Registered Nurse - Mother Baby
Posted Sep 23, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
As PRN, you may not be here every week. How do you stay current with policies and skills on this unit?
What they are checking: Whether they take personal responsibility for competence in a high-risk specialty while working limited hours.
Tell me about a time you had to speak up about a safety concern with a newborn or mother.
What they are checking: Whether they escalate concerns confidently, which protects two patients at once on this unit.
What would you do
A mom is struggling with breastfeeding and crying that she's failing her baby. How do you help?
What they are checking: Whether they offer practical help and emotional support and bring in lactation without judgment.
A family whose baby has a life-threatening condition is on your unit next to families celebrating healthy births. How do you care for them?
What they are checking: Whether they show sensitivity to grief and anticipatory loss in a setting built around celebration.
How do you prioritize a couplet assignment when one mother is hemorrhaging and another needs discharge teaching?
What they are checking: Whether they put the emergency first and get help so other couplets are not left without care.
About the work
This Women's Health Unit cares for high-risk patients with preeclampsia, diabetes and cardiac conditions. How would you monitor a postpartum patient with preeclampsia?
What they are checking: Whether they know postpartum preeclampsia can worsen and watch blood pressure, headache, vision and reflexes closely.
A postpartum patient's fundus is boggy and displaced to the right, and her pad is soaked. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they recognize a full bladder and uterine atony and respond with massage, voiding and escalation.
Walk me through how you'd assess a newborn whose blood sugar comes back low and whose mom has gestational diabetes.
What they are checking: Whether they know hypoglycemia protocol, feeding support and when to escalate to a provider.
How do you screen for and respond to postpartum depression or anxiety before discharge?
What they are checking: Whether they use screening tools and know when and how to connect a parent with help.
What do you teach parents about safe sleep before they go home?
What they are checking: Whether they consistently teach back-to-sleep and safe sleep space, which prevents infant deaths.
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