Registered Nurse (RN) - Pediatric Infectious Disease/Rheumatology Clinic

Tell me about a time you had to explain a test result or a diagnosis to a family who was upset or confused.

What they are checking: Whether they can stay calm and plain-spoken with worried parents while staying inside the nurse's scope.

Tell me about a time a family was not following a treatment plan. What did you do?

What they are checking: Whether they look for the real barrier, such as cost, fear or confusion, instead of labeling the family as noncompliant.

Advocate talks about evidence-based practice and professional governance. Tell me about a time you helped change how your team did something.

What they are checking: Whether they take part in improving care or only follow the process they were handed.

A parent calls because their child on IV antibiotics through a PICC line at home has a fever and redness at the site. Walk me through that call.

What they are checking: Whether they spot a possible line infection quickly and know when a phone call becomes a same-day visit or an ER trip.

You split your time between this clinic and the rheumatology clinic at the AOC on 52nd Avenue. How would you keep follow-ups from slipping through when you are not in one place?

What they are checking: Whether they have a real system for tracking callbacks and tasks when they cover two sites.

A teenager with a chronic condition wants to manage their own care, but the parent still wants to handle everything. How do you work with both?

What they are checking: Whether they can support a teen's growing independence while keeping the parent involved and the child safe.

How do you decide which messages and calls in a busy specialty clinic need a provider right now and which can wait?

What they are checking: Whether they triage by risk and know which pediatric symptoms cannot sit in an inbox until the end of the day.

This clinic covers both pediatric infectious disease and rheumatology. What do you know about the kids and families each of those clinics sees?

What they are checking: Whether they understand that both clinics follow children with long-term conditions, so families come back again and again.

How do you teach a parent to give a weekly injection, like methotrexate or a biologic, to a child who is scared of needles?

What they are checking: Whether they can teach a skill to a nervous parent and help a frightened child without forcing the moment.

What infection prevention steps do you take in a pediatric clinic when a child may have something contagious, like measles or TB?

What they are checking: Whether they know isolation and room-turnover steps that protect the next family in the waiting room.

Some of these children take medicines that weaken the immune system. What do you watch for and teach families about?

What they are checking: Whether they connect immunosuppressive drugs to infection risk, vaccine timing and the warning signs a parent should report.