Registered Nurse-ICU Full Time Days Weekend Program
Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 29, 2026
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About your past
This is a weekend program. Tell me honestly why that appeals to you.
What they are checking: Whether the schedule is what they want or what was available.
Tell me about a patient who deteriorated on your shift. What did you notice first?
What they are checking: Early recognition, which is the whole value of an ICU nurse.
Tell me about a time you questioned an order.
What they are checking: Whether they will speak up, which is the most protective thing a nurse does.
How do you stay connected to unit changes when you are only in at weekends?
What they are checking: A real problem for weekend staff, and whether they have thought about it.
What do you do after a shift where a patient died?
What they are checking: Whether they have a way of carrying this work.
What would you do
Weekends have thinner support than weekdays. How does that change how you work?
What they are checking: Whether they have thought about the specific risk of a weekend programme.
How do you talk to a family being asked to make a decision about withdrawing care?
What they are checking: Presence in the hardest conversation in the unit.
About the work
Tell me about your critical care experience and the sickest patient you have cared for.
What they are checking: Whether the ICU experience is real, and at what acuity.
Walk me through your assessment of a patient at the start of a shift.
What they are checking: Whether they have a systematic approach rather than reading the monitor.
How do you hand over a complex patient at the end of a weekend?
What they are checking: Handover to a team who have not seen the patient for two days.
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