You are in a situation where you have been putting forth a lot of effort at your nursing job, but you received critical feedback from your supervisor during a bi-annual review. How do you respond to this situation?

Similar to other careers, there are times when employees put forth great efforts but still receive critical feedback from their supervisors. Because nursing is a career that requires a significant amount of effort and care, many times, it takes nurses many years to master their craft. The interviewer is asking this question to determine how you would respond to critical feedback, even when you have been putting forth a significant amount of effort in your work. To effectively answer this question, you should indicate that you would maturely take your supervisor's advice into consideration to determine how you can improve your nursing practice. A more successful answer to this question would include a real-life example of how you have taken constructive criticism, given by a superior, to advance your nursing skills when you already felt you were working at your capacity.