Certified Nursing Assistant, JBH Cardiac /Telemetry- Days
Posted May 4, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you noticed something was off with a patient before anyone else did. What happened?
What they are checking: Whether they pay close attention and speak up early, which matters most with heart patients.
Tell me about a time a nurse gave you a task you weren't trained or allowed to do. How did you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they know the limits of a CNA's scope and can say no respectfully without dropping the patient.
Describe a shift where you fell behind on documentation. How did you catch up without cutting corners?
What they are checking: Whether they treat charting as part of care and keep it accurate even on a busy day.
What would you do
Three call lights go on at once on a cardiac floor. One patient needs the bathroom, one wants water, and one says they feel funny. How do you decide who you see first?
What they are checking: Whether they can spot the call that might be a cardiac change and act on it before routine requests.
You get floated to a unit you've never worked on. How do you get up to speed in the first hour?
What they are checking: Whether they stay safe and useful in an unfamiliar place by asking the right questions early.
You're precepting a new CNA who keeps skipping the second patient identifier. How do you bring it up?
What they are checking: Whether they can coach a peer on safety habits directly and kindly, and loop in the educator when needed.
A cardiac patient on bed rest keeps trying to get up alone at night. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they think about fall risk, patient dignity, and when to involve the nurse rather than ignore it.
About the work
You're attaching a patient to remote telemetry and the monitor tech calls to say the leads are reading poorly. What do you check, and who do you tell?
What they are checking: Whether they know lead placement and skin prep basics, and keep the RN and monitor tech in the loop.
When you take a manual blood pressure and it comes back much higher than the last reading, what do you do next?
What they are checking: Whether they recheck correctly and report abnormal vitals promptly instead of just charting the number.
How do you measure and record output from an indwelling catheter or a surgical drain, and when would a number worry you?
What they are checking: Whether the intake and output records they keep are accurate enough for nurses to make decisions from.
Walk me through how you do a blood glucose check, including what you do if the result is very low.
What they are checking: Whether they follow the meter procedure and escalate a dangerous result to the RN right away.
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