CNA - Nursing Assistant - FT - St. Weekend/ St. Nights
Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
Likely interview questions for this role
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About your past
This is straight weekends and straight nights. How have you set up your life to make that schedule work long term?
What they are checking: Whether they have a realistic plan for sleep and life outside work so they stay past the one-year bonus commitment.
Weekend nights often have fewer staff around. Tell me about a time you had to work with less help than usual.
What they are checking: Whether they can stay organized and ask for help appropriately when staffing is thin.
How do you stay alert and careful in the last hours of a 12-hour night shift?
What they are checking: Whether they have habits that prevent fatigue-related mistakes late in a shift.
Tell me about a time you helped a coworker without being asked.
What they are checking: Whether they act as a team player, which matters most on a short-staffed night shift.
What would you do
At 3 a.m. you find a patient trying to climb out of bed and they seem confused. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they keep the patient safe, stay calm and get the nurse, since nighttime confusion is common and risky.
You take vitals at 4 a.m. and a patient's oxygen level is lower than earlier. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they report changes to the nurse right away instead of waiting for morning.
A patient presses the call light over and over for small things. How do you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they stay patient and look for the need underneath, like fear or loneliness at night.
About the work
How do you do your night rounds so patients stay safe but still get some sleep?
What they are checking: Whether they balance hourly checks, toileting and repositioning with letting patients rest.
Walk me through how you reposition a patient who can't turn themselves to prevent pressure injuries.
What they are checking: Whether they know safe turning technique and why regular repositioning protects skin.
How do you collect a specimen during the night so it's ready for morning labs?
What they are checking: Whether they label and handle specimens correctly so tests are not delayed or redone.
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