Registered Nurse - RN - Endoscopy
Posted Sep 11, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
MacNeal's GI lab does upper endoscopy, colonoscopy, ERCP and feeding tube placement. What GI procedure experience do you have?
What they are checking: Whether they have relevant procedural experience or a realistic plan to learn it.
Tell me about a time you worked in a fast procedural setting and kept things on schedule.
What they are checking: Whether they can keep the lab moving without cutting safety corners.
What interests you in the clinical ladder and professional governance?
What they are checking: Whether they want to grow and contribute to nursing practice at the hospital.
What would you do
During a colonoscopy, the patient's oxygen drops and they're hard to rouse. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they recognize oversedation and act quickly with stimulation, airway support and reversal agents.
A patient is nervous about their procedure. How do you help them?
What they are checking: Whether they can calm patients and explain what will happen.
About the work
RNs here sometimes give moderate sedation. Walk me through how you monitor a patient under moderate sedation.
What they are checking: Whether they know safe sedation monitoring and when to call for help.
What do you check in a patient's prep before a colonoscopy?
What they are checking: Whether they confirm bowel prep, NPO status, blood thinners and consent.
What complications do you watch for after an ERCP?
What they are checking: Whether they know signs of pancreatitis, bleeding and perforation.
How do you make sure scopes and equipment are cleaned and ready?
What they are checking: Whether they understand reprocessing standards that prevent infections.
How do you handle specimens from biopsies?
What they are checking: Whether they label and handle specimens carefully so results are correct.
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