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Registered Nurse

SSM Health · Madison, WI · Part time

Posted Sep 4, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 5, 2026

Likely interview questions for this role

Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.

About your past

This is PRN covering sick calls with start times from 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. How do you handle that kind of flexibility?

What they are checking: Whether they can truly be flexible and reliable, which is the whole point of a PRN coverage role.

Tell me about a time you worked under real pressure. How did you keep your head?

What they are checking: Whether they stay organized and calm when the clinic is slammed, as the posting stresses.

How do you keep your ACLS skills ready when emergencies are rare in urgent care?

What they are checking: Whether they stay prepared for rare but serious events like cardiac arrest.

Tell me about a time you worked with another department to solve a patient problem.

What they are checking: Whether they communicate across teams, which the posting names as part of the job.

What would you do

How do you decide who should be seen first in a full urgent care waiting room?

What they are checking: Whether they triage by acuity, not arrival time, and spot who needs the ED instead.

A parent is angry about the wait while their child has a fever. How do you respond?

What they are checking: Whether they can calm a worried parent while also checking the child for danger signs.

About the work

This is an urgent care role that sees infants through older adults. How do you change your assessment for a sick baby versus an older adult?

What they are checking: Whether they know age-specific red flags and normal ranges, since urgent care sees every age in one shift.

A patient walks in with chest pain and sweating. What do you do in the first few minutes?

What they are checking: Whether they recognize a possible heart attack and act fast with an EKG, provider alert and EMS transfer.

You're working alongside LPNs, EMTs and MAs. How do you decide what to delegate?

What they are checking: Whether they understand each role's scope and keep assessment and teaching for themselves.

What patient teaching do you give before discharging someone home from urgent care?

What they are checking: Whether they give clear return precautions so patients know when to come back or go to the ED.

How comfortable are you charting in Epic, and how do you stay accurate when you're busy?

What they are checking: Whether they can keep documentation complete and timely during fast shifts.

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The full job description

As published by SSM Health.

It's more than a career, it's a calling WI-SSM Health Dean Medical Group Madison North High Point Worker Type: PRN Job Highlights: This is a rotating PRN position. Hours will vary to cover PTO and sick calls for the department. Varying start times: 0630, 830, 1230, 1330, 1430, 1630 Shifts range from 13 down to 3 hours long, varying dependent upon department needs. Must be able to work morning, afternoons, evenings and weekends. Job Summary: Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization. Job Responsibilities and Requirements: PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES • Uses standards of medical-surgical nursing practice to increase the quality of care and quality of life for the patient, family, and significant other(s) by systematically evaluating the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice. • Establishes effective relationships and serves as an advocate with the patient, family, and significant other(s) to facilitate the development of the care plan unique to the patient’s care needs. • Uses the nursing process to develop and implement the plan of care, collect assessment data for each patient, determine appropriate nursing diagnoses, identify expected patient outcomes, determine the plan of care, implement interventions, and evaluate patient outcomes. • Develops assessment and management strategies based on a consideration of the physical, functional, cultural, social, economic, developmental, spiritual, vocational, and leisure dimensions of human responses to actual and potential health problems. • Demonstrates knowledge of the impact of actual or potential illness and each patient’s physical, functional, cultural, social, economic, developmental, spiritual, vocational, and leisure status. • Utilizes leadership skills by coordinating and collaborating with the patient, family, significant other(s), communities, and members of the inter-professional team in assessing needs, setting goals, planning interventions, providing care, and evaluating outcomes. • Utilizes effective communication to participate with the patient, family, significant other(s), and other health care providers in collaborative decision making that reflects the understanding that care should be culturally sensitive, ethical, legal, holistic, informed, compassionate, and humane, and within the boundaries of available economic resources. • Educates the patient, family, and significant other(s) about measures that promote, maintain, and restore health or promote comfort. • Fosters a healthy work environment within the practice setting and profession by serving as a mentor and role model for nursing colleagues, students, and others. • Applies the existing body of evidence-based practice and scientific knowledge in health care to medical-surgical nursing practice, ensuring that nursing care is delivered based on patient’s age-specific needs and clinical needs as described in the department's Scope of Service. • Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner. • May perform point of care testing according to policies and procedures. • Performs other duties as assigned. EDUCATION • Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing EXPERIENCE • No experience required PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS • Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication. • Constant standing and walking. • Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs. • Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry. • Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors. • Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors. • Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc. • Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs. • Occasional lifting/moving of patients. • Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements. • Occasional driving. • Rare crawling and running. REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS State of Work Location: Illinois • Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) • And • Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) State of Work Location: Missouri • Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) • And • Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration • Or • Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State State of Work Location: Oklahoma • Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) • And • Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State • Or • Registered Nurse (RN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN) State of Work Location: Wisconsin • Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) • And • Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State • Or • Registered Nurse (RN) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services Work Shift: PRN / Per Diem Shift (United States of America) Job Type: Employee Department: 7100040164 West UC Scheduled Weekly Hours: 0 SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Click here to learn more.

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