Student Nurse Extern - Full Time Summer 2027

• Provide basic patient care. 

• Obtain and record vital signs, pain assessment, weight, height, and intake-output measurements. 

• Perform routine treatment procedures, assists with specialty bed functions 

• Assist and accompany patients in the admission, transfer and discharge process. 

• Collect, label, and transport specimens. 

• Make rounds, addressing patient requests, performing basic patient/family tasks, report and record changes in condition or behavior of patients or unusual incidents, within scope of training. 

• Adheres to Hospital Policy on the application and monitoring of the patient when restraints are employed 

• Student Nurse Externs may complete the following tasks under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse preceptor:  

• SNE may obtain Point of Care testing following Laboratory protocols. 

• Perform or document assessments (i.e. physical, pain, fall risk, Braden scale) 

• Perform, assess effectiveness, or document patient education 

• Retrieve, prepare, administer, or document any medications, including but not limited to immunizations, oral medications, topical creams/ointments, inhaled Perform IV care, including starting/stopping IV fluids, assessment of IV sites, starting IV fluids, regulating IV flows, connecting IV tubing to patient, flushing IV or saline locks 

• Insert foley/straight catheters or NG tubes 

• Administer NG/G/J-tube feedings 

• Suction nasopharyngeal, oropharyngeal, endotracheal tube, or tracheostomy tubes 

• Perform tracheostomy care 

• Perform chest tube, pleural catheter, or ventriculostomy tube care 

• Sterile/non-sterile wound care 

• Specimen collection 

• Isolation precautions 

• incentive spirometry supervision 

• Surgical/procedural preps, including skin care and administration of cleansing or Fleets enemas 

• Postmortem care 

Other Duties 

• Comply with policies and procedures of the hospital/nursing department. 

• Represents the hospital to patients/families and health care team in a professional, courteous  manner while being sensitive to how others perceive both verbal and non-verbal communications. 

• Answers telephone promptly and politely, and demonstrate proper phone etiquette by identifying self, title, and department.  

• Supports the philosophy of the hospital and department of nursing.  

• Demonstrates willingness to accept non-routine work assignments as appropriate. 

• Demonstrates cost-effective patient care by demonstrating proper use and care of equipment, appropriate and prudent use of supplies, accurate charging of supplies, performing other division-specific tasks, and appropriate utilization of available resources. 

• Demonstrates initiative in completing work that needs to be done as defined in areas of responsibility. 

• Recognizes emergency situations and initiates plan of actions. 

• Participates in performance improvement activities to improve service and care.  

• Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, and/or near misses in a timely manner. 

• Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in-services, meetings, and workshops. 

• To expand clinical knowledge and skills. 

• To familiarize themselves with the hospital environment. 

 Pay rate ranges from $17.34 - $24.32 per hour

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