Nurse Midwife Interview Questions

16 What is the most challenging part of consulting with or refer patients to appropriate specialists when conditions exceed the scope of practice or expertise?
17 Describe methods you have found effective to monitor fetal development by listening to fetal heartbeat, taking external uterine measurements, identifying fetal position, or estimating fetal size and weight.
18 Have you ever had to initiate emergency interventions to stabilize patients? What was the outcome?
19 Share an experience in which your attention to detail and thoroughness had an impact on your last company.
20 Provide an experience in which you were sensitive to somone's needs or feelings. How did your helpfulness affect your work environment?
21 Provide a time when you dealt calmly and effectively with a high-stress situation.
22 Name a time when your patience was tested. How did you keep your emotions in check?
23 Walk me through how you would provide patients with direct family planning services such as inserting intrauterine devices, dispensing oral contraceptives, and fitting cervical barriers including cervical caps or diaphragms.
24 Name a time when you explained procedures to patients, family members, staff members or others.
25 Share an experience in which your understanding of a current or upcoming problem helped your company to respond to the problem.
26 Provide a time when you worked in a rapidly evolving workplace. How did you deal with the change? (Make sure the candidate is flexible.)
27 How do you balance cooperation with others and independent thinking? Share an example. (Try to determine if the candidate has a cooperative attitude or is otherwise good-natured.)
28 What are some long-range objectives that you developed in your last job? What did you do to achieve them?
29 Share a time when you willingly took on additional responsibilities or challenges. How did you successfully meet all of the demands of these responsibilities? (Make sure the candidate is a self-starter and can demonstrate some initiative.)
30 What kind of experience do you have when establishing practice guidelines for specialty areas such as primary health care of women, care of the childbearing family, and newborn care?