Nurse Apprentice

Position: — Nurse Apprentice
# Nurse Apprentice

Requisition :
Nurse Apprentice Department:
200730 Nurse Apprenticeship

Schedule:

Per Diem - Non Benefited

Shift:
Varies Category:
Nursing### Paid Time Off### 401(k) Company Match### Flexible Work Environment Renown Health is northern Nevada's healthcare leader and Reno's only locally owned, not-for-profit health system. We are an entire network of hospitals, primary care offices, urgent care centers, lab services, medical specialties, and x-ray and imaging services - with more than 7,000 nurses, doctors and care providers dedicated to the health and well-being of our community.
** For Providers:
** Renown Health and the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) are affiliate partners in Nevada's first integrated academic health system. The affiliation aims to improve the health of the community, region, and state through research, medical education, and expanded clinical care. Renown physicians participate as joint faculty at UNR Med for teaching, lectures, supervising clinical rotations, and other academic activities for the education of medical and physician assistant students, residents and fellows.
** Position Purpose
** An Apprentice Nurse is an employee of an agency who is currently enrolled in a pre-licensure RN or PN nursing program. The Apprentice Nurse works at a health care facility providing nursing care following a Board-approved skills list. He or she will have successfully completed the following:
· first year of a Registered Nurse nursing program
· clinical skills checklist

The skills checklist must be signed by a nursing instructor at the Apprentice Nurse’s respective nursing program.

A student’s eligibility to participate in the Apprentice Nurse Program ends upon graduation or failure to progress in the program for any reason.
** Nature and Scope
** Under the supervision of a Registered Nurse, the Nurse Apprentice provides optimal patient care through data collection and contributing to planning and implementation of the neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients and families within the Apprentice Nurse II scope of practice.

As defined by the Nevada State Board of Nursing, ‘supervision’ means: “Direction by a qualified nurse for the accomplishment of a nursing task or activity, including initial direction and periodic inspection of the actual accomplishment of the task or activity.”The Apprentice Nurse demonstrates the ability to work with the patient’s physical, motor/sensory adaptation, cognitive and psychological needs specific to the population being served and meets standards of quality as measured by the unit/department age specific competency standards.

When possible, the family or those significant to the family are considered as part of the care.

Evidence based nursing practice, along with beginning critical thinking skills, are required to provide optimally safe patient care when interacting with internal and external contacts and exercising judgment and making decisions. Professional nursing practice is congruent with the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics.

The scope of practice for the Nurse Apprentice includes verified skills by the nursing program instructor and included in the Nevada State Board of Nursing Skills List for Apprentice Nurses.

Bibliography:
1. Apprentice Nurse Skills List (for RN Nursing Students), Nevada State Board of Nursing Website, February 10, 20042. Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements, American Nurses Association Publication
3. Edwards, DuAnne;
The Synergy Model:
Linking Patient Needs to Nursing Competencies, Critical Care Nurse;
Vol. 19, No. 1, February, 19994. Magnet Recognition Progress, Recognizing Excellence in Nursing Service - Healthcare Organization Instruction and Application Process Manual, American Nurses Association Credentialing Center;
Washington, DC, 2002, pp. 134, 135, 1275. Nurse Practice Act, Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 632, NAC, Chapter 632. Nevada State Board of Nursing, September, 2002

Nursing:
Scope and Standards of Practice, American Nurses Association Publication Disclaimer The  foregoing description is not intended and should not be construed to be…