Registered Nurse Medical Surgical Intermediate Part time Days
Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 29, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a patient you recognized was deteriorating before the numbers showed it.
What they are checking: Clinical instinct described concretely rather than claimed.
How do you prepare for multidisciplinary rounds at the bedside?
What they are checking: The posting names bedside rounding as something this unit is committed to.
Part time nights, seven to half past seven, rotating weekends. How does that fit your life?
What they are checking: Honest fit with the schedule the posting states.
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.
The posting mentions shared governance. Have you been part of that, and what did it change?
What they are checking: Whether unit involvement is real or a line on a form.
What would you do
How do you keep a family informed on a night shift when the physician is not there?
What they are checking: Communication when the nurse is the only source of information.
About the work
Intermediate means higher acuity than a general floor. Tell me about the sickest assignment you have carried.
What they are checking: Whether step-down acuity is familiar rather than aspirational.
Walk me through how you plan a shift with a full assignment on a twenty-six bed unit.
What they are checking: Prioritization, which the posting frames as coordinating care across an assignment.
How do you decide what to delegate to a patient care technician and what you keep?
What they are checking: The posting says the nurse directs and determines use of assistive staff.
How do you hand over a patient whose condition changed during your shift?
What they are checking: Handover, which is where deteriorating patients are most often lost.
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