Registered Nurse (RN) - STAT ICU Services
Posted Sep 15, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 20, 2026
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Behavioral
Walk me through the last time you responded to a code or a rapid response called on a unit outside your own. What did you see when you walked in, and what did you do first?
whether the candidate has real experience leading in the first chaotic minutes of an emergency, not just following orders once a team forms
Tell me about a mass transfusion protocol you were part of. What was your role, and what almost went wrong?
hands-on familiarity with high-acuity, low-frequency protocols and honesty about near misses
Describe a patient in respiratory failure or post cardiovascular surgery where things declined quickly. What were the early signs you caught, and what did you do before calling the physician?
clinical judgment and pattern recognition specific to this unit's actual patient population
Tell me about a time you disagreed with an intensivist or physician about a patient's plan of care. How did you raise it, and what happened?
whether they can advocate for a patient respectfully within a hierarchy that includes an on-site intensivist
With this schedule you're splitting time between the STAT role and a regular ICU assignment, working nights, weekends, and rotating holidays. How have you managed a schedule like this before, and what made it work or not work?
realistic self-assessment of stamina and reliability for a demanding, irregular shift pattern rather than a rehearsed answer
Technical
What's your process for monitoring inpatients across the house using Epic when you're not physically at the bedside?
practical fluency with remote monitoring tools and whether they understand the limits of chart-based surveillance versus eyes-on assessment
How do you decide when a rapid response needs to escalate to a full code, and who makes that call with you?
depth of ACLS-level decision making and comfort owning escalation rather than waiting for someone else to decide
What does a sliding transfer of a 150-pound patient actually look like for you in practice, and what do you do if you don't have enough hands available?
awareness of safe patient handling protocols and willingness to ask for help rather than risk injury
Situational
You're the STAT nurse and you get called to a stroke alert on a med-surg floor while you're also carrying an ICU patient assignment. How do you handle that split second decision about your own patient?
how they triage competing responsibilities and whether they have a plan for handing off or covering their assigned patient safely
A house supervisor calls you to a rapid response on a unit whose staff you don't know well, and the bedside nurse seems defensive about calling for help. How do you work with that nurse in the moment?
interpersonal skill under stress with staff who may feel judged, since STAT nurses parachute into other teams' territory constantly
You're rounding house-wide and find a patient who doesn't meet criteria for a rapid response yet but something feels off to you. What do you do?
trust in clinical intuition and willingness to act on a gut read without hard criteria backing them up
If a family member becomes agitated or aggressive during a code or rapid response, how do you handle the room while still running the clinical situation?
ability to manage bystanders and de-escalate without losing focus on the patient, tying to the posting's mention of verbal de-escalation
With only one year of ICU experience required for this role, what do you think you still need to grow into before you'd feel confident running a STAT response solo?
self-awareness about the gap between minimum qualifications and true readiness, and honesty rather than overconfidence
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