Registered Nurse - RN - Behavioral Health
Posted Sep 30, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
MacNeal's behavioral health units treat a wide range of psychiatric diagnoses and alcohol detox. What experience do you have with these patients?
What they are checking: Whether they are prepared for adult psychiatric and detox care or have a realistic plan to learn it.
The unit stresses zero harm. What does that mean to you on a psych unit?
What they are checking: Whether they connect safety principles to concrete actions like environmental checks and observation.
Tell me about a time you built trust with a patient who didn't want to talk to you.
What they are checking: Whether they have the patience and communication skills behavioral health requires.
How do you take care of yourself after a hard shift?
What they are checking: Whether they have healthy ways to handle the emotional load of the work.
What would you do
A patient is pacing, raising their voice and threatening staff. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they use de-escalation first and keep everyone safe without jumping to restraint.
A patient refuses their medication. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they respect patient rights while exploring reasons and following policy.
Many patients here have been underserved by health care. How does that affect how you care for them?
What they are checking: Whether they bring respect and awareness of the barriers patients have faced.
About the work
How do you monitor a patient going through alcohol withdrawal?
What they are checking: Whether they know how to use CIWA scoring and spot signs of seizures or delirium tremens.
How do you assess suicide risk on admission and during a shift?
What they are checking: Whether they ask directly and know what to do when risk is high.
How do you watch for medical problems in psychiatric patients?
What they are checking: Whether they remember psych patients can have physical illness that gets overlooked.
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