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Kelly Burlison

Meet Kelly

Kelly Burlison, MPH, is an experienced professional with over ten years of experience interviewing in the health care field, half of which are focused on an IT subindustry of health care. As an administrator in a managed care organization, Kelly has successfully interviewed and hired many clinical and support staff positions. Through her IT experience in the health care field, which includes roles in telemedicine, registry operations, quality measurement, and business process management, Kelly has been involved in the interview process for many different positions, from entry-level to executive.

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Tell me how you would handle a situation where you thought you saw one of your nursing colleagues pocketing a dose of medication that was supposed to be given to a patient.

Kelly's Top Answer

"This is a difficult situation, but if I thought I saw something like this, I would have to report it to my supervisor. I could not allow something like this to rest on my conscious, and as a nurse, I know it is my ethical responsibility to report such incidents. I actually was in a similar situation one time when I saw one of my coworkers give a friend who was visiting medications, without a prescription or documentation. IAfter I witnessed this, I didn't make excuses for my coworker, I reported it to my supervisor so she could investigate the details."

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