Unit Manager Question:

► 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?