Acute Care Nurse Interview Questions

46 Name a time when your patience was tested. How did you keep your emotions in check?
47 Provide an experience in which you successfully set up, operated, and/or monitored invasive equipment and devices.
48 Provide a time when you were able to identify a complex problem, evaluate the options, and implement a solution. How did the solution benefit your employer?
49 Share an experience in which you effectively diagnosed an acute or chronic condition.
50 How do you balance cooperation with others and independent thinking? Share an example. (Try to determine if the candidate has a cooperative attitude or is otherwise good-natured.)
51 Provide an experience in which collaborating with members of multidisciplinary health care teams helped you to effectively plan, manage, and/or assess patient treatments.
52 Share an effective method you have used to discuss illnesses and treatments with patients and family members.
53 Tell me about your last experience recruiting, interviewing, or hiring an employee. What techniques did you find most effective in finding the right person for the job?
54 Provide a time when you assisted patients in organizing their health care system activities.
55 Share an experience in which you collaborated with a patient to plan for future health care needs.
56 Tell me about a time when you developed your own way of doing things or were self-motivated to finish an important task.
57 Share a time when you willingly took on additional responsibilities or challenges. How did you successfully meet all of the demands of these responsibilities? (Make sure the candidate is a self-starter and can demonstrate some initiative.)
58 Describe the methods you use to keep abreast of developments in acute care. Share an experience.
59 Share an experience in which you effectively treated a wound or superficial laceration.
60 Describe an experience in which you accurately analyzed the indications, contraindications, risk complications, and/or cost-benefit tradeoffs of therapeutic interventions.

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