How do you feel you've handled significant changes in your work as a nurse throughout your career?

"Adapting to change is the one necessary constant in healthcare and I feel that I've done this exceptionally throughout my career. I've experienced an organizational merger early in my career, adapting to new equipment and upgraded EMR's and shifted duties within departments. For me, success in handling any changes with ease comes down to a mindset and a passion for patient care. Where a lot of others see change as disruptive and have a negative mindset, I look at change as a reason for improving. In most of the cases throughout my career, a new EMR or new piece of medical equipment means better patient care in the end and I dive in, learn and move forward in working with whatever is new."

Coming into this PICU nurse interview, you need to be able to demonstrate that you can navigate change with ease in the workplace. This question is your chance to talk in detail about a specific change you have dealt with in the workplace that had a positive outcome. In your answer, be sure to reiterate your ability to be flexible and open to change if you were to join this organization as a PICU nurse. To take your answer to the next level, discuss why innovation is vital to providing the best care possible to pediatric intensive care patients.