Patient Care Technician-Inpatient Nursing Rotating Shifts
Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 5, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about your work as a patient care technician.
What they are checking: The posting covers several inpatient units at McHenry and Woodstock.
Which of these units would suit you — telemetry, rehab, observation, oncology or neuro?
What they are checking: The posting lists five different units under one requisition.
This line rotates between days and nights. How do you manage that?
What they are checking: The posting states twelve-hour days and nights on a rotating basis.
Twelve-hour shifts, every other weekend and holiday scheduling, full or part time. Which would you want?
What they are checking: The posting states the pattern and offers both statuses.
What would you do
A monitor alarms while you are in another room. What do you do?
What they are checking: The posting includes cardiac and neuro telemetry, where alarms are constant.
How do you help someone with bathing and personal care while keeping their dignity?
What they are checking: The posting names assisting with personal care and activities of daily living.
How do you decide what to do first when everything needs doing?
What they are checking: The posting names using critical thinking to prioritize and complete unit work quickly.
A patient tells you something they have not told the nurse. What do you do?
What they are checking: Techs hear things nurses do not, and passing it on is the whole point.
About the work
What kind of change in a patient would you report straight away?
What they are checking: The posting names reporting abnormal findings or changes in physical, mental and emotional condition.
Tell me about taking vital signs and blood glucose measurements.
What they are checking: The posting names both as delegated nursing care activities.
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