Mental Health questions
1. Should adults with mental health problems and a history of challenging behaviour be cared for in the community?
2. You see a patient verbally abuse another nurse. What is your response?
3. What approaches should be used to reduce the incidence of violence?
4. What changes in behaviour might be associated with a resident becoming depressed?
5. What skills do you have which might be useful in managing other non – qualified staff?
6. Does a regular routine have any benefit for adults with mental health problems?
7. What would you see as the implications of the ‘National Framework for Mental Health’?
8. How would you rate your communication skills?
Midwifery/ Student Midwife questions
1. What do you have to offer to midwifery?
2. Identify a piece of midwifery research you have read and tell us about it.
3. How do you cope with pressure?
4. How do you cope with stress?
5. Why should we accept you rather than anyone else we see today?
6. What qualities do you think a midwife needs?
7. Why would you make a good midwife?
8. What have you done to prepare for this interview?
9. How would you cope with an unhappy experience such as a stillbirth?
10. Why midwifery and not another care profession?
11. How do you feel about terminations?
12. If a woman had a postpartum haemorrhage immediately after giving birth, what would you do?
13. What is involved in giving birth at home? What materials and resources does a midwife bring?
Managerial questions
1. In your own words, what is clinical governance?
2. What three things do you hope to accomplish in your first year?
3. What is risk management? Can you give me an example?
4. What is the difference between a manager and a leader?
5. Tell us about your experience of managing a team of people.
6. Let me give you a workplace scenario. One of your Nursing staff repeatedly calls in sick even though you suspect they are not telling the truth. As Nurse Team Manager how would you respond to this person and what would you do to resolve the situation?
7. If I called a member of your current staff and asked them to tell me about you, what would they say?
8. Describe your management philosophy and management style.
9. How do you motivate staff?
10. In prior positions did you have budgeting responsibilities? If so, what was the size of your operating budget?
11. What is continuous professional development?
12. Is reporting clinical incidents useful?
13. What methods have you found successful in determining the priorities when you start on a new ward/unit/department?
14. What are the major training and development needs of the people in your department? How did you identify them? What are you doing about them?
15. What is the farthest you've had to bend your standards in order to succeed?
16. With the current nursing shortage, what are two solutions you would like to see put in place?
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