Registered Nurse - Emergency Department - Evening
Posted Oct 2, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about the sickest patient you have cared for in the ED. What did you do and what would you do differently?
What they are checking: Whether their one-plus years of ED experience includes real resuscitation work and honest reflection after it.
Tell me about a time you disagreed with a physician's order in the ED. How did you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they will speak up for patient safety in a respectful way, even in a fast and loud environment.
If you hold an associate degree, what is your plan to finish your BSN within five years?
What they are checking: Whether they understand and intend to meet the BSN requirement that comes with the job.
How do you take care of yourself after a hard case, like a death or a trauma, when you still have hours left in your shift?
What they are checking: Whether they have healthy ways to cope so they can keep giving safe care and stay in the job long term.
What would you do
You need ACLS, PALS and NIHSS within three months of starting. How will you get those done while learning a new department?
What they are checking: Whether they plan ahead and take the certification deadline seriously, since lapsing would keep them off the schedule.
A child comes in with trouble breathing, and the parent is panicking and getting in the way. How do you manage both?
What they are checking: Whether they can care for a pediatric patient while calming a scared family member so the team can work.
An intoxicated patient becomes aggressive toward staff near the end of your shift. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they can de-escalate safely, use security appropriately and protect other patients and staff.
You have a patient boarding in the ED for hours waiting for a bed. How do you keep their care from slipping while new patients keep arriving?
What they are checking: Whether they keep giving inpatient-level care to boarders instead of treating them as already handed off.
About the work
You start your 1 p.m. shift and the waiting room is full. How do you decide which patient gets seen first?
What they are checking: Whether they truly understand ESI triage and can spot a sick patient who looks fine on the surface.
A patient comes in with slurred speech and left arm weakness that started 40 minutes ago. Talk me through your first ten minutes.
What they are checking: Whether they know a stroke alert is a race against the clock and can run NIHSS and timing steps calmly.
How do you give report to the night nurse at 1 a.m. when you still have patients waiting on results and admission beds?
What they are checking: Whether their handoffs are clear and complete so nothing pending falls through the cracks at shift change.
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