A new nurse manager has conducted a series of interviews, but did ...

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A new nurse manager has conducted a series of interviews, but did not use an interview guide. Why would the manager's director be dismayed that no interview guide was used?
 
  1. Each organization has standardized interview questions that must be used.
  2. The director has selected questions to ask the interviewee.
  3. A list of standardized questions allows for reliability in comparing candidates.
  4. The director was not included in the interview process.

Question 2

A hospitalized client is complaining of abdominal pain that has developed since admission. The nurse says, I am going to call the hospitalist. How should the client interpret this statement?
 
  1. The nurse is going to call the medical intern to assess the client.
  2. The nurse is going to call the client's physician's on-call group.
  3. The nurse is going to call a physician who cares for inpatients.
  4. The nurse is going to call the emergency department and request that a physician see this client.

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Answer to Question 1

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Rationale 1: Organizations vary as to how interviews are conducted. Some organizations may have standardized questions for each candidate and some may have specific questions for each position.
Rationale 2: Organizations vary as to how interviews are conducted. Some organizations may have standardized questions for each candidate and some may have specific questions for each position.
Rationale 3: The use of structured or standardized interview questions allows for objectivity and consistency when interviewing candidates. This allows the manager to compare the candidates in a consistent manner.
Rationale 4: There is no indication that the director wanted to be included in the interview process.
Global Rationale:

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale 1: The medical intern is not a hospitalist.
Rationale 2: The physician's on-call group is likely a group of physicians from the same office or organization of physicians with office practices. They are not hospitalists.
Rationale 3: A hospitalist provides care only to hospital inpatients.
Rationale 4: Emergency department physicians are not the same as hospitalists.
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