Multiple questions about how to handle difficult people and situations
School Nurse Interview Questions
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What experience do you have working with children?
How would handle a line of kids waiting to be seen? What if during that busy time you had emergency at another school?
Are you optimistic or a realist? How would you give diastat (suppository) to a seizure kid? Who would you attend to first asthmatic kid, a kid with oxygen, & seizure kid?
What do you think is the biggest challenge transitioning to school nursing?
They asked me what I would do in a case where a child was being difficult
Tell us about a situation where you needed to solve a problem.
Have you ever had to challenge authority to make a change? How did you go about doing it?
Discuss the work committees on which you have served on at work and the impact these committees had on the department or organization?
How would you handle the following scenarios? A family doctor says a child’s immunizations are up-to-date, but the dates do not meet requirements of state immunization law. A 7 year old student recently diagnosed with Diabetes has enrolled in your school. The parent firmly states that the child is independent in managing her diabetic care. What would you do? A parent indicates that a student has a peanut allergy. They say an Epipen has not been ordered and they have not pursued it that far. They don’t feel it’s a big deal, they know what an Epipen is, but don’t think it’s needed, and even if the doctor said it was, they wouldn’t be able to afford it. What would you do? A 14 year old student is being evaluated for possible seizures. The teacher has approached you indicating that the student appears to be daydreaming in their class. When you question the student, the student indicates that they do not recall the events. As a nurse what do you think could be occurring to this student and what would be the next steps?
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