Behavioral Nursing Mock Interview
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Question 34 of 35
Describe a time you set a goal and did not achieve it. Explain why you were not successful.
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Dianne Barnard is a Registered Nurse and former nursing instructor. She is also board certified in Psychiatric Nursing and Holistic Nursing Critical Care.
This question is asked to assess whether a candidate has demonstrated self-critiquing skills and ownership. Nurses must be able to review their work, figure out what went wrong, and identify ways to fix it. It is important for nurses to triage the most important goals to work on and choose the ones that will have the patient gain traction towards health. There are a multitude of possible patient goals, but a nurse needs to choose the best ones that move the patient towards health.
Dianne Barnard is a Registered Nurse and former nursing instructor. She is also board certified in Psychiatric Nursing and Holistic Nursing Critical Care.
"I wanted a 4.0 my first year but did not achieve it because I received a B in Chemistry. I believe that I could have received an A, if only I didn't wait until the last minute to do my Chemistry homework. Nursing school is hard. I know that, but I also knew that Chemistry was hard and looking back, I would have done the Chemistry homework first and not waited until I was tired to rush through it. I was very disappointed that I earned a B because I knew it was because of my poor planning, but it was helpful in a way. Although it hurt, I did go back and review and extract the lesson. You better believe that I did my Chemistry II homework first and the 4.0 I got my second year was so satisfying. I learned to triage my day and put the hardest things first to get them out of the way."
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