Successful Nursing Job Interview Guide for International Nurse

Successful Nursing Job Interview Guide for International Nurse By International Nurse Service special Organization  www.SkyBlueCross.org  There are two types of International Nurse's Nursing job Interview, one is regular local job Interview, another one is on line job interview. Both Interviews is not the same, but is with many issues in common. 1. For Local nursing Job interview: A. Conduct background research on the nursing employer Familiarize yourself with the employer before the interview. You want to discover all you can about the target nursing job. The knowledge you gain before you arrive for the interview will give you the confidence and skills to convince the employer that you are the best nursing candidate. Research the facility/hospital/unit and the nursing job in question. Learn more about their goals and values, their future plans and direction, the organizational structure, the demands of the job, the patient base. Use this information to prepare good answers to the nursing interview questions you can expect and to list some insightful questions to ask in your nursing job interview. If you're interviewing for a hospital job, research its financial status and economic stability. Is there potential for growth? Find out the the reputation of the hospital in the local community and the medical community. Various methods can be used to conduct this background research. You can simply "Google" the organization and note down relevant information. Ask people you know who have had some interaction with the employer. If possible you should visit the hospital or medical facility before your interview. You can observe for yourself and ask the nurses and health care staff questions about the patients, management and organization. This also gives you a practice run to make sure you know how to get to the employer and how long it will take you before the day of the actual interview.  B. Bring the correct documentation When you go to the nursing job interview, take along extra copies of your resume or CV, your complete and typed list of references, your nursing license and qualifications, and any letters of recommendation you have.  Bring your list of prepared questions to ask and a pen and paper to write down any questions that occur to you during the interview. C. Prepare good interview answers You can expect your nursing job interview to explore a number of areas. These include: Your training and qualifications Your previous work experience General nurse interview questions The key competencies required for the nursing job Your motivation for this nursing job You can use the nursing interview questions and answer guidelines to be well prepared for any question that gets thrown at you! D. Have a list of questions prepared to ask the employer Prepare a list of relevant questions to ask the employer. This will set you apart as both prepared and professional. Avoid questions that can be answered by conducting a little background research on the company. Your questions should be insightful and reinforce your commitment and enthusiasm for a nursing career. Questions to ask in your nursing interview   C.Dress professionally Choose the appropriate interview clothing. You want to look professional and make an excellent first impression. For a nursing job the safest option is something business-like and formal. As a nurse it is important to portray the image of a trusted and competent professional. A pantsuit, dress or skirt with jacket teemed with low-heeled closed shoes would be considered appropriate. Make sure all your interview clothes are clean, well-pressed and tidy. Attention to these sort of details are essential for a nursing professional. Find out how to answer Nursing Behavioral Interview Questions Nursing Cover Letter Your nursing job interview preparation is key to success in landing the right nursing job.

 2. for Online Nursing Job Interview:

Online Nursing Job Interview  Require the Candidate has most prepared answer- questions ready to let the interview going smoothly

 Below are some job interview questions for a General Duty Nursing job. The methods we used to develop these questions are the same ones we used as corporate HR in developing job interview questions for hiring managers. We have developed these questions by analyzing the core competencies or skills, job ad requirements and so forth.

Depending on the department and employer, a registered nurse may also be called:

• clinical nurse
• community health nurse
• critical care nurse
• graduate nurse
• intensive care nurse
• nurse researcher
• nursing consultant
• nursing researcher
• occupational health nurse
• private duty nurse
• registered nurse (R.N.)
• registered psychiatric nurse (R.P.N.)

General Duty Nurse Job Interview Questions

To be effective in this job, you will need to be good at resolving conflict. Sometimes you will need to resolve conflict when a patient is uncooperative with treatment or resisting you when you are providing care. Give me an example of a situation where you had to resolve conflict with an angry or abusive patient while you were providing care.

Name a time when you didn’t get along with another nurse or perhaps another co-worker. What was the situation? How did you handle it?  What was the result?

Due to the nature of work in nursing, you will be required to handle medical emergencies.  Tell me about a time when you made had to make a decision within an emergency or stressful situation.  What was the decision?  What did you consider and how did you handle it?

Nursing will require you to do shift work.  Will you be able to meet these requirements?

Some polls have shown that Nurses are among the most trusted profession in the community.  Being a nurse will require you to have the highest ethics and integrity.  Describe a situation in which you demonstrated a strong ethical stance at work, despite pressure to do otherwise?

• What were the risks involved in taking the strong stance that you did?
• How did you overcome the pressure to change or weaken your stance?
• How did the position you took affect the relationships that you have with the others involved?

Nursing can be stressful at times dealing with sick patients.  How do you monitor your own stress levels?  How do you manage stress in your life?  What was the most stressful situation you have been in?

List 5 traits of being a good nurse.  Which one would you need the most improvement in?

As a nurse, you will be dealing with members of the public from various different ethnic and cultural backgrounds.  Tell me about a time when you had to communicate to someone who did not speak your language?  How did you overcome this challenge?

Why do you want to be nurse?  Why do you want to serve this community?

More About These Questions

The interview questions in this post assess the essential soft skills for his particular job through its core functions. We focus on the soft skills because we have found that most candidates handle the questions designed to assess their technical proficiency very well only to stumble with the questions designed to assess their soft skills. For example, when we ask a programmer to explain what a certain set of code means or how best to handle a coding issue, most often their answer is a good one. Now when we ask the same candidate to “describe a time when you did not get along well with a co-worker and how you handled it”to assess their interpersonal skills, 9 times out of 10 they stumble. We see the same thing over and over again whether we are hiring for an accountant, teacher, and so on. Most candidates can handle questions designed to assess their technical competencies much much better than questions designed to assess their soft skills
Now you are ready for any job interview opportunities that come your way. Remember that interview preparation is the most important step of the interview process. Once you are prepared, the rest should be a lot easier. Good luck
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