RN Inpatient, Straight Weekends - ICU
Posted Jun 11, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time your patient's condition got worse quickly. What did you notice and what did you do?
What they are checking: Real examples of recognizing decline and acting fast in a critical care setting.
How do you work with the interdisciplinary team, like pharmacy, respiratory therapy and physicians, during rounds?
What they are checking: Collaboration and speaking up as the nurse who knows the patient best.
What keeps you energized working every weekend in critical care?
What they are checking: Whether the straight weekend schedule is sustainable for them over the long term.
What would you do
This is a straight weekend job. How do you keep care moving when fewer specialists and leaders are in the hospital?
What they are checking: Independence and good judgment when weekend support is thinner than during the week.
A family wants everything done for a patient the team believes is dying. How do you support them?
What they are checking: Compassion and skill in goals-of-care conversations that are common in the ICU.
You are worried about a patient but the provider on call says to keep watching. What happens next?
What they are checking: Willingness to escalate further through the chain of command when patient safety is at stake.
About the work
Walk me through how you manage a patient on multiple vasoactive drips when their blood pressure keeps dropping.
What they are checking: Confidence titrating pressors and knowing when to escalate in a critically unstable patient.
What do you check on a ventilated patient at the start of your shift?
What they are checking: A systematic ventilator and airway assessment, which is basic to safe ICU care.
The posting talks about evidence-based care. Give me an example of a bundle or practice you follow to prevent harm in the ICU.
What they are checking: Knowledge of practices like sepsis bundles or line and ventilator infection prevention that change outcomes.
How do you prevent delirium and pressure injuries in long-stay ICU patients?
What they are checking: Attention to the slower harms of ICU care, not just the emergencies.
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