Nurse Extern

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation
· Rehab Hospital - Center Valley

Center Valley , PA

* Candidates must be a nursing student who is currently enrolled in a BSN program

The next 10-week program runs June 7, 2027 through August 20, 2027

Location:
Rehab Hospital - Center Valley + Inpatient Pediatrics + LTACH (You will rotate between these locations)

The Nurse Extern is a participant in a 10 week summer program for nursing students. They must have completed a minimum of 1 medical surgical clinical nursing course in an accredited school of nursing and must have current CPR certification (BLS for Healthcare Provider with the American Heart Association).The nurse extern program is designed to provide the nursing student with an opportunity to strengthen and reinforce his or her knowledge and skill in the practice of nursing under the direct supervision of a registered nurse preceptor and ease the transition of the realities of the work world.

The nurse extern will follow his or her preceptor’s work schedule and will assist with the care for that nurse’s patients. All nurse externs will be required to attend or view all classroom presentations.

Essential Accountabilities Assessment:

Identifies the patient per hospital policy before carrying out functions.

Assists with data collection for nursing history and physical.

Participates in therapeutic communication.

Provides information to the registered nurse for coordination of care and discharge planning including both the patient and family.

Observes skin changes and reports discoloration, abrasions, infestations or skin breakdown.

Planning

Participates with patient/family and the healthcare team in decisions related to the care plan of the patient.

Assists in setting mutually agreed upon realistic individual patient goals.

Receives report form the RN on the patient’s plan of care.

Gives on coming shift handoff report under direct supervision of the RN

Intervention

Promotes infection control.

Follows standard precautions and any other isolation precautions as dictated by the patient's condition.

Maintains a safe environment and protects the patient from injury. Supports the observer in one to one/constant observation situation.

Observes or monitors behavior/health state and responses to therapy.

Temperature, Pulse, Respiration

Blood Pressure

Neurological Checks

Vascular Checks

Pain Assessment/Level of Sedation

Height and Weight

Intake and Output

Communicates pertinent observations to appropriate members of the health care team under the direct supervision of the RN.

Participates in multidisciplinary rounds on the patient care unit.

Participates in staff meetings.

Works in collaboration with all members of the healthcare team.

Reports findings to nurse concerning the patient and or family which may impact patient care.

Performs bed bath, tub bath, shower.

Participates in the prevention and treatment of skin breakdown.

Assists patient with activities of daily living such as bathing, grooming, eating, feeding, range of motion, ambulating, transferring.

Applies current accepted methods of heat and cold therapy.

Provides for the patient’s oral dietary needs using currently accepted methods.

Provides for the elimination needs by giving a bed pan, urinal or implementing he bowel program under the direction of the nurse.

Inserts urinary catheter under direct supervision of the RN.

Removes urinary catheter under direct supervision of the RN

Assists with colostomy irrigations under the direct supervision of the RN.

Administers cleansing enemas as ordered under direct supervision of the RN.

Assists with suctioning under direct supervision of RN.

Performs post mortem care under direct supervision of the RN.

Assists the physician to perform physical exams.

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