Registered Nurse (RN) - New Graduate - Jacksonville Memorial Hospital
Posted Oct 2, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
This is a new graduate role with a one-year Nurse Residency Program. Tell me about a clinical rotation where you felt out of your depth and what you did about it.
What they are checking: Whether they ask for help early instead of hiding uncertainty, which is the biggest safety risk in a new nurse.
The program's curriculum covers clinical leadership, patient safety and outcomes, and the professional role of the RN. Which of those do you expect to be hardest for you, and why?
What they are checking: How honestly they can judge their own gaps, which predicts how well they will use the residency support.
The last six months of the residency includes an evidence-based project. Tell me about a time you noticed a practice that did not match the evidence.
What they are checking: Whether they think critically about routine practice and can raise it respectfully instead of just going along.
Tell me about feedback you got in clinicals that stung. What did you do with it?
What they are checking: Whether they can take correction without getting defensive, which a year of precepting depends on.
This is a hospital in a smaller community. Why Jacksonville and why Memorial Health for your first year as a nurse?
What they are checking: Whether they have a real reason to stay after the sign-on bonus period, since turnover of new grads is costly.
What would you do
You have four patients at the start of shift. One is post-op with a dropping blood pressure, one is due for scheduled meds, one wants pain medicine, and one is ready for discharge. Walk me through how you prioritize.
What they are checking: Whether they use airway, breathing, circulation and stability to sort needs rather than handling tasks in the order they appear.
How do you know your preceptor is the right person to go to versus the charge nurse or the provider?
What they are checking: Whether they understand the chain of command and escalate to the person who can actually act on the problem.
You are about to hang a medication and realize the label and the order do not quite match. The patient is waiting and you are behind. What happens next?
What they are checking: Whether they stop the line under time pressure, since medication errors often happen when nurses feel rushed.
A family member is upset and says no one has told them anything all day. How do you handle that conversation?
What they are checking: Whether they can calm a frustrated family, share what they are allowed to, and loop in the right people.
About the work
Walk me through how you would assess a patient you suspect is starting to become septic.
What they are checking: Whether they can connect vital sign trends and lab values to an early warning, not just recite a definition.
A patient's potassium comes back at 6.1 and they have a scheduled dose of a potassium-sparing diuretic. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they hold a medication and call the provider instead of following the order mechanically.
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