Registered Nurse - Women's and Children Resource Team - Nights
Posted Sep 28, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 4, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about your PICU and NICU experience. What were the sickest patients you cared for?
What they are checking: Whether they truly have the PICU and NICU background the posting requires.
How do you support anxious parents at 3 AM when their baby is in the NICU?
What they are checking: Whether they can care for families in distress while still doing complex clinical work.
How do you stay alert and safe on a run of night shifts?
What they are checking: Whether they manage fatigue on twelve-hour nights so it doesn't cause errors.
Tell me about a time you were floated outside your comfort zone. What did you do when something came up you weren't sure about?
What they are checking: Whether they ask for help and stay within their competence instead of guessing.
What would you do
Tonight you could float to Peds or PICU, Mother/Baby, NICU, or the special care nursery at Elmhurst. How do you get ready for a shift when you don't know where you'll land?
What they are checking: Whether they have a real system for switching patient populations safely on a resource team.
A child on the floor is breathing faster and looks more tired than an hour ago. Walk me through what you do.
What they are checking: Whether they recognize early respiratory decline in children and escalate before it becomes a code.
You float to a unit where the staff seem unwilling to help the resource nurse. How do you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they can build quick working relationships and still get help when the patient needs it.
About the work
How do you calculate and double-check a weight-based medication dose for a newborn?
What they are checking: Whether they have safe habits for pediatric dosing, where small errors cause serious harm.
A newborn on Mother/Baby has a low temperature and is feeding poorly. What are you thinking?
What they are checking: Whether they recognize possible infection or low blood sugar in a newborn and act quickly.
What postpartum warning signs in a mother would make you call for help right away?
What they are checking: Whether they know postpartum hemorrhage, preeclampsia and other emergencies if floated to Mother/Baby.
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