Phelps Health is looking for a Student Nurse Intern to provide direct patient care and assist licensed nurses in the treatment and care of patients within their Surgical Orthopedics department.
Requirements
- Performs dressing changes
- Performs wound care and skin management interventions
- Conducts patient assessments and reviews with primary nurse
- Continuous passive range of motion
- Intramuscular and subcutaneous injections
- NG tube insertion and maintenance
- All clinical skills will be performed in conjunction with the mentoring nurse
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 Student Nurse 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
- Notifies appropriate licensed nurse immediately of any noted changes in patient condition (changes in VS, level of consciousness, etc) or patient/family complaints and concerns.
