RN Outpatient- GI Unit
Posted Sep 16, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you helped a nervous patient through a procedure they were dreading.
What they are checking: Comfort and reassurance skills, since many GI patients are anxious or embarrassed.
How do you keep the room moving efficiently between cases without cutting corners?
What they are checking: Balancing patient flow with safety in a high-volume procedure unit.
What would you do
This unit does procedures in the outpatient GI unit and in hospital GI OR suites. How would you adjust between those settings?
What they are checking: Flexibility between outpatient and hospital procedure environments with different patients and teams.
A patient arrives and admits they did not finish their bowel prep. What do you do?
What they are checking: Clinical judgment and communication with the provider about whether to proceed.
There is weekend call from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on a nine-week rotation. How would you handle being called in for an urgent bleed?
What they are checking: Readiness for urgent GI cases and reliability with call.
About the work
Walk me through how you monitor a patient under moderate sedation during a colonoscopy or upper endoscopy.
What they are checking: Safe sedation monitoring and knowing when to intervene on airway or blood pressure.
How do you prep a patient before a GI procedure, and what would make you stop and call the provider?
What they are checking: Pre-procedure safety checks like bowel prep, blood thinners, diabetes medicine and allergies.
What complications after a GI procedure would you teach patients to watch for at home?
What they are checking: Knowledge of bleeding, perforation and other post-procedure warning signs.
How do you handle specimens from biopsies so labeling and tracking are accurate?
What they are checking: Detail-oriented specimen handling, where mistakes can lead to missed diagnoses.
What do you know about scope reprocessing and infection prevention in a GI unit?
What they are checking: Awareness of infection risks from endoscopes and the role nurses play in prevention.
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