Registered Nurse (RN) Case Manager PRN
Posted Sep 25, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you had to negotiate with a payer or post-acute provider to get a patient what they needed.
What they are checking: Whether they can push for patients in tough conversations with insurance companies and facilities.
Tell me about a time a patient's finances were a barrier to their care. How did you help?
What they are checking: Whether they connect patients to real financial help and don't stop at writing a note.
What from your two or more years of bedside nursing helps you most as a case manager?
What they are checking: Whether they can use their clinical judgment to see risks that a non-nurse planner might miss.
What would you do
A patient is medically ready to leave, but they have no safe place to go. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they know community resources and how to work through housing and safety problems without rushing an unsafe discharge.
The family wants their mother to go to a nursing home, but she wants to go home. How do you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they respect patient choice while working through family dynamics and safety concerns honestly.
How do you handle a caseload where several discharges are planned for the same day and something falls through?
What they are checking: Whether they can prioritize and adjust under pressure without letting any patient slip through.
How do you work with physicians who want to keep a patient one more day when criteria say discharge?
What they are checking: Whether they can have respectful but direct conversations about length of stay with doctors.
About the work
Walk me through how you start a discharge plan for a patient on the day they're admitted.
What they are checking: Whether they begin planning early and assess home, support and needs before the discharge day arrives.
How do you apply InterQual or MCG criteria to decide whether a patient meets inpatient or observation status?
What they are checking: Whether they understand utilization review, which the posting names as part of the job.
What regulatory requirements do you follow during discharge, such as giving patients choice of post-acute providers or the Important Message from Medicare?
What they are checking: Whether they know the discharge rules that protect patients and keep the hospital compliant.
How do you hand off a patient being transferred to another unit or facility so nothing is lost?
What they are checking: Whether they give complete, clear handoffs that protect continuity of care.
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