Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) | Surgical Digestive Care Unit | 0.6 FTE | 12hr D/N
Posted Sep 4, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
You rotate between 12-hour days and nights and work every third weekend. How do you handle switching back and forth?
What they are checking: Whether they can stay reliable and alert on a rotating schedule, which this part-time role requires.
Tell me about a time you worked with a nurse who was very busy and you had to speak up about something you saw.
What they are checking: Whether they report concerns clearly even when the nurse is stretched thin.
Tell me about a time a patient or family member was angry with you. How did it end?
What they are checking: Whether they stay calm and professional with frustrated people in pain.
How do you keep a busy assignment organized so nothing gets missed by the end of a 12-hour shift?
What they are checking: Whether they have a system for tasks and documentation on a unit with mixed surgical patients.
What would you do
A post-op patient's dressing looks soaked through when you come in to take vitals. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they recognize possible bleeding and get the nurse right away instead of fixing it themselves.
A patient who is NPO before a procedure begs you for a drink of water. How do you respond?
What they are checking: Whether they hold the line on NPO orders while staying kind and looping in the nurse.
A patient recovering from plastic surgery is very anxious about how they look and won't let you help with their care. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they can protect a patient's privacy and dignity while still getting needed care done.
About the work
This unit takes trauma, abdominal, vascular, bariatric and plastic surgery patients. How would you get someone up and walking for the first time after abdominal surgery?
What they are checking: Whether they know safe post-op mobility, including pain, drains, dizziness and when to have help.
How do you measure and record intake and output, and why does it matter so much for surgical and digestive patients?
What they are checking: Whether they understand accurate I and O guides decisions about fluids, kidneys and recovery.
What's different about safely moving and caring for a bariatric patient?
What they are checking: Whether they use the right equipment and enough help to protect the patient's dignity and everyone's back.
What signs after surgery would make you worried that a patient was getting worse?
What they are checking: Whether they can spot changes in breathing, color, confusion, pain or vitals that need the nurse now.
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