Nurses typically work long shifts, often working 12-hour days rather than the traditional 8-hour workday, and oftentimes are required to work overtime. Tell me why you think you are prepared for these long days.

"I feel like I will be able to handle the long shifts as a nurse because I was in a similar situation in nursing school. While in school, I worked my shifts as a certified nursing assistant and went to school, often on the same day. So, most days, I had to juggle school, class, studying, and my personal life. I often had commitments for more than fourteen hours a day. I feel that this busy life has prepared me for the nursing life, and I will be able to endure the long, stressful shifts."

"While my career as an accountant is much different than my nursing career will be, it has prepared me for the long, stressful days in my nursing career. As an accountant, especially during the first quarter of the year, the days were very long and stressful. Again, I understand that nursing is different, as it is more physical and patient lives are in your hands, but I have experience working multiple sixteen-hour days in a row, and I feel this experience has well prepared me for the long days of a nurse."

"During nursing school, I've had several opportunities to have 12-hour clinical shifts. Two of my advanced med/surg clinical semesters and my capstone clinical had us working the entire shift with our nurse preceptor. It was a great way to experience the entire shift, from taking reports at the beginning of the shift to reporting at the end of the shift. Working such a long shift takes stamina, but you're also so busy the whole time that it tends to go pretty fast. I also work out in my downtime, and being in good physical shape will help me as I work long shifts."