Psychiatry Residency Mock Interview
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You see a nurse “pretend†to give a medication to your patient and put it in her pocket instead. What do you do in this situation?
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Audra Kresinske is an educator with over 7 years experience teaching English and employment readiness skills.
Substance abuse among healthcare providers and staff are becoming more prevalent. Your interviewers want to know that you are aware of this fact and that you are willing and ready to step in when you witness it. Not doing so can put the patient, the staff, and the institution you are training at a major risk.
Audra Kresinske is an educator with over 7 years experience teaching English and employment readiness skills.
"I would record the patient's name, the nurse's name, and the time of the incident. Then, I would look on the patient's chart to see who ordered the medication if I hadn't. Since it is a nurse and not officially a resident in my program, I would report the incident to the nurse's immediate supervisor. However, my responsibility doesn't end there, because I have to act as my patient's advocate and make sure the supervisor followed her own service and the hospital's protocol for this type of infraction. Just because it's not another resident, it does not excuse me from following up on this, for that nurse's sake (who has a problem), her nursing service's sake, and the patient's sake."
Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
This question is a little tricky because it involves a person who is not part of your psychiatry residency program. However, if it involves both a patient and the program that you represent, it is your business. Assure your team of interviewers that you would immediately address the situation with the nurse and take the issue up the chain of command immediately.
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