Personal Values As A Critical Care Nurse

Group B created interview questions that they felt were pertinent to their own personal values as well as developed a tool that would determine if the potential candidate had not only the clinical skills needed as a critical care nurse, but they also included questions that would determine teamwork, ethics, goals and ambitions, people skills, and coping with stress.

The most common interview questions noted among the group were: 1. Tell us a little about yourself. 2. Tell me of an instance that you were put under pressure to get something done. How did you complete the pressured task? 3. What would you say are your strengths and what are your weaknesses? 4. In your experience, what is the key to developing a good team?; 5. Where do you see yourself in five years?
Tell about a time that there was a communication issue in your workplace. What did you do to resolve it? 7. What personal characteristics do you have that make you a good critical care nurse?

The group developed well thought out case scenarios that would give the nurse manager the ability to determine if the potential candidate possessed problem-solving skills, communications skills, creativity, the ability to think quickly under pressure, as well as the ability to respond to ethical