Registered Nurse (RN) - Cardiac Intermediate Care
Posted Sep 14, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 20, 2026
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Behavioral
Tell me about a time you had a gut feeling something was wrong with a patient before the monitors or labs confirmed it.
clinical judgment and willingness to act on subtle cues rather than waiting for hard data
Tell me about a time you disagreed with a physician's order or plan of care for a patient. How did you handle it?
advocacy skills and ability to communicate concerns respectfully within the care team
Describe a rapid response or code situation you were part of. What was your specific role and what happened?
real experience with acute deterioration events and ability to function under pressure as part of a team
How do you stay current on evidence-based practice for cardiac care, and can you give an example of when you changed something about your practice because of new evidence or a hospital policy update?
commitment to ongoing learning versus relying purely on habit
Tell me about a time you had to train or support a newer nurse or a float nurse on your unit.
willingness to mentor and support the collaborative team culture the posting emphasizes
What does patient-centered care mean to you in practice, especially with cardiac patients who may be scared or in denial about lifestyle changes they need to make?
depth of understanding of patient experience beyond clinical tasks
Technical
Walk me through how you'd assess a patient on your stepdown unit who just came back from a cardiac cath and started showing new chest pain and a change in their telemetry rhythm.
whether the candidate can recognize and act on cardiac deterioration using monitoring data, not just recite a protocol
What's your experience with common cardiac drips like heparin, nitroglycerin, or amiodarone, and how do you monitor a patient while they're on them?
hands-on familiarity with the medications and titration protocols specific to cardiac intermediate care
The job mentions getting chemotherapy administration certification within a year even though this is a cardiac unit. Have you worked with chemo patients before, or is this new territory for you?
honesty about a specific credential gap and willingness to pursue required training
Situational
You're managing four or five stepdown patients on a night shift and two of them start to decompensate around the same time. What do you do first and how do you decide?
prioritization and triage skill under real unit staffing pressure
A family member is upset and questioning the care their loved one is getting on your unit. How do you handle that conversation while still managing your other patients?
communication skills and composure under competing demands
On a 36-bed unit with a mix of new admissions, transfers, and patients being stepped down from ICU, how do you keep track of who needs the most attention throughout your shift?
organizational systems and time management on a busy intermediate care floor
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