“Nursing Supervisor Frequently Asked Questions in various Nursing Supervisor job interviews by interviewer. The set of questions are here to ensures that you offer a perfect answer posed to you. So get preparation for your new job interview”
The best way to deal with irritant patient is,
☛ Talk to them
☛ Inform them of what you will be doing
☛ Be kind and gentle
☛ Always check the room for any hazards or waste
☛ Be courteous and treat them with respect
☛ Be vigilant in monitoring what they are doing at all times of the procedure
The right method to correct an error made while charting on a resident’s chart is to draw one line through it, write the words “mistaken entry,” and then initial.
While transferring patient from bed, CNA must crosscheck following things,
☛ Can patient bear his weight? fully or partially
☛ If patient is cooperative use stand and pivot technique using a gait/transfer belt
(1 caregiver) -or- powered standing assist lift (1 caregiver)
☛ If the patient is not cooperative use full body sling lift and 2 caregivers to transfer patient.
☛ If patient have upper extremity strength then use gait/transfer belt until the patient is proficient in completing transfer independently
☛ Knock on the door, call out to the resident by name and begin conversation
☛ keep conversation to the point and brief
☛ Use simple direct questions
☛ Be patient and wait for answers
☛ Use communication tools like Notepads and pens, scrabble tiles, flash cards, pointing, picture boards and maybe charades
☛ Repeat it back to make sure you heard right what is said
A CNA can work at following places,
☛ Nursing Homes
☛ Home Health Care Agencies
☛ Assisted Living Facilities
☛ Staffing Agencies
☛ Hospitals
☛ Hospices
☛ Doctor Offices/Practice Groups
☛ Day Care Centers and Schools
☛ Medical Clinics
☛ Urgent Care Centers
Some of the types of post-surgical care that a nursing assistant can be asked to provide for patients include
☛ Monitoring and recording of vital signs ( blood pressure, temperature, heart rate, and respiratory rate)
☛ Post-Operative Pain, make sure their pain is under control
☛ Carefully moving the patient as such tubes or drains are connected with patients body
☛ Fluid Intake/Output should be monitored
I would assess the list and organize them in order of urgency as per their medical needs.
☛ Why did you decide to become a nurse (or choose this specialty)?
☛ Do you work better independently or as part of a team? Describe.
☛ What do you find most challenging or difficult about being a nurse? How do you motivate yourself to get through such difficulties?
☛ What do you find to be most rewarding about being a nurse? Which aspects of nursing do you find most satisfying/enjoyable and why?
☛ Give examples of how you have provided patient-centered care. Explain your understanding of outcomes-based care.
☛ Describe a time when a physician gave an order that you believed was incorrect. How did you handle it?
☛ Describe a time when you were unsure of the best protocol to follow. How did you handle it?
☛ Describe a time when you had a conflict or disagreement with your supervisor. How did you handle it? What was the outcome?
☛ How do you handle patients who complain or become abusive?
☛ How have you handled coworkers, physicians, or others you work with who become rude or demanding?
☛ What types of situations do you find stressful on the nursing floor? How do you manage those stressors?
☛ Have you ever worked in [this] type of environment before or with [these] kinds of patients? What made you successful?
☛ How do you stay current within the nursing field? What publications do you read? What research findings interest you?
☛ Are you currently affiliated with any professional nursing organizations? How has membership benefitted you?
☛ How would you handle it if you had to stay late on your shift, unexpectedly and with little or no notice?
☛ How many times in the past year have you been late for your nursing shift? How many shifts did you miss and why?
☛ What environment or dynamics help you to be your best as a nurse? What are your qualities or attributes that make you a great nurse?
☛ How would your nursing coworkers describe you? How would your nursing supervisor describe you?
☛ Why do you want this job? Why do you want to work for this organization? What do you know about this organization?
☛ Describe a time you worked on a special project. What was your contribution? What were successful outcomes?
☛ Describe a time you have trained or mentored new nurses or nurses who were new to your organization.
☛ What do you see yourself doing in 5 years?
☛ How do you feel your background has prepared you for this role?
☛ If offered this role, how soon could you start?
☛ Is there any reason why we should not hire you for this role?
1. Please walk me through your resume and your nursing training and experience.
2. Why are you interested in this particular nursing job?
3. What do you consider your strengths and weaknesses as a nursing professional?
4. What do you consider your most relevant qualification for this nursing job?
5. Why did you choose your specialty area of nursing?
6. Why do you want to work in this facility?
7. How do you stay current with the nursing profession?
8. Describe a situation in which you had to handle a difficult and demanding patient
9. Tell me about a decision that you had to make quickly regarding a patient
10. When have you disagreed with a colleague over the management of a patient. How did you handle it?
11. Why are you the right person for this nursing job?
During contraction, the measurement of the pressure in a patient’s heart is referred as systolic blood pressure.
☛ What would you do if a nurse wasn’t following your instructions?
☛ How do you deal with conflicts between team members?
☛ How do you evaluate your team’s performance?
☛ If a nurse under-performs, how do you let them know? What do you do to motivate them?
☛ What clinical experience has been important and relevant to you?
☛ How do you keep up with changes in the field?
☛ What do you hope to gain from this position?
This is a situational question designed to test your attitude towards difficult situations and it requires you to answer openly, making the best of your communication skills. Tell the interviewer what the mistake was or what the conflict was all about. Make him/her understand that you dealt with the employee in a constructive way and tried to find the root cause of the conflict. Discuss about how you described the mistake to be a learning opportunity for the concerned employee and encouraged him/her to continue to perform at best. Discuss about how opinions and grievances of the team were well attended by you and that the target towards which the team was working on was more important and would end all conflicts if rightly achieved. In short, in spite of a mistake or conflict, you tried to motivate your employee and team to perform at best.
☛ What is your philosophy of nursing?
☛ Describe a time in your clinical nursing experience when you demonstrated critical thinking.
☛ Provide a specific example of how you utilize evidence-based practice in your nursing career.
☛ Tell me how you would deal with a patient whose family was upset over the care he was receiving?
☛ What have you identified as your strongest clinical skill?
☛ What skill challenges you the most?
☛ Describe a clinical situation that taught you a memorable nursing lesson.
☛ What are your future goals in the field of nursing?
☛ How do handle the pressure of working as a nurse?
☛ What is your management style?
☛ What’s your experience in training, supervising and evaluating?
☛ What do you do differently when managing newly trained nurses as opposed to experienced nurses?
☛ What kinds of patients did you deal with as a nurse?
☛ How would you rate your computer skills?
☛ How would you report to the nursing director?
☛ Are you comfortable taking up nursing responsibilities when necessary?
☛ Do you think nursing or management skills are more important for a nursing supervisor?
☛ Tell me about a difficult case you handled as a nurse. How would you train your team to handle similar cases?
☛ Give me an example of a time you improved efficiency in clinical operations.
☛ Tell me about a time one of your staff didn’t get a positive performance review. What did you do about it?
☛ Tell me about a time you were short-staffed. How did you ensure patient care standards were met?
☛ How do you handle emotional family members?
☛ Describe a stressful situation you experienced and how you managed to stay calm.
☛ What do you think of neatness? Is it important to you and why?
☛ What do you think of profit?
☛ What do you think of authority
☛ Have people said you walk extra miles? when was last time you have done that and what did you do?
☛ What make a good leader?
☛ Are you a good leader?
☛ What do you think of having friendship with patients?
☛ What do you think of flow?
☛ Are you doing your job with enthusiasm? How so?
☛ What have your manager said about you?
☛ If you see a family's friend bringing food to the patient, will you go and tell him not to do that?
☛ How do you deal with conflict? When was last time you have resolved a conflict and what did you do?
☛ What make you happy?
☛ What make you not happy?
☛ Tell me about your job experience?
☛ What do you like about your job?
☛ If you see a boy hammered his finger, and he is crying, what would you do?
☛ What do you think of aides?
☛ What would you see yourself doing in 10 year?
☛ Is being punctual important to you?
For lateral side transfer for patient having different weights, say for
☛ For patient < 100 pounds use a lateral sliding aid and 2 caregivers
☛ Patient having >200 pounds weight use a lateral sliding aid or mechanical lateral transfer device with 3 caregivers
For handling Urinary drainage bag, CNA should practice following steps,
☛ Wear gloves before handling urinary sample or urinary drainage bag
☛ Empty bag into relevant container without touching tubing against container
☛ After emptying urine wipe drain with alcohol swab
☛ Close or protect drain
☛ Leave bag close to bed and should not touch floor (use barrier)
☛ Remove gloves and wash hands
Height adjustable shower gurney or lift bath cart with Waterproof top is used for a patient who is unable to sit up.
While using bath boards and transfer benches, following things need to be taken care of
☛ Use clothing or material between the resident’s skin and the board
☛ Look for devices that allow for water drainage and have height adjustable legs
☛ If a wheelchair is used, ensure wheels are locked. Make sure the transfer surfaces are at the same level
☛ Ensure that floor is dry while taking patient out of bath tub
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