Operating Room Nurse Question:

☛ Tell me about your past employment and how it's relevant to this position.
☛ Where do you see yourself in 5 years? What were you goals 2 years ago? What are your goals now?
☛ Why are you interested in the operating room? Why do you want to be an OR nurse?
☛ What kind of communicator are you and give an example of it?
☛ Give an example of a confrontation between you and a co-worker, how was the problem solved?
☛ What are the roles of the nurses in the OR?
☛ What are your strengths and weaknesses?
☛ What would your colleagues say about you?
☛ How would you set up for a latex allergy?
☛ What is the safe surgery checklist?
☛ How do you handle stress in your life?
☛ How do you handle emergency situations? And give an example.
☛ What is family centred care? (I work in a peds OR)
☛ Rate how well you are as a scrub and a circulating nurse in these services: eg. Ortho, general, ENT, Neuro, plastics, etc.
☛ How do you maintain your education?
☛ How would you set up for an emergency craniotomy as a scrub nurse and as a circulating nurse?
☛ How do you prepare to scrub/circulate for case you've haven't done?
☛ How do you maintain a good work life balance?