Registered Nurse Telemetry jobs in Freeport, IL

Your patient's monitor alarms and the strip shows a new run of V-tach while you're in another room. Walk me through your first two minutes.

What they are checking: Whether they check the patient before the screen and know when to call a rapid response instead of waiting.

How do you tell artifact from a real rhythm change on telemetry, and what do you do when you're not sure?

What they are checking: Whether they confirm at the bedside and ask for a second read rather than silencing an alarm on a guess.

Tell me about a time you noticed a patient getting worse before the numbers made it obvious. What did you see, and who did you call?

What they are checking: Whether they trust their assessment enough to escalate early, which is what saves cardiac patients on a night shift.

You're about to give metoprolol and the heart rate is 54 with a blood pressure of 92 over 58. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they hold and question an order instead of giving a medication just because it is scheduled.

This is a night position, 7 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. How do you call a sleeping physician about a patient, and how do you make that call count?

What they are checking: Whether they organize a clear, brief report like SBAR so the doctor can act on it quickly.

A patient on a heparin drip has a new nosebleed and their PTT just came back high. Talk me through it.

What they are checking: Whether they know high-alert drip protocols and act on bleeding risk before following the routine titration.

How do you teach a heart failure patient going home about daily weights, fluid limits and when to call the doctor?

What they are checking: Whether their teaching is plain and checked with teach-back, since readmissions often come from what patients misunderstood.

Tell me about a time you disagreed with how a coworker or provider was handling a patient's care. How did you raise it?

What they are checking: Whether they speak up through the chain of command calmly, instead of staying quiet or creating conflict.