Apprentice Nurse Student - Nurse/Nurse Aide/CNA, 24-Hour, Day and evening shifts, every other weekend and every other holiday

Hours: 24-Hour, Day and evening shifts, every other weekend and every other holiday

Job Summary:

Position Highlights: This position provides an opportunity for students who would like to gain experience in a fast-paced, acute care nursing environment. This position is offered to nursing students actively enrolled in a RN nursing program accredited through the ACEN or CCNE.

Essential Functions:

• Provides patient care based on standards of care, standards of practice, protocols, and established policies and procedures under direction of a licensed nurse.
• Collects basic health data as directed by a licensed nurse.
• Assists patients with activities of daily care (e.g. personal hygiene, toileting, nutrition, ambulation, etc).
• Appropriately prioritizes patient care (e.g. seeks assistance as needed from appropriate resources, recognizes need for emergency intervention, etc.)
• Respects each patient as an individual; provides care that fosters the patient’s sense of dignity and positive self-regard.
• Provides thorough, timely, and accurate documentation of all pertinent patient information according to established standards.
• Maintains clean and safe work environment (identifies and/or removes safety hazards).
• Provides timely and thorough information on assigned patients to supervising licensed nurses and other health care team members.
• Participates in learning for colleagues and self (attends educational programs, in-services, assists with orientation of new staff).
• Proactively identifies risk to patient safety and identifies opportunities to reduce medical/health care errors (i.e. appropriate reporting of errors/incidents).
• Obtains heights and weights of assigned patients per care plan.
• Assists patients with ambulation using appropriate technique (i.e. gait belt).
• Assists patients with turning in bed and transferring from bed to stretcher or chair using appropriate technique (i.e. transfer mattress).
• Provides incontinent care to patients.
• Maintains and documents fluid intake, output measurements and vital signs on patients per care plan.
• Assists with obtaining late trays as needed.
• Maintains infection control precautions per Infection Control Policy.
• Performs bedside shift report with oncoming CNA or NA each shift.
• Maintains white board in patient rooms each shift.
• Maintains unit logs daily/weekly as indicated (i.e. blanket warmer, eye wash station.
• Performs glucometer QC checks every night, including checking dates on strips and solutions.

Functional Demands

Physical Requirements

Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Frequently reaches (extending hands and arms in any direction), and handles (seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or working with hands).

Statement of Other Duties:
This document describes the major duties and responsibilities for this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described

Organizational Expectations

Behavioral Attributes

         The following behavioral attributes are required: achievement, motivation, concern for order, flexibility,  initiative, self-confidence, customer service oriented, interpersonal effectiveness, teamwork, analytical thinking and information seeking.

• High school degree or equivalent required