Registered Nurse (RN) Procedural GI/Pulmonary Lab St. Luke's
Posted Sep 3, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 20, 2026
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Behavioral
Tell me about a time a patient had a vagal response or their oxygen saturation dropped during a procedure. What did you do first, and what happened next?
hands-on experience managing a real procedural emergency and whether they stayed calm and followed a clear sequence of actions
How do you prepare a patient and their family for an EUS or bronchoscopy, especially when they're anxious about sedation or a possible cancer diagnosis?
communication skill with patients facing high-stakes or scary outcomes, not just informed consent checklist behavior
Tell me about a time you had to speak up when you thought a procedure shouldn't proceed as planned, whether that was a consent issue, a lab value, or something about the patient's condition.
willingness to advocate for patient safety even when it creates friction with the physician or slows down the schedule
Tell me about a time you worked closely with a GI technician or scrub partner to keep a procedure moving smoothly. What made that partnership work?
how they function within the nurse-tech skill mix and whether they see teamwork as central to the room running well
Technical
Walk me through how you monitor a patient under moderate sedation during a colonoscopy or EGD, from the time the medication is given until they're ready for recovery.
whether the candidate knows real sedation monitoring protocols and can catch early signs of respiratory depression, not just recite vitals frequency
What's your process for confirming informed consent, allergies, and NPO status before a patient goes back for their procedure?
attention to pre-procedure safety checks and whether they treat this as routine or as a real safety gate
What do you know about scope reprocessing and infection control standards in a GI lab, and what's your role in making sure they're followed?
basic familiarity with endoscope reprocessing risk, a common source of serious infection control breaches
How would you respond if a patient started to code or needed rapid intervention right after a procedure, before they've fully recovered from sedation?
readiness to act in a true emergency in an area where a full code team may take longer to arrive than on an inpatient floor
Situational
You're circulating for an ERCP and the physician needs something you don't normally stock for that scope. How do you handle it without slowing the procedure down?
working knowledge of ERCP setup and the ability to problem-solve on the fly in a fast-moving room
This unit runs on a rotating on-call schedule with every fourth weekend and you need to live within 30 minutes of the hospital. How do you think about balancing that kind of unpredictability with your life outside work?
realistic acceptance of the on-call and weekend demands rather than a rehearsed yes
Describe how you'd manage recovery for three patients coming out of sedation at the same time when the unit is running behind schedule.
ability to triage and prioritize safely under the fast turnover pace typical of a high-volume endoscopy unit
You're two years out of med/surg or ICU and this is your first time in a procedural specialty. What do you expect will be hardest to adjust to, and how are you planning to close that gap?
self-awareness about the transition from bedside nursing to procedural nursing and a realistic plan rather than overconfidence
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