Respiratory Care Practitioner jobs in Chicago, IL

Tell me about your licensure and the care areas you are competent in.

What they are checking: Scope of practice, since the posting expects competence across med surg, emergency and critical care.

Walk me through assessing whether a patient is responding to the therapy that was ordered.

What they are checking: Whether they assess and adjust, rather than deliver a treatment and move on.

When would you adjust the frequency of a therapy on your own, and when would you call the physician?

What they are checking: Where the boundary of their independent practice sits under protocol.

You are called to a clinical emergency. What are you doing in the first two minutes?

What they are checking: Whether they have a structure for an emergency rather than improvising.

Tell me about a patient who deteriorated on your shift.

What they are checking: Recognition and escalation, told about a real patient rather than in principle.

How do you teach a patient to manage a respiratory condition at home?

What they are checking: Patient education, which the posting names and which decides readmission.

How do you decide who to see first when several patients are due therapies at once?

What they are checking: Prioritization, which is the whole shift in respiratory care.

Tell me about a time you disagreed with an ordered therapy.

What they are checking: Whether they will raise a concern with a physician about something in their own specialty.