Registered Nurse CDH PICU Part-time Nights
Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 2, 2026
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About your past
Nights, seven to seven, with every third weekend. How does that fit your life?
What they are checking: Honest fit with the schedule the posting states.
Tell me about a time you questioned an order.
What they are checking: Whether they will speak up, which in pediatric dosing matters enormously.
What do you do after a shift where a child died?
What they are checking: Whether they have a way of carrying this work, which decides whether they stay in a PICU.
What would you do
How do you talk to parents who are frightened and will not leave the bedside?
What they are checking: Family presence, which in a PICU is constant and part of the care.
How do you involve a child in their own care at different ages?
What they are checking: Age-appropriate communication, which is a real skill in pediatrics.
How do you decide when to call the physician overnight?
What they are checking: Escalation judgment when calling means waking someone.
How do you support a family through a decision nobody wants to make?
What they are checking: The hardest conversation in the unit, made harder because it is a child.
About the work
Tell me about your pediatric intensive care experience and the ages you have cared for.
What they are checking: Whether PICU is familiar, since children are not small adults in critical care.
Walk me through recognizing that a child is deteriorating.
What they are checking: Children compensate then crash, and knowing the signs is the whole job.
How do you hand over a complex child at the end of a night?
What they are checking: Handover, which is where critical patients are most often harmed.
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