Phelps Health is looking for a Clinical Intern to assist licensed nurses in providing patient care within the OB/Nursery department, aiming to improve patient outcomes and support the nursing staff.
Requirements
- Currently in a School of Nursing or an individual who has completed a nursing program but does not meet licensing requirements.
Responsibilities
- Provides direct patient care with regard to their age and developmental needs, and assists patients in activities of daily living:
- Collects specimens, performs vital signs and documents intake and output.
- Performs technical procedures and nursing interventions for which credentialing exists.
- Maintains and monitors oxygen therapy
- Inserts and removes urinary catheters
- Discontinues intravenous therapy
- Performs nasopharyngeal suctioning
Other
- Under the general supervision of a licensed nurse, the Clinical Intern performs various duties in the treatment and care of patients.
- Serves in a lead role for PI initiatives and encourages/supports employee involvement and teamwork for PI initiatives.
- Communicates closely with the patient’s primary nurse
- Educates patient and family in conjunction with primary nurse
- All clinical skills will be performed in conjunction with the mentoring nurse
