How to Answer: What experience with blood glucose monitoring would you bring to our team?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for a Certified Nursing Assistant job interview.
15. What experience with blood glucose monitoring would you bring to our team?
How to Answer
Now looking to get into your technical skills as a Certified Nursing Assistant, your interviewer is asking you to describe any experience you have in checking the blood sugar levels of a patient. If you have direct experience and training in this, clearly describe your experiences and how you can bring these skills to the team. If you don't have direct experience, there is no need to fret. Tell your interviewer what you know and that you are confident in your ability to be trained. To seal your answer for your interviewer, talk in detail about the machines you have used and then clearly definite the documentation procedures necessary after testing a patient.
Written by Heather Douglass on August 10th, 2021
1st Answer Example
"My current employer did provide formal training on blood glucose monitoring for me a few years back, and I do get to put these skills to work when we have diabetic patients on our unit. When I need to check a patient's levels, I use a new lancet on a finger that I cleaned off well. I have to ensure that the correct code key is used with new test strips to ensure accurate results on the blood glucose meter. When the results come through, I document them right away in the patient's chart because the physician, nursing, and dietary staff closely monitor the patient's levels each day."
Written by Heather Douglass on August 10th, 2021
2nd Answer Example
"While I don't have direct experience monitoring blood sugar levels since I received my nursing assistant training, I did receive some education on it during my training. I remember being trained on a blood glucose meter and would be able to pick this skill up quickly with some training once I started here."
Written by Heather Douglass on August 10th, 2021