Family Nurse Practitioner - Stockton, IL $95,0000 - $145,000
Posted Sep 28, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
What appeals to you about the Stockton clinic and practicing in a small community in northern Illinois?
What they are checking: Whether they have a real reason to choose rural primary care and are likely to stay long term.
How do you work with a collaborating physician you may not see in person every day?
What they are checking: Whether they communicate proactively and use the collaboration well instead of working in isolation.
Tell me about a time you had to deliver hard news to a patient.
What they are checking: Whether they can be honest and compassionate at the same time, which builds long-term trust.
Tell me about a patient relationship you built over time that changed their health.
What they are checking: Whether they value continuity and long-term follow-up, the main thing a small clinic offers its patients.
What would you do
Walk me through how you would see a well-child visit, a diabetes follow-up and an acute ear infection back to back.
What they are checking: Whether they can switch between ages and visit types efficiently, which is daily life in a small family practice.
A patient screens positive for depression and the nearest therapist has a three-month waitlist. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they can start treatment and safety planning themselves when mental health resources are thin.
How do you decide what labs and imaging are really needed, given that some of your patients pay out of pocket?
What they are checking: Whether they think about cost and value rather than ordering out of habit.
About the work
A patient's LDL is 190 and they have no other history. How do you approach it?
What they are checking: Whether they know when high cholesterol suggests a genetic cause and how current guidelines direct treatment.
How do you keep your Epic in-basket under control on a busy clinic day?
What they are checking: Whether they have a workable routine for results, messages and refills so nothing gets missed.
An elderly patient on warfarin has an INR of 5.2 with no bleeding. What do you do?
What they are checking: Safe anticoagulation management and follow-up for a common, high-risk primary care situation.
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