What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse Extern position at SSM Health?
Nurse Extern Job
About the Job
As a nurse extern at SSM Health, you will have the opportunity to gain hands-on clinical training across various units under the guidance of a dedicated preceptor.
- 1:1 clinical training with experienced nurses
- Apply classroom knowledge to a clinical setting
- Expand your knowledge of hospital practice
- Explore various specialties
- Build a professional network
Job Responsibilities:
- Completes patient care tasks based on skills deemed competent in nursing school under direction of RN.
- Contributes to overall quality and safe care for patients by answering patients' calls for help, taking their vital signs, and monitoring their behavior and physical condition.
- Creates a positive patient experience by assisting patients with their activities of daily living.
- Contributes to quality care and safety by assisting and performing procedures such as dressing changes, enemas, ostomy care, toileting, turning, cough and deep breathing, catheter care, collection of biological specimens, measuring and recording intake and output of fluids.
- Establishes a compassionate environment, timely responses to patients' needs, open communication, and providing emotional and psychological support.
Requirements:
- Current enrollment in an accredited school of nursing and completion of first clinical rotation.
- No experience required.
Physical Requirements:
- Constant standing and walking.
- Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
- Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
- Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting, and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
- Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
Salary : $55,000 - $85,000