Once you have a clear understanding of what your organization needs, it is time to consider the interview process. This assignment is a continuation of the acquiring, developing, and leveraging employee process you have already been working on during this course. The interview process is an important step in hiring the right person for your organization.
For this assignment, develop an interview strategy you would consider using to interview and select the right candidate for your organization. You are required to use the job description you developed in the previous assignment. As you are developing your interview strategy, think about testing options that would benefit the interview process. The following must be included in your interview strategy (750-1,000 words):
A detailed description of the time, place, format, interview type, and employees involved in the actual interview process.
At least one testing option to be included in the selection process. Explain why this testing option is best suited for selecting a diverse array of employees.
A minimum of four situational and four behavioral interview questions you would use to interview for the job. (Reminder: Use the job description from your previous assignment.)
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Job Interview
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation
Job Interview
An interview is the most convenient way of selecting the best candidate for any organization. Regardless of the number of years, one has worked as a nurse, he/she must pass through an interview to test the necessary skills (Aspen University, 2022). Interviews are structured based on the job description. This paper presents an interview for the ICU nurse position.
Event Details
Where: / Interview Venue: At the hospital’s Human Resource’s Main office.
When: Interview Time: April 2, 2022, at 9:30 AM
Why: Interview and Evaluation for the recruitment of an Intensive Care Unit Nurse.
How: Interview Type: Face to Face Interview
Note to Remember: All candidates must present in their official attires.
Testing Option
-Demonstration of how to conduct an initial physical examination of the patient.
The test option will include asking the candidates to demonstrate how to conduct an initial physical examination of a patient. Conducting a physical examination of a patient is a universal knowledge that nurses and other healthcare workers should have (Jarvis, 2018). It is a routine test that healthcare workers (nurses, doctors, physician assistants) perform to check the overall health of the individual. Physical examination is important at the initial point of admission or outpatient care to understand the overall health condition of the patient (Meister et al., 2018). All healthcare providers who are involved in the treatment process of a patient must keep monitoring the patients’ medical condition through physical examination (Jarvis, 2018). Therefore, physical examination is a test that is best suited for selecting a diverse array of employees.
Interview Questions
General Questions
- Tell us about yourself
- How long have you been working as an ICU nurse?
- Why have you decided to quit your current or previous job?
- Why do you want to work for this hospital/organization?
- What can you bring to our team?
- What is your salary expectation as an ICU nurse?
- Why did you decide to become a nurse?
- What are some of your weaknesses and strengths?
- Why do you think you’re a good fit for this ICU nurse role?
- How long are you planning to stay in this position if hired?
Situational Interview Questions
- You just finished preparing IV medications for a patient, and you thoroughly washed your hands before doing so. As you enter the patient’s room with the medication, describe the first thing you do to prevent patient infection.
- A patient is in critical condition has been transferred to the ICU and you are one of the attending health workers. After treatment, you find the patient’s mother crying in the waiting room and saying she has not to trust in you. What can you do to help this situation as a nurse?
- You are caring for a patient on your inpatient unit, and after making a call to the physician hospitalist on staff for support, you learn that the patient’s medication regimen needs to be changed. Tell me the first steps you take.
- You are caring for a patient on your inpatient unit who is bedridden and unconscious. When the patient came to you, they already had bedsore. How do you prevent this from happening again?
- You are nearing the end of your 12-hour shift on your inpatient unit and you are exhausted from caring for eight high-acuity patients. As your colleague arrives to relieve you, tell me how you proceed.
- How do you handle difficult family members who disagree with the care that the patient agreed to?
Behavioral Interview Questions
- Patients may be very hard to deal with sometimes. In some cases, it is a family member who brings a problem. As a nurse, you should be able to handle such cases. Tell me about a time you dealt with an unhappy or difficult patient or family member.
- Nurses perform more work at their workplaces than other health care providers. They should be there always to address the needs of their patients, so, they get exhausted, and sometimes the work gets piled up. How do you handle extreme pressure when performing your duties as an ICU nurse?
- Your behavior in the organization is very important, including how you related to other healthcare providers. Also, you understand that nursing practice involves multidisciplinary collaboration. What, in your experience, is the best way to establish collaborative relationships with members of the healthcare team?
- Can you provide an example of a time when you realized a patient had difficulty understanding what you were trying to explain? What communication techniques did you use, and what was the outcome?”
- It is sometimes difficult to perceive the impact of an illness or hospitalization on a patient’s life. Tell me about a time when you were able to step into another person’s shoes to understand how they were feeling. What did you do or say in that instance?
- Tell me about a time when someone (supervisor, co-worker, patient) wasn’t happy with your performance at work even though you were doing the very best you could. How did it affect you? Did you do anything about the situation, and if so, what?
In summary, this paper provided interview details and questions for the position of an ICU nurse. The interview contains general questions, situational questions, and behavioral questions. The test option has also been identified.
References
Aspen University. (2022). Common nursing interview questions and how to answer them. https://www.aspen.edu/altitude/common-nursing-interview-questions/
Jarvis, C. (2018). Physical examination and health assessment-Canadian e-book. Elsevier Health Sciences.
Meister, M. R., Shivakumar, N., Sutcliffe, S., Spitznagle, T., & Lowder, J. L. (2018). Physical examination techniques for the assessment of pelvic floor myofascial pain: a systematic review. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 219(5), 497-e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2018.06.014Get