Question Bank: Medical

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Below, you will find questions divided into sub-categories for Medical.

Compassion

1. Approximately how old were you when you decided to become a nurse? Were there any defining moments that help you decide to become a nurse?
2. How do you respond to people who are in pain and are displaying a bad attitude?
3. How would you intervene with a parent who is grieving over the loss of a child.
4. How would you intervene with a resident who is grieving over the loss of a grandchild.
5. If a patient has just expired and their family has just arrived at the facility, how would you respond.
6. If a resident has just expired and their family has just arrived at the facility, how would you respond.
7. If you encountered a co-worker that was characteristically upset and/or difficult what would you do?
8. Mrs. Jones is in the facility for a fractured hip. She constantly tried to gain attention by putting on the call light and pretending to be in pain. Everyone in the hall is ignoring her. You pass by the room and hear her crying. What is your response?
9. What would you do if you encountered a patient’s family member alone and crying in the hallway?
10. Would people say that you are compassionate? Why give some specific reasons?
11. Would people say that you are compassionate? Your family? Why give some specific reasons?

Dependability

1. During the last year, when your replacement hasn’t shown up and your manager asked you to stay late, what percentage of the time have you stayed late?
2. Everybody misses work sometimes. What are some legitimate reasons to miss work?
3. How many scheduled days did you miss during the last three months you worked?
4. If we were to ask your previous supervisor, what would they say about your attendance and job performance?
5. If we were to ask your previous supervisor, would s/he say that you never, sometimes, or frequently took off early?
6. If your shift ends at 3 p.m. and your replacement hasn’t arrived by 3:15 p.m., what do you do?
7. The schedule shows 8 workers, however, only 5 showed up. How does that make you feel? What would you do?
8. Two hours before you are scheduled to arrive at work, you learn the weather is going to be bad and traffic will be worse. How do you respond?
9. What would you do if your car doesn’t start?
10. You just discovered it’s a snow day and your kids have no school. You are scheduled to work 9 AM to 6 PM, how would you handle this dilemma?

Endurance

1. How do you keep from getting burnt-out?
2. If a friend were to ask you for help in deciding whether to stay or quit a job that was hard work but meaningful work, what would you tell them and why?
3. What about your character would help you do this job day in and day out?
4. What does endurance mean to you?
5. When you have a lot of work to do and not enough time or assistance to get it all done, how do you handle it?
6. Would those who know you best say that you endure to the end or move on to other things?

Enthusiasm

1. Approximately how old were you when you decided to pursue a medical profession? Were there any defining moments that help you decide?
2. Define what enthusiasm is and what it means to you.
3. Identify a difficult situation in your life and how you dealt with it.
4. What did you enjoy most about your last job? Enjoy least?
5. What is it about this job that excites you and how is that relayed to your patients?
6. What is the most irritating aspect of your last job?

Flexibility

1. How have you responded when your supervisor asked you to work a different shift to fill vacancies?
2. Priorities often change suddenly throughout the day. If you are asked to quickly do another task, how does that affect your mood? What if it's the third time before noon?
3. You have already begun your assignment and have then been asked by your supervisor to work in another unit. How would you handle this?

Honesty

1. A patient takes off her rings and hands them to you, what would you do?
2. How do you demonstrate honesty to co-workers?
3. What was the last thing you found? Where did you find it, and what did you do with it?
4. What would you do if a delivery driver accidentally left double the number of an item that his company charges us a lot of money for?
5. What would you do if you saw a co-worker stealing from a patient?
6. Why is honesty important in the medical field?
7. You have found a patient’s belongings in the main hospital corridor. Describe how you would take care of the situation.

Initiative

1. Give an example of a time when you did something without being asked? Can you give me another example?
2. How would you react if the following should occur: a person suddenly collapses on the floor. After a few minutes, a large crowd gathers around with loud voices and making demands.
3. If you see a product getting low, what would you do?
4. Tell me of a time that you solved a problem without direct supervision.
5. What are some ways you practiced initiative at your last job?
6. What do you think the initiative is and how have you applied it to your job in the past?
7. Your shift ends in 10 minutes and you have accomplished all your duties, how would you utilize your remaining time?

Most Popular Questions

1. How will your work performance enhance our organization in the healthcare arena as it is today?
2. If you had to read illegible handwriting, what would you do?
3. What do you think makes a "good" hospital or why would a hospital be described as "one of the best" by a community?
4. What would you do if a patient had used his/her call light, but upon entering the room, the curtain was drawn around the bed?

Sensitivity

1. Do others like to talk with you? How do you encourage others to talk to you?
2. How do you react to a sense of being overwhelmed with unfinished work ten minutes past your shift deadline when you find a patient in need?
3. How would you react if upon entering a patient’s room, you were told that the family was upset over the care the patient was receiving?
4. What would you say or do if upon entering a patient’s room the patient screamed, "Get out of my room"?