Nurse Interview Tips

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The meaning behind stupid interview questions

You need to get past the interview to get the job. But how do you answer interview questions that seem, well, stupid rather than savvy?

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6 illegal nursing interview questions

Sure, you’ll field some colorful questions in your interview. Some perhaps TOO colorful. See what’s legally allowed — and what’s not.

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Save a nursing interview gone wrong

Not every interview will go perfectly. Here’s how to save an interview gone bad.

Opportunities

When I was a staff nurse, and an opportunity came to orient to charge, I jumped on it. I was ready to move into a full time charge position or a manager position on the unit I worked in, but they were never coming around…

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Getting one foot through the door

With the job market the way it is, we’re learning that it’s not so much about what you know as who you know, or is it?

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5 tips for nurses looking for a new job

Southwest Airlines has a motto that you hire for attitude and train for skill. I kind of believe that. Yes, we want competence in the health care field but we also want someone with a go-to attitude. That you cannot teach in orientation!

The 7 deadly sins of job hunting

The 7 deadly sins of job hunting

Losing a job is never in any nurse’s career plan. Take solace in knowing that there is a right way and a wrong way to handle unemployment and landing your next nursing job.

Prep work

I think I posted a couple of weeks ago that I am trying to get a new job at my hospital.  Well I have been doing a lot of work, learning more about the department, its strengths and weakness’ and [...]

Interview Skills, YES, you need them, too!

OK, now that you’ve figured out where you want to work, you have to prepare for the interview.

Do what you love…or what you THINK you’ll love!

I always tell my nursing students…do what you want to do. If you think that you want to work in a Trauma ICU, then you should do everything you need to do to get hired in one.

How do you recognize excellence?

How do you recognize excellence?

When I was interviewed by my staff for my manager position, I was asked a great question.

Yes, we can! (find a job, that is!)

Yes, we can! (find a job, that is!)

Current economic conditions have created a tight job market for nurses in many parts of the country. It may be true that hospitals are closing, older nurses are delaying retirement and those nurses who are employed are reluctant to look for new positions and are skittish about relocating.

Healthcare – the last bastion of jobs?

Workforce Management magazine reports that the last bright spot in this employment environment may well be health care jobs. “While the rest of the economy posted rates of joblessness not seen since 1993, health care continued to expand its workforce [...]