5 Interviewing Techniques That Will Help You Hire a Great Nurse
There are close to 3 million skilled nurses in the United States and that number is expected to grow significantly over the next decade, according to all predictions. With so many nurses in and out of jobs—due to the high turnover rate of a demanding profession—it becomes very important to know how to interview a nurse in order to spot a keeper.
It’s critical for an organization to hire a nurse that is going to work out for the long haul, “because the cost of hiring a new nurse for most organizations is somewhere between 50-60K,” explains Vicki Hess, RN and the author of The Nurse Managers Guide to Hiring, Firing and Inspiring.