Neonatology - NNP - Silvis, IL - 7, 24-hour shifts per month
Posted Nov 25, 2025 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
You work 24-hour in-house shifts. How do you stay sharp and safe late into a long shift?
What they are checking: Whether they have real strategies for fatigue, since mistakes in neonatal care can be catastrophic.
Tell me about a resuscitation that did not go well. What did you learn from it?
What they are checking: Whether they can reflect honestly on hard outcomes and turn them into better practice.
What would you do
You work under the supervision of pediatricians. How do you report a deteriorating baby to the attending so they get what they need fast?
What they are checking: Whether they communicate clearly and concisely, which the posting calls out for reporting to the attending.
A term baby has jaundice on day two and the parents are worried. How do you assess and explain the plan?
What they are checking: Whether they can manage common newborn problems and explain them to anxious parents in plain language.
A nurse questions an order you wrote for a medication dose. How do you respond?
What they are checking: Whether they welcome a safety check from nursing instead of becoming defensive about their order.
About the work
You're called to a high-risk delivery at 32 weeks. Walk me through how you prepare and what you do in the first minutes after birth.
What they are checking: Whether they follow NRP steps with confidence and prepare the team and equipment before the baby arrives.
Silvis is a Level II nursery. How do you decide that a baby needs transport to a higher level of care?
What they are checking: Whether they know the limits of a Level II unit and act early rather than waiting until a baby is unstable.
How do you stabilize a sick newborn while you wait for the transport team to arrive?
What they are checking: Whether they can manage airway, glucose, temperature and lines in a smaller unit with fewer resources at hand.
Walk me through how you would order and adjust parenteral nutrition for a premature infant.
What they are checking: Whether they can write safe TPN orders and monitor labs, since the role includes ordering parenteral nutrition.
How do you read a neonatal chest x-ray, and what findings would make you act right away?
What they are checking: Whether they can interpret plain films themselves, which the posting lists as part of the job.
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