Patient Care Technician-Surgical Stepdown-Evenings
Posted Oct 1, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you helped a patient manage their pain or discomfort without medication.
What they are checking: Whether they use repositioning, ice or calm talk to support comfort between doses.
This is part time on evenings from 3 to 11:30 with rotating weekends. How does that fit for you?
What they are checking: Whether they can reliably cover evening shifts on the unit.
Tell me about a time you helped make a patient's hospital stay a little better.
What they are checking: Whether they care about the patient experience, which the posting highlights.
What would you do
A post-op patient's blood glucose comes back very high. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they report abnormal values right away rather than just charting them.
How do you admit a patient to their room when they arrive from the OR or PACU?
What they are checking: Whether they help settle the patient, take vitals and connect monitoring quickly.
About the work
On a surgical stepdown unit, patients are recovering from major surgery. What changes would you report right away?
What they are checking: Whether they know signs like bleeding, low blood pressure, fever or sudden pain need urgent attention.
How do you help a patient walk for the first time after surgery?
What they are checking: Whether they check with the nurse first, watch for dizziness and keep the patient safe.
Walk me through doing a 12-lead EKG.
What they are checking: Whether they can place leads correctly and get a clean tracing.
How do you collect a sterile specimen?
What they are checking: Whether they keep the sample clean and labeled properly to avoid a false result.
How do you help prevent pneumonia or blood clots in a patient who just had surgery?
What they are checking: Whether they encourage walking, deep breathing and using devices like the incentive spirometer.
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