Registered Nurse Medial Surgical Intermediate Full Time Nights
Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 29, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about shared governance work you have done.
What they are checking: The posting names staff being active in shared governance.
Full time nights, seven to seven thirty with rotating weekends at Winfield. How does that fit your life?
What they are checking: The posting states the hours, the pattern and the site.
What would you do
What tells you an intermediate patient needs to go up to intensive care?
What they are checking: The defining judgment on an intermediate unit and it has to be made early.
This is a fast-paced, high acuity unit with twenty-six beds. How do you plan a shift with that load?
What they are checking: The posting names the bed count and describes the acuity.
How do you take part in multidisciplinary rounds at the bedside?
What they are checking: The posting names bedside multidisciplinary rounds as something the staff are committed to.
What is thinner overnight on an intermediate unit, and how do you work around it?
What they are checking: The posting is nights, when the medical teams are off site.
How do you escalate a concern overnight when you are not sure about it?
What they are checking: Escalating at three in the morning is where intermediate care goes wrong.
About the work
Tell me about your medical-surgical nursing experience.
What they are checking: The posting is a 26-bed intermediate medical surgical unit at Winfield.
How do you manage a patient who is on several drips and still on the floor?
What they are checking: Intermediate care means intensive care therapies outside intensive care.
How do you delegate to the assistants working with you?
What they are checking: The posting names determining the appropriate utilization of any assistant in direct care.
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