Weekender Registered Nurse CDH OR Full-time Rotating
Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
This is a weekender line. How does working only weekends change what you have to know?
What they are checking: The posting is explicitly a weekender role, and it is a distinct arrangement.
Full time weekender on a rotating basis at Winfield. How does that fit your life?
What they are checking: The posting states the arrangement and the site.
What would you do
Something breaks sterility. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they call it, which takes nerve in front of a surgical team.
How do you advocate for a patient who is asleep and cannot speak for themselves?
What they are checking: The posting names interacting with the patient while maintaining ANA standards, and in the OR the nurse is the only voice.
What is different about an emergency case at the weekend?
What they are checking: Weekend operating means a smaller team and fewer specialists in the building.
How do you stay connected to what changed during the week?
What they are checking: A weekender misses the weekday communication entirely and the drift is real.
About the work
Tell me about your operating room nursing experience.
What they are checking: Establishes the range of surgical nursing experience before anything else.
Walk me through your part in a count and what you do if it does not reconcile.
What they are checking: The most serious procedural safeguard in an operating room and the circulating nurse owns it.
How do you decide what an assistant or surgical tech can safely do?
What they are checking: The posting names determining the appropriate utilization of any assistant providing direct care.
How do you prepare for a case or a surgeon you have not worked with?
What they are checking: Weekend lists bring unfamiliar combinations and preparation is what makes it safe.
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