Registered Nurse Orthopedic Operating Room Full-time Rotating Sign-on Bonus Available
Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
This line rotates. How do you keep your practice consistent across different shifts?
What they are checking: The posting is full time rotating and trauma comes at all hours.
Full time rotating at Winfield. How does that fit your life?
What they are checking: The posting states the rotation and the site.
What would you do
Something breaks sterility during a joint replacement. What do you do?
What they are checking: Infection in a joint replacement is catastrophic, which raises the stakes on speaking up.
An ortho trauma case comes in overnight. What is different?
What they are checking: A rotating line means the thin shifts with a smaller team and fewer specialists.
How do you advocate for a patient who is asleep and cannot speak for themselves?
What they are checking: The posting names collaborating with the patient and family, and in the OR the nurse is the only voice.
About the work
Tell me about your operating room experience, particularly in orthopedics.
What they are checking: The posting is the orthopedic operating room at Central DuPage.
What is different about an orthopedic case compared with general surgery?
What they are checking: Power tools, implants, positioning and imaging make ortho its own discipline.
Walk me through your part in a count and what you do if it does not reconcile.
What they are checking: The most serious procedural safeguard in an operating room and the circulating nurse owns it.
How do you manage implant selection and documentation during a case?
What they are checking: Implant tracking is a regulatory and recall matter as well as a clinical one.
How do you position a patient safely for a long orthopedic case?
What they are checking: Positioning injuries are a real and preventable harm in long ortho cases.
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