Charge Nurse Interview Questions
Go Back1. How would you handle gossip on your unit?
2. How do you handle stress and anxiety on the job?
3. What are your career goals?
4. Tell us the first steps of creating a budget for your unit.
5. What are three possible negative things your former employer might say about you?
6. Describe a time you disliked company rules in your last job.
7. Why do you want to work for our organization?
8. Tell us about a time you were most satisfied in a job.
9. Have you ever had disciplinary action brought against you as a nurse?
10. Would you describe yourself as a compassionate person?
11. What made you pursue a career in nursing?
12. How do you expect to make a difference if hired by our organization?
13. Do you speak any foreign languages fluently?
14. Have you ever testified in court? If so, how was your experience?
15. After reading the job description, what do you like most about this position?
16. What do you think will be the most challenging part of this position if hired?
17. Why are you leaving your current place of employment?
18. What three words are used frequently to describe your personality?
19. What are three positive things that your former employer might say about you?
20. Have you ever terminated an employee? If so, what was your experience?
21. Tell us about yourself and your experience. What makes you a great candidate for this position?
22. How do you provide feedback to your clinical staff?
23. In your experience, what is the most effective way to train new nurses?
24. How would you help or show your staff how to handle a challenging patient?
25. Describe a possible first-step correction action plan for a staff nurse who is chronically late for their shift.
26. How do you deal with employee reviews and establishing corrective plans of action for them?
27. Why do you think you are a good fit for this position with our organization?
28. How do you balance patient care and administrative duties as a charge nurse?
29. Describe how you organize and prioritize your work.
30. How would you handle an angry patient or family member?
31. How do you handle disagreements between nursing staff?
32. What do you do when a team member does not show up for their shift?
33. What computer skills or software programs would you use to train your staff?
34. How would you balance administrative, supervisory, and clinical duties in this role?
35. You may be asked to work beyond your shift or be on call. What is your availability for overtime?
36. Working in mental and behavioral health settings can be taxing to clinical staff. How do you ensure your staff is not burned out?
37. How would you advise a nurse to care for a patient who is unable to communicate?
38. What experience and certifications do you have that will benefit you in this role on the ICU?
39. What experience do you have overseeing medication logs?
40. How do you communicate with your team when you have clinical students on your unit?
41. How do you handle the pressures of working in the ER?
42. What do you expect your responsibilities to entail as an ER charge nurse?
43. What techniques do you use or teach your nurses to use to calm a patient who is refusing treatment or medication?
44. What differences have you found between caring for adult and pediatric patients?
45. Tell me about a time you had to handle a situation that involved an upset parent.
46. What do you enjoy about working with pediatric patients?
47. As a new charge nurse at our facility, what are some challenges you anticipate?
48. Tell me about a time you had to write up a staff member.
49. How do you support a staff member who is upset after losing a patient?
50. If a staff member comes to you with safety concerns, how do you address the situation?
51. How do you communicate with your team of nurses and aides?
52. What experience do you have with EHR? Please include specific systems and your experience training others as well.
53. How do you ensure smooth shift changes and hand-offs?
54. What would you do if several patients complained to you about one of your staff nurses?
55. Why do you prefer to work in a nursing home versus other settings?
56. How would you handle staff who are not following appropriate safety and health guidelines?
57. In the event of a call-out that you couldn't find coverage for, are you willing to work the floor and med cart as necessary?
58. While conducting a chart audit, you find a number of patients with errors in their charts. What do you do?
59. As a charge nurse in a skilled nursing facility, what are some of your typical responsibilities?
60. Have you ever worked with a physician who was challenging to communicate with? How did you overcome this challenge?