Patient Care Tech General Medicine jobs in Chicago, IL

On a night shift on a busy general medicine floor, how do you organize your rounds, vitals and I and O for a full assignment?

What they are checking: Whether they can plan a heavy night assignment so routine care gets done on time without constant reminders.

You take a set of vitals and the blood pressure is much lower than the last reading. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they report abnormal findings to the RN right away instead of just charting them.

Tell me about a time you noticed a change in a patient that others missed.

What they are checking: Whether they pay close attention to patients and speak up, which is how a tech protects safety overnight.

Walk me through how you obtain a capillary blood glucose and what you do with the result.

What they are checking: Whether they know correct technique and know which results must go straight to the nurse.

How do you measure and record output from drains or a foley, and why does accuracy matter so much?

What they are checking: Whether they understand that the care team makes fluid and medication decisions from the numbers they record.

A confused patient keeps trying to get out of bed at 3 a.m. How do you keep them safe?

What they are checking: Whether they know fall-prevention steps and when to call the nurse, common on night medicine units.

How do you prepare a patient and place leads to obtain a clean EKG?

What they are checking: Whether they can perform a core technical skill correctly so the reading is usable.

The nurse you work with gives you three tasks at once and a call light is going off. How do you prioritize?

What they are checking: Whether they can triage tasks by patient need and ask for clarity rather than guessing.