Student Nurse Extern I PRN

LifePoint Health • Martinsville, VA • 5d ago

Schedule: Variable Schedule

Job Location Type: In Person

Your experience matters

At Lifepoint Health, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce who can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact across our hospitals and communities. As a member of the Health Support Center (HSC) team, you'll support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing and providing care to our patients and community members to positively impact our mission of making communities healthier ®.

More about our team

The Student Nurse Extern (SNE 1) Program provides nursing students with practical work experiences to facilitate their transition into the role of a registered nurse. Throughout the paid program, learning and nursing engagement occurs on a 24hr per unit basis in a broad range of acute care, critical care, emergency care, psychiatry, womens, & surgical/outpatient areas. SNEs gain hands-on experience in: Patient Care. Teamwork, Critical Thinking, Communication Skills and Professional Development

How you'll contribute

A Student Nurse Extern I who excels in this role:

· Performs clinical skills according to hospital policy and procedures

· Performs technical skill according to policy and procedure

· Maintains hospital and patient confidentiality

· Demonstrates concern for patient welfare by performing activities other than primary care needs

· Applies knowledge of age-related factors appropriately to patients, utilizing appropriate policies and procedures.

· Responds promptly to patient requests by answering call lights, greeting

· patients in a cheerful positive manner, answering question or fulfilling needs and alerting Registered Nurse as necessary.

· Tidies rooms, makes and changes bed linens and ensure rooms are clean, neat and orderly. Assists with stocking items in rooms. Sets up oxygen flow meter, humidifier and nasal cannula as requested.

· Performers courier duties to the lab and other hospital departments to deliver lab specimens (Urine, stool, sputum), or deliver and retrieval of other requested items.

· Transports patients to and from various areas as needed.

· Answers phones and greets patients and visitors. Performs other related duties as assigned that will facilitate achievement of quality patient care.

· Takes and records vital signs (blood pressure, temperature, pulse and respiration), measure and records intake and output, and weighs patient as assigned. Observes patient's physical appearance, attitude, response to medications and treatments, appetite, etc and reports observations to Registered Nurse.

· Performs or assists with routine procedures such as enemas, sitz baths, surgical preps, turning patients and explains procedures to patient to facilitate understanding and reduce anxiety. Gives bedpans, urinals or assists patient to commode or bathroom.

· Assists patient with meals by preparing patient's proper positioning, moving tray, and feeding patient as necessary. Ensures nourishments and water are given to patient in accordance with established schedule of as requested.

· Helps patients in and out of bed and/or wheelchair. Performs back rubs, converses with patient in a positive friendly manger to reduce anxiety and encourage communications.

· Participates in various in-service and staff activities to contribute to the on- going development of knowledge and to improve techniques.

· Performs age specific patient assessment demonstrating awareness of growth and development for each age group. Demonstrates knowledge of age specific assessment, recognizing psychosocial levels and developmental patterns. Provides for age-appropriate stimulation and learning needs.

· Adheres to Hospital's Standards of Performance

Why join us*

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

Professional Development:Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What we're looking for

The right candidate will, under the supervision of an RN, assist in assuring optimal patient care, while continuing as a Nursing Student in good standing. The SNE I may perform acts that are routinely of any nursing assistant job description. SNE I may also perform additional acts that have been taught in their nursing education program provided they are individually educationally prepared and clinically competent to perform these acts. Such acts include phlebotomy and straight catheterization.

. **

Applicants must have aHigh school diploma or equivalent requiredAdditional requirements include:

· Must be enrolled in a professional school of nursing program and have completed their first semester (Fundamentals of Nursing including clinicals).

· Basic Life Support (BLS) American Heart Association required

EEOC Statement

Sovah Health - Martinsville is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Sovah Health - Martinsville is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.

Job: *Nursing/Medical Assistant

Organization: *Sovah Health - Martinsville

Title: Student Nurse Extern I PRN

Location: Virginia-Martinsville

Requisition ID: 7455-13938

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