Student Nurse Extern II

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Successfully completed junior / 1st year in a BSN or ADN program and are currently enrolled in that same program.
* North Carolina CNA listing

Working with an assigned RN, enhance foundational nursing education as a part of the Patient Care Team

• Close observation of the Nursing Process for Inpatient Care and hands-on CNA care
• Starting May / June 2027 through August 2027, up to 36 hours per week
• (8 or 12 hour shifts preferred / may be worked in 4-hour shifts)

• Resume or Cover Letter that includes: clinical practice experience
• volunteer or community involvement
• statement addressing why you are the best candidate for the opportunity
• Two Instructor recommendations, one from clinical rotation
• Acceptable attendance Commitment ability - schedule / studies
• Clinical aptitude examples Organizational skills
• Recognition of knowledge boundaries and scope of practice
• Understanding and delivery of holistic, empathetic patient care

Thegoal of the Student Nurse Externship experience is to provide prelicensure nursing students with an immersive experience to enhance their foundational nursingeducation and role socialization within a clinical setting. The Student Nurse Extern II (SNE II) position is intended for nursing students enrolled in an accredited School of Nursing to function as a member of the patient care team. TheSNE II will work with their RN partner as a partner in practice within their

Nursing Assistant II scope of practice.

The Student Nurse Extern II demonstrates the ability to learn and apply the concepts they have been taught in their nursing program to provide technically skilled care in their assigned department. This position provides the chance towork with RNs in a variety of healthcare settings, earning invaluable experience that will enhance nursing knowledge and prepare the incumbent for aprofession as a registered nurse.

The SNE II reports to the assigned department's Patient Services Manager or designated Education Leader and works under the direct supervision of an assigned RN partner. The RN partner facilitates and supports learning experiences to enable the SNE to proficiently perform nursing care activities in both complex and non-complex situations. Provides routine direct and indirect patient care in a hospital, clinic, or home health care setting.

All work performed is under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or provider.

• Identifies and prioritizes nursing needs of patients and families.
• Makes sound clinical judgments, appropriate to current knowledge and skill level, while acknowledging limits of knowledge base and initiates steps to ensure safety.
• Performs nursing interventions as noted on the multidisciplinary plan of care developed for patients within limits of the role and under direct supervision of RN Preceptor.
• Provide direct personal care independently to patients as outlined in plan of care activities such as bathing, dressing, feeding, and assisting with ambulation.
• Measure and record vital signs, patient height and weight. May be responsible for specimen collection, skin preps/scrubs, catheter care, capillary blood glucose checks, simple wound care, range of motion exercises, and/or postural drainage. Performs Oxygen room set-up and monitors oxygen flow rate, performs oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal suctioning, tracheostomy care, sterile dressing change wound irrigation for wounds that are 48 hours old, IV fluid assembly and monitoring, IV site care, and discontinue peripheral IV, ostomy care, and urinary catheterization.
  
  Performs established oral, nasogastric, and gastrostomy tube feedings.
• Observes, collects, and documents patient information obtained while providing care and promptly report significant changes in the patient's condition to RN Preceptor or provider. Assists patients and their families during admission to the clinical area, orientation to the hospital/clinic/home health experience, and discharge.
• Provides indirect care to patients and assigned areas including, but not limited to, cleaning the work area, changing linens, re-stocking supplies, and transporting patients/ supplies/ specimens.
• Observes, collects, and documents patient information obtained while providing care and promptly report significant changes in the…