Aurora at Home Weekend RN- Waukesha/Jefferson Counties
Posted Aug 27, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 20, 2026
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Behavioral
Tell me about a time you were doing a home visit and found something during your assessment that didn't match what was in the chart or care plan.
attentiveness during physical and environmental assessments and willingness to act on new findings rather than just follow the plan
Describe a situation where you had to update a care plan on the spot based on what you saw during a visit.
ability to translate assessment findings into concrete changes in the plan of care
Tell me about a patient whose age or life stage changed how you approached their care, maybe a pediatric case versus an elderly one.
competency with age-specific care standards mentioned in the job
Tell me about a time a physician disagreed with a change you thought needed to happen in a patient's treatment plan. How did you handle it?
confidence advocating for a patient while maintaining a working relationship with physicians
Technical
How do you go about communicating a change in a patient's condition to their physician and to the RN case manager so nothing falls through the cracks?
understanding of the communication chain this role depends on since the visiting RN isn't the primary case manager
What does a thorough psychosocial and environmental assessment actually look like for you when you walk into someone's home for the first time?
depth of home health assessment skills beyond just physical checks
How do you document a visit so it holds up against agency, state, and federal guidelines, especially when you're moving fast between homes?
discipline around compliant documentation under time pressure
Part of this job involves physical tasks like transferring a 150 pound patient with a second person, or lifting up to 50 pounds. Tell me about how you've handled patient positioning and transfers safely in someone's home versus a hospital setting.
practical experience with body mechanics and safety in the less controlled home environment
Situational
Walk me through how you'd plan a Saturday when you have six home visits scheduled across Waukesha and Jefferson counties and one patient calls saying their symptoms have gotten worse.
how the candidate triages competing demands and reprioritizes a route without dropping care quality
You're on the night on-call rotation and a patient's family calls at 11pm worried about a medication reaction. What do you do?
clinical judgment and comfort making independent decisions without a team physically present
A patient you're seeing is getting ready for discharge from home care. Walk me through how you'd work with the RN case manager on that transition.
understanding of the discharge planning partnership and use of community resources
This schedule is Friday, Saturday, Sunday plus a night on-call rotation and weekend holidays. What's made a schedule like that work for you in the past, or what would make it hard?
realistic fit with the weekend program's demands and honesty about sustainability
How do you keep yourself organized when your day involves frequent interruptions, like a phone call from one patient's family while you're mid-visit with another patient?
organizational skills and ability to multitask without losing focus on the patient in front of them
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