Registered Nurse Stepdown Critical Care jobs in Fond du Lac, WI

Your ratio changes from 1:1 to 3:1 depending on acuity. How do you handle a 3:1 assignment where one patient starts to go downhill?

What they are checking: Whether they can stabilize the sickest patient while making sure the others are covered by the team.

Walk me through how you manage a patient on a titratable drip, like a vasopressor or a heparin infusion.

What they are checking: Whether they know the protocols, the monitoring and the safety checks that high-risk infusions require.

Tell me about a time a patient you were caring for needed a rapid response or a code. What was your role?

What they are checking: Whether they stay calm and useful in an emergency and know what to do before help arrives.

A stepdown patient's telemetry shows new atrial fibrillation with a rapid rate. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they can read the rhythm, assess the patient's stability and escalate with the right information.

How do you decide when a stepdown patient needs to move up to ICU level care?

What they are checking: Whether they recognize the signs of decline and advocate for a higher level of care before it's an emergency.

This is a full-time night position, 7 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., with every third weekend and a holiday rotation. What's your experience with nights, and how do you stay safe on them?

What they are checking: Whether they can handle the physical toll of nights and stay alert with fewer resources around.

At night there are fewer providers on site. Tell me about a time you had to call a physician in the middle of the night. How did you prepare for that call?

What they are checking: Whether they give clear, organized reports like SBAR so they get the orders the patient needs.

A family wants to stay at the bedside overnight but the patient is unstable and the room is crowded with equipment. How do you handle that?

What they are checking: Whether they can balance family needs with safety and explain limits kindly without shutting the family out.