Registered Nurse, Emergency Department - Sign-on Bonus Available!
Posted Sep 29, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
The Walworth campus is an 11-bed department with two trauma beds and an urgent care. What changes for you working in a small ED compared with a large one?
What they are checking: Whether they understand that a small ED means fewer hands, wider roles, and more independent judgment.
Tell me about a time you cared for a critically ill patient who needed to be transferred to a higher level of care. How did you keep them stable and the handoff clean?
What they are checking: Whether they can manage a sick patient while coordinating transport, records and a clear report.
Describe a time you disagreed with a physician's plan for a patient. What did you do?
What they are checking: Whether they speak up respectfully with facts and still keep the working relationship intact.
What shift pattern are you looking for here, full-time, part-time or PRN, and why does that fit you?
What they are checking: Whether their availability and expectations match what the department actually needs to staff.
How do you take care of yourself after a hard case, like a pediatric death or a violent trauma?
What they are checking: Whether they have healthy ways to process ED stress so they stay safe and stay in the job.
What would you do
A trauma patient arrives by ambulance and both trauma beds are full. What do you do?
What they are checking: How they think about surge, re-prioritizing beds, and calling for help early in a small department.
Patients walk into the urgent care side with something that turns out to be an emergency. How would you catch that early?
What they are checking: Whether they watch for red flags in low-acuity patients instead of assuming the setting matches the illness.
Leadership, shift coordinators and resource nurses are on site 24/7. When would you call them, and when would you handle it yourself?
What they are checking: Whether they use support appropriately, neither escalating everything nor sitting on problems out of pride.
About the work
Walworth is an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital. Walk me through your role when a stroke alert comes through the door.
What they are checking: Whether they know door-to-CT targets, last known well, neuro checks and how stroke patients get transferred.
The campus has applied for Level 4 trauma designation. What do you think that means for the nurses day to day?
What they are checking: Whether they understand stabilize-and-transfer care, trauma documentation and the readiness a designation demands.
How do you prioritize when you have an unstable patient, two patients waiting on pain medication, and a discharge to complete?
What they are checking: Whether they sequence work by risk and can delegate or batch tasks without losing track of anyone.
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