Registered Nurse Medical Surgical Intermediate jobs in Decatur, IL

You have a cardiac patient on the intermediate care unit whose rhythm changes to a new atrial fibrillation with a fast rate. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they can assess stability, notify the provider and anticipate treatment for a common cardiac change.

How is caring for an intermediate care patient different from a general med/surg patient?

What they are checking: Whether they understand the higher monitoring and assessment needs of IMC patients who could go either way.

Tell me about a time you had to escalate care for a patient who needed a higher level of care. How did you make the case?

What they are checking: Whether they advocate firmly and clearly when a patient needs to move to ICU or a rapid response.

You're PRN nights and floating in. How do you build trust with a team you don't work with every week?

What they are checking: Whether they can fit into a unit quickly, ask for help and offer help, which PRN staff must do.

A patient with heart failure keeps asking for extra fluids and salty snacks. How do you handle it?

What they are checking: Whether they can teach about the condition with respect and promote independence, as the posting stresses.

How do you manage a heparin or other high-alert drip safely across a twelve-hour shift?

What they are checking: Whether they follow protocols, double checks and lab timing for high-risk medications.

Tell me about a time you supervised or delegated to an aide or LPN and it didn't go as planned.

What they are checking: Whether they own the RN's supervisory role and follow up rather than assuming tasks got done.

How do you offer emotional or spiritual support to a patient who is frightened about their diagnosis?

What they are checking: Whether they can provide compassionate presence and involve chaplains or others when needed.