearest exit.

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