What has been your biggest ethical challenge thus far in your nursing career?

This is not a trick question. Your answer should demonstrate that you know what is ethical and non-ethical and where you need to intervene in your work as a nurse. The relationship between nurses and their patients puts the patient first, but not at the expense of your own ethics. Explain that you will be an ethical and competent nurse as part of this Nurse Fellowship and leave no shadow of a doubt in your interviewers' minds as you answer.

"Having been born and raised in another region of the country, I realize that I have many cultural beliefs that are different from your patient base here. I want you to be confident that I would never allow cultural differences to hinder my ability to do what is best for every patient. Two years ago, I had a physician ask if I could pull some very personal information on a patient from their medical record and get it to him in writing that day. The entire question raised major red flags and I told the physician it was against policy to do so. He said okay and let it go, but I didn't want to be responsible for getting personal contact information out of the system for potential improper use."