Under direct supervision of a Registered Nurse, performs those functions not requiring expert nursing skill or judgment. This includes patient care, reporting patient attitudes, conditions or unusual circumstances to nurse in charge, maintaining equipment and pristine units. The Nurse Extern I is responsible for providing direct patient care activities appropriate to training and competency for assigned patients with direct supervision of RN, strengthening self confidence, learning various disease processes, interacting with physicians and other *****care providers, expanding clinical knowledge and skills, familiarizing themselves to the hospital environment, gaining more clinical experience and learning more nursing procedures, assisting RN/LVN in completing tasks that support patient care activities, completing patient care activities as assigned while promoting excellent patient satisfaction and outcomes, establishing criteria for employment of nursing students, working under the guidelines of RN with assigned patients in accordance with hospital guidelines, and defining the role of Nurse Externs.
Nurse Extern I
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Roles Responsibility
Providing direct patient care activities appropriate to training and competency for assigned patients with direct supervision of RN, Strengthening self confidence, Learning various disease processes, Interacting with physicians and other *****care providers, Expanding clinical knowledge and skills, Familiarizing themselves to the hospital environment, Gaining more clinical experience and learning more nursing procedures, Assisting RN/LVN in completing tasks that support patient care activities, Completing patient care activities as assigned while promoting excellent patient satisfaction and outcomes, Establishing criteria for employment of nursing students, Working under the guidelines of RN with assigned patients in accordance with hospital guidelines, Defining the role of Nurse Externs. Desired Qualification
Part-time or full-time active student status, Successful completion of the first term of nursing courses of a professional Registered Nurse nursing program, Must be currently enrolled and in good academic standing in a professional Registered Nurse nursing program, Initial term including didactic/skills lab must include fundamentals, Return of one or two (if available) instructor evaluations indicating satisfactory performance of fundamental nursing skills, Successful completion of preceptor tool and core competency at 90 days and annually, Must present proof of continued enrollment and passing grade in nursing classes each semester until graduation and is in good academic standing, One year experience in inpatient general hospital setting preferred Type
Permanent
