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Nursing interview cheat sheet
The Nursing facts interviewers expect you to know cold. Ten minutes of revision the night before.
AmboQuick revision
- Adult vital signs
- Pulse 60–100, respiration 12–20, BP about 120/80, SpO2 95%+, temp 36.5–37.5°C.
- Medication rights
- Right patient, drug, dose, route, time, documentation.
- CPR ratio (adult)
- 30 compressions to 2 breaths, 100–120 compressions a minute.
- GCS
- Eye (4) + verbal (5) + motor (6); 15 is normal, 8 or below is severe.
- Dose formula
- Desired ÷ available × quantity.
- Hand hygiene moments
- Before patient contact, before aseptic tasks, after body fluids, after patient contact, after touching surroundings.
- SBAR
- Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation for handover.
- Hypoglycaemia signs
- Sweating, shaking, confusion; check glucose and treat promptly.
- Biomedical waste colours (India)
- Yellow, red, white (sharps) and blue categories.
- Fall prevention
- Assess risk, bed low, call bell in reach, non-slip footwear.
Must-know topics
Rehearse these out loud
- What are the normal ranges of adult vital signs?
- A patient's oxygen saturation suddenly drops. What do you do?
- What are the rights of medication administration?
Revision is good. Practice is better.
- 1Ambo reads your resumeYour skills, projects, years and the role you want next.
- 2Then where you’re interviewingAnd how interviewers there question people like you.
- 3It maps every topic they could askMust-know first, your own projects included, built into short daily lessons.
- 4You practise, then get certifiedInterview Q&A after every lesson, then three proctored rounds ending in a voice interview with Ambo.
Questions, answered.
How should I use this Nursing cheat sheet?
Revise it the night before and the morning of your interview, then say each answer out loud. It covers Adult vital signs, Medication rights and CPR ratio (adult) and more.
Is a cheat sheet enough to clear the interview?
It helps you recall facts quickly, but interviewers test how you apply them and follow up on your answers. Practise answering, not just reading.
How is this different from a list of interview questions?
A list is the same for everyone. Ambo builds your course from your resume, your target role and where you're interviewing, then writes every lesson from the interviewer's point of view: what they'll ask, a strong answer, and the follow-up they'll use to test you.
What is the certification test?
Three camera-proctored rounds that unlock one after another: an objective round, a hands-on round (coding or practical tasks for your role) and a voice interview with Ambo, who asks live follow-ups on your answers. Pass all three within 14 days to become TickBig Certified for 12 months.
Revise it, then rehearse it.
Ambo interviews you on Nursing topics and follows up on what you say.