Internal Medicine Nurse Practitioner - Freeport, IL $95,000 - $145,000
Posted Sep 28, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
What draws you to internal medicine at the Burchard Hills Clinic, and what kind of patients do you most enjoy?
What they are checking: Whether they have a genuine interest in adult medicine and complex chronic patients, which predicts long-term satisfaction in this clinic.
How do you work with your collaborating physician on complex patients?
What they are checking: Whether they know when to seek physician input on complex patients, since good collaboration keeps care safe and within scope.
Tell me about a time you had to have a goals-of-care conversation with an older patient.
What they are checking: Whether they are comfortable leading honest goals-of-care conversations, since helping older patients plan ahead is central to adult primary care.
What would you do
A patient comes for a routine visit and their blood pressure is 190 over 110 with a headache. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they recognize a possible emergency and act right away.
How do you help patients manage chronic conditions between visits?
What they are checking: Use of follow-up, education and care team support to keep patients stable.
A patient with COPD has had two hospital stays in three months. How do you try to prevent the next one?
What they are checking: Whether they manage chronic disease proactively to prevent readmissions, since repeated hospital stays harm patients and strain the health system.
About the work
Walk me through how you manage a patient with diabetes, heart failure and chronic kidney disease together.
What they are checking: Ability to balance multiple conditions and medications that affect each other.
How do you review a medication list for an older patient on twelve drugs?
What they are checking: Skill in spotting interactions, duplicates and drugs that could be stopped.
How do you keep up with Epic results, refills and messages for a large adult panel?
What they are checking: Whether they have reliable habits for managing results, refills and messages in Epic, since missed items can directly harm patients.
What labs do you monitor for a patient on long-term amiodarone?
What they are checking: Whether they know the thyroid, liver and lung monitoring amiodarone requires, since missed toxicity can seriously harm patients over time.
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