Registered Nurse, RN, LDRP, Labor, Delivery, Recovery and Postpartum - Float PRN
Posted Sep 15, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
This PRN role requires at least 36 hours per six-week schedule. How do you keep your L&D skills sharp when you're not on the unit every week?
What they are checking: Whether they take responsibility for staying current in a high-risk specialty while working limited hours.
Tell me about a time a birth didn't go as planned and the family was scared. How did you support them?
What they are checking: Whether they can stay calm and compassionate with families during frightening, unexpected moments.
Tell me about a time you had to step into a role quickly on a team you didn't know well.
What they are checking: Whether they adapt fast and communicate clearly, which float nurses must do in every new assignment.
What would you do
You float to a hospital where the L&D layout and protocols are different from your usual one. How do you make sure you're safe in an emergency?
What they are checking: Whether they deliberately learn emergency equipment locations and team roles before they are needed.
A patient's birth plan says no interventions, but the tracing is worsening. How do you approach that conversation?
What they are checking: Whether they can respect patient choices while clearly communicating risk and involving the provider.
About the work
You're floating between LUMC and MacNeal. A laboring patient's fetal heart tracing shows recurrent late decelerations with minimal variability. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they know Category II and III tracings and start intrauterine resuscitation while escalating to the provider.
Walk me through how you'd recognize and respond to a postpartum hemorrhage after a vaginal delivery.
What they are checking: Whether they know fundal massage, quantitative blood loss, uterotonics and when to call the hemorrhage protocol.
A patient with preeclampsia on magnesium sulfate becomes drowsy and her reflexes are absent. What's happening and what do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they recognize magnesium toxicity and know to stop the infusion and have calcium gluconate ready.
How do you balance caring for a recovering mom and a newborn at the same time in an LDRP room?
What they are checking: Whether they can handle mother and baby assessments together, which LDRP nursing requires.
What newborn findings in the first hour after birth would make you call for help right away?
What they are checking: Whether they can spot respiratory distress, hypoglycemia signs or poor tone that need urgent attention.
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