Welcoming questions
- Can you tell us about yourself and what led you to become a nursing assistant?
- What care settings have you worked in, and which did you find the most rewarding?
Role-specific / technical competencies
- Walk us through how you safely transfer a patient with limited mobility from bed to wheelchair.
- Which vital signs do you take routinely, and what readings would make you alert a nurse immediately?
- How do you follow infection control protocols when caring for multiple patients in a shift?
- How do you document care and intake and output, and which record systems have you used?
- What changes in a patient's condition or behavior do you watch for during routine care?
Behavioural & culture fit
- Tell us about a time you cared for a confused or combative patient. How did you keep them and yourself safe?
- Describe a shift when you were stretched thin. How did you make sure every patient still got safe care?
- How do you preserve a patient's dignity during personal care tasks like bathing and toileting?
Problem-solving / case
- You find a patient on the floor next to their bed. Walk us through exactly what you do.
- A resident refuses to eat for the second day in a row. How do you respond?
- You notice a coworker skipping hand hygiene between patients. What do you do?
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