Hospice RN - Oshkosh & surrounding territory
Posted Sep 24, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you supported a family through a death in the home. What did you do and say?
What they are checking: Whether they can stay steady and present during the hardest moment a family will face.
Tell me about a time you had to make a clinical decision alone, without another nurse to check with.
What they are checking: Comfort with independent practice, which is the core of working nights alone in the field.
What do you do to keep yourself well when you are with dying patients and grieving families every shift?
What they are checking: Self-awareness about compassion fatigue, which predicts whether a hospice nurse lasts in the role.
What would you do
This shift runs 4 p.m. to midnight on the after-hours team. Walk me through how you triage a call from a caregiver who says their mom is restless and breathing differently.
What they are checking: Whether they can sort a symptom report over the phone into teach, adjust meds, or drive out now.
A patient on comfort care has breakthrough pain at 11 p.m. and the standing hospice protocol has already been used. What do you do next?
What they are checking: Whether they know how to escalate to the on-call physician and act within scope instead of improvising.
Our territory covers Oshkosh, Green Bay, Sheboygan, Manitowoc and everything in between. How do you handle two urgent calls at once when the homes are an hour apart?
What they are checking: Prioritizing by acuity across long distances and using phone support to bridge the gap until arrival.
A caregiver tells you they want to stop a medication the patient has been on for years. How do you respond?
What they are checking: Respect for a family's right to question or refuse treatment while still giving clear, honest information.
Driving alone at night into homes you have never visited, how do you keep yourself safe?
What they are checking: Whether they think realistically about personal safety in home visits without becoming fearful or avoidant.
About the work
How do you decide whether a phone call can be handled with education or needs an in-person visit?
What they are checking: Their judgment about when a visit truly changes the outcome versus when reassurance and guidance are enough.
Tell me how you manage terminal secretions, and how you explain them to a family who is frightened by the sound.
What they are checking: Both the clinical management and the ability to calm a family by explaining what is normal at end of life.
How do you manage agitation or terminal restlessness, and what do you rule out first?
What they are checking: Whether they look for reversible causes like urinary retention or pain before reaching for sedation.
How do you hand off what happened overnight so the day team and the case manager know what changed?
What they are checking: Clear documentation and communication so the next nurse is not walking into a surprise.
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