► How would you handle a situation in which you couldn't read a prescriber's orders?

► If you were offered your last job again today, would you take it? If you're returning to nursing after not working in the profession for a while:

► How long has it been since you worked as a nurse?

► What have you been doing since you've been out of nursing?

► How have you prepared to return to nursing?

► Did you take a refresher course? How did it help?

► How have you kept up with changes in the profession? If you're a student applying for your first position:

► What's your most important achievement as a student?

► When do you plan to take your NCLEX? Have you taken a course to prepare for it?

► Where did you get your clinical experience? What units?

► Did your clinical experience include putting in a urinary drainage catheter or starting an intravenous line access? Inserting or removing a nasogastric tube, or caring for a patient with one?

► What was your favorite clinical experience? Least favorite? Why?

► What types of charting systems have you used? What do you like about them? What do you dislike?

► What do you think is a reasonable orientation time?

► Have you worked with an electronic medication administration record? Bar coding?

► What new technology have you used in school, such as personal digital assistants (PDAs)?

► Are you on-line often? What are your favorite sites for reliable health care information?