► Can you give some examples of your creativity?

► Who is the most difficult person you've ever worked with and why?

► What type of management style do you work with best?

► Can you describe a time when you had to intervene for a patient, what you did, and why? What was the outcome?

► How would you rate yourself in communicating with patients-and with families?

► Can you describe a situation in which you dealt with a difficult family member?

► How do you motivate patients?

► Can you describe a time you went beyond the call of duty?

► Can you describe a situation in which you thought that you were right and others were wrong-and what you did about it?

► Can you describe a situation in which you were supposed to work with a person you didn't like and how you handled it?

► Have you ever been in a situation in which a co-worker put a patient in jeopardy? If so, what did you do about it?

► What would you do if you were asked to float to a specialty area you weren't familiar with?

► Can you describe a time your work was criticized and how you handled it?

► How do you handle delegation issues with unlicensed assistive personnel?

► How would your co-workers describe you?

► How would you describe your role in a recent code?

► How do you handle stress?

► Have you ever been fired or asked to resign?

► What would a background check on you show?

► Would your previous employer recommend you?

► What would you do if you were caring for an alert patient who suddenly got acutely confused and disoriented?

► What would you do if you found an elderly patient on the floor in his room? How would you document it?

► Have you worked with many foreign nurses? If so, what did you do to help them?