Registered Nurse, RN, Float Pool, PRN
Posted Sep 24, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you floated to a unit and were asked to take something outside your competency. How did you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they act within their license and scope even under pressure, which the posting stresses for FirstChoice nurses.
How do you build trust quickly with charge nurses and staff who don't know you and may see you as an outsider?
What they are checking: Whether they can earn a team's confidence in one shift, which decides how much help and information they get.
Tell me about a time you had to juggle competing priorities, like a new admission, a rapid response and a discharge at once.
What they are checking: Whether they can triage under load and ask for help early instead of quietly falling behind.
What draws you to rotating shifts and constant change rather than a home unit, and how do you keep from burning out?
What they are checking: Whether they genuinely fit the mobile staffing model and have realistic habits for sustaining it over time.
What would you do
You arrive at a hospital you've never worked in and get a med-surg telemetry assignment of five patients. What do you do in your first thirty minutes?
What they are checking: Whether they have a fast, safe system for orienting to unfamiliar units, equipment and people before patients pay for the gap.
A long assignment at another region means new charting build, new policies and a different pump. How do you prepare before the first shift?
What they are checking: Whether they take ownership of preparation rather than expecting each site to fully orient them every time.
You notice a practice on a unit you're floating to that you think is unsafe. What do you do as a temporary nurse?
What they are checking: Whether they raise safety concerns through the proper channels even when it would be easier to say nothing as a visitor.
About the work
Your telemetry patient goes from sinus rhythm to a new rapid atrial fibrillation with a rate of 150. Walk me through what you do.
What they are checking: Whether they can assess stability, escalate correctly and act on core telemetry knowledge without needing the home unit's routines.
You're delegating to a patient care tech you've never worked with. How do you decide what to hand off and how do you follow up?
What they are checking: Whether they understand they keep accountability for delegated tasks and verify instead of assuming the work got done.
A post-op patient on your med-surg assignment is hypotensive and more confused than in report. What's your thinking?
What they are checking: Whether they work through likely causes like bleeding, sepsis or opioids and escalate promptly instead of waiting for the next check.
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