Registered Nurse Operating Room Full Time Day
Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 30, 2026
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About your past
How do you work with a surgeon whose manner is difficult under pressure?
What they are checking: A real part of the job and whether they can stay effective through it.
Full time days at Huntley. How does that fit your life?
What they are checking: The posting states the shift and the site.
What would you do
Something breaks sterility. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they call it, which takes nerve in front of a surgical team.
How do you advocate for a patient who is asleep and cannot speak for themselves?
What they are checking: The posting names collaborating with the patient and family, and in the OR the nurse is the only voice.
What is different about an operating room at a community hospital?
What they are checking: Huntley is a smaller hospital, with a smaller team and fewer specialists on site.
About the work
Tell me about your operating room nursing experience.
What they are checking: Establishes the range of surgical nursing experience before anything else.
Walk me through your part in a count and what you do if it does not reconcile.
What they are checking: The most serious procedural safeguard in an operating room and the circulating nurse owns it.
How do you run a time out so it is more than a formality?
What they are checking: Wrong-site surgery is prevented here and complacency is the risk.
How do you decide what a surgical technologist or assistant can safely do?
What they are checking: The posting names determining the appropriate utilization of any assistant providing direct care.
How do you prepare for a case or a surgeon you have not worked with?
What they are checking: Preparation is what makes an unfamiliar case safe.
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