Perioperative nurses are required to spend long hours on their feet and must have the physical ability to lift unconscious patients and maneuver heavy equipment. Will you be able to manage these physical requirements of the job?

The physical demands of being a successful perioperative nurse are plenty. On a busy day in the operating room, many cases will be coming through and you will be running from pre-op to the operating room all day, with hardly a break to sit down. On top of this, the equipment in the OR can be heavy and teams are often required to transfer patients by hand from bed to operating table. It will be important for your interviewer to know that you are confident in your ability to handle all of the physical requirements of the job, so they pose this question. The best things to mention as you answer are your recent experiences with these physical requirements and the things you do to stay in great physical shape.