Certified Nursing Assistant Float Pool jobs in La Crosse, WI

As a float CNA you might work med-surg one day, pediatrics the next and behavioral health after that. How do you get up to speed on a new unit at the start of a shift?

What they are checking: Whether they can orient themselves quickly and ask the right questions on unfamiliar units.

How do you adjust your approach when caring for a child compared with an adult patient?

What they are checking: Comfort with pediatric patients, which is one of the units the float pool covers.

A patient on the behavioral health unit becomes upset and starts yelling at you. What do you do?

What they are checking: Staying calm, keeping safe and getting help in behavioral health settings.

Walk me through how you safely move a patient from a bed to a stretcher for transport to x-ray.

What they are checking: Safe transfer and transport skills, a big part of this float role.

When you take vital signs and one is way off from earlier, what do you do?

What they are checking: Recognizing abnormal findings and reporting them to the nurse promptly.

Tell me about a time a nurse gave you more tasks than you could finish. How did you handle it?

What they are checking: Whether they will speak up when they are overloaded instead of quietly skipping care that patients need.

How do you protect a patient's dignity during bathing and toileting?

What they are checking: Whether they protect privacy and dignity during personal care, which is what patients remember most about their stay.

This role has day and night shifts plus every other weekend and three holidays. How have you handled a rotating schedule before?

What they are checking: Reliability on a schedule that many applicants struggle to keep.