Registered Nurse Inpatient-Delnor Orthopedic Oncology Med Surg Unit Full Time Days
Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 22, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a patient who deteriorated overnight.
What they are checking: Recognition and escalation on nights, when help is thinner.
Three twelve hour nights with every third weekend. How does that fit your life?
What they are checking: Honest fit with a schedule the posting states precisely.
Tell me about a family who was difficult to work with.
What they are checking: Whether they can keep a family alongside them rather than opposite them.
What do you do after a shift where a patient died?
What they are checking: Whether they have a way of carrying oncology work, which decides whether they stay.
What would you do
How do you manage pain for a patient whose pain is not settling?
What they are checking: Practical pain management, which is most of orthopedic nursing.
How does caring for an oncology patient differ from caring for a surgical one on the same shift?
What they are checking: Whether they can hold two very different mindsets in one assignment.
About the work
This unit is orthopedics and oncology together. Tell me about your experience with each.
What they are checking: Whether both halves are familiar, since they are very different kinds of nursing.
Chemotherapy certification is required within six months. Where are you with that?
What they are checking: Whether they have read the requirement and have a plan for it.
Walk me through your assessment of a patient on the first night after a joint replacement.
What they are checking: Postoperative orthopedic nursing, including what complication they are watching for.
How do you delegate to an assistant while staying accountable for the care?
What they are checking: Delegation, which the posting names and which new nurses often get wrong.
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