Respiratory Therapist RRT

NRP is part of this role. Tell me about your experience at deliveries or with newborns.

What they are checking: Whether they are honest about neonatal skills and ready to support resuscitation.

Tell me about a time you suggested a change in a patient's respiratory care plan. How did the team respond?

What they are checking: Whether they evaluate outcomes and work with the team to change the plan, as the posting asks.

You're asked to help orient a new therapist. What do you focus on first?

What they are checking: Whether they can teach the essentials and model good practice, which the lead duties call for.

Your ventilated patient's peak pressures suddenly jump. What do you check?

What they are checking: Whether they troubleshoot quickly, ruling out tube problems, secretions and pneumothorax.

This is a night shift at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. How do you manage your workload when calls come from several floors at once?

What they are checking: Whether they prioritize emergencies first and communicate when they will be delayed.

A nurse calls you about a patient who looks to be in respiratory distress, but you have no order. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they go assess right away and get orders through the right channel.

How do you handle an accidental extubation?

What they are checking: Whether they act calmly and quickly to keep the airway and call for help.

Walk me through how you'd set up initial ventilator settings for an adult just intubated.

What they are checking: Whether they know safe starting settings and what to check after the first gas.

How do you decide a patient is ready for a spontaneous breathing trial?

What they are checking: Whether they know weaning criteria and avoid keeping patients on the vent too long.

How do you teach a COPD patient to use their home oxygen safely?

What they are checking: Whether they give clear, practical education, including fire safety, before discharge.