An OB manager is interviewing a registered nurse for a labor and delivery position
The manager asks the interviewee, "Tell me about the most challenging delivery experience in your nursing career," and learns the candidate has experienced several challenges that required quick action. Which nursing skill will this exchange best assess? 1. Adaptability
2. Negotiation skills
3. Initiative
4. Decision-making skills
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Rationale 1: Adaptability focuses on how an experience has affected the nurse and how the nurse handled the situation.
Rationale 2: Negotiation skills provide information as to how the nurse was able to compromise in a situation.
Rationale 3: Initiative provides the interviewer with information as to the nurse's resourcefulness.
Rationale 4: Decision-making skills provide the interviewer with information about the nurse's thought process in managing a difficult or challenging situation.
Global Rationale:
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