Registered Nurse Float CDH Resource Team Full-time Nights
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 were floated to a unit outside your comfort zone. How did you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they can adapt without complaint while still being honest about the limits of their competence.
Tell me about a time you caught a change in a patient's condition early. What did you notice and what did you do?
What they are checking: Whether their assessment skills are sharp enough to spot decline before it turns into a rapid response.
How do you build trust quickly with a charge nurse and staff who have never worked with you?
What they are checking: Whether they help the home team and communicate well, which decides whether units are glad to see the float nurse.
Floating nurses sometimes miss out on shared governance and unit projects. How would you stay involved?
What they are checking: Whether they want to contribute beyond their shift or see float work as a way to avoid engagement.
What would you do
As a float nurse on the CDH Resource Team, you could land on a different unit every shift. How do you get oriented in the first fifteen minutes on a unit you barely know?
What they are checking: Whether they have a quick, repeatable routine for finding equipment, people and policies before patients need them.
You are assigned a patient whose care requires a skill you have not been checked off on. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they protect the patient by speaking up rather than guessing to avoid looking unprepared.
How do you decide what to delegate to a patient care tech on a unit where you do not know the staff?
What they are checking: Whether they understand they stay accountable for delegated care and check competence before handing work off.
You get report from a nurse who is clearly rushed and leaves out details. How do you make sure you have what you need?
What they are checking: Whether they ask targeted questions at handoff instead of discovering the gaps later at the bedside.
About the work
Walk me through how you build a plan of care for a patient you are meeting for the first time at the start of shift.
What they are checking: Whether they use the nursing process to set expected outcomes instead of just working through a task list.
How do you keep your documentation consistent when every unit has its own flowsheets and expectations?
What they are checking: Whether they know accurate charting of patient responses matters as much on a float shift as on a home unit.
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