Situational Residency Mock Interview

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Question 9 of 30

You are performing a simple outpatient procedure and you ask the nurse to retrieve a bottle of acetic acid that can be used on the patient. After retrieving the bottle, what do you do upon receiving it from the nurse?

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Kelly Burlison
Kelly Burlison

Kelly Burlison is an experienced healthcare and quality measurement professional with experience interviewing in the healthcare field focusing on IT.

The interviewers are asking this question to determine if you would verify that you received the correct chemical using it on the patient. This confirmation is important, as the nurse may have accidentally retrieved the incorrect bottle or a bottle containing a different chemical may have been in the place where the requested chemical was typically kept. If either of these were the case, and the incorrect chemical was passed to you and used on the patient, significant consequences could occur.

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