Unit Manager Question:

► 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?