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Location:

Redfield, SD

Worker Type:

Intern

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Redfield Community Memorial Hospital and Clinic is seeking a qualified individual to join our team!

Position Highlights

Job Summary

The Nurse Student participant is a nursing student who is in an accredited nursing school. The Nurse Student utilizes the nursing process in performing delegated tasks of direct and indirect patient care under the direction of a registered nurse in a preceptor/student relationship. The Nurse Student carries out designated responsibilities for which he/she has been educationally prepared and can perform with competence. The ANA Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice are exemplified within this Job Description. The Nurse Student is responsible for utilizing the Nursing Process to provide nursing care for the patient throughout their life span.

Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development and possesses the ability to respond to specific issues and data reflective of the patient/customer's status. Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care for the population served in the department.

Birth - 1 yr 1 - 11 yrs 12 - 17 yrs 18 - 65 yrs over 65 yrs

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Infancy Pediatrics Adolescent Adulthood Geriatric

Responsibilities, Expectations & Standards

Commitment to the daily application of CMH’s mission, vision, and core values to serve patients, their families, and our community.

Promote CMH’s values

Maintain confidentiality

Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.

Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations and standards associated with, but not limited to CMS, OSHA.

Administratively Responsible to** **: Director of Nursing

Essential Job Functions** **:

Scope of Practice

Assessment Contributes to the nursing assessment of the patient through admission interview, observation and physical exam. Recognizes variances in patient’s physiological and psychological status. Contributes nursing diagnoses based on these common variances. Planning Prioritizes patient’s physiological and psychological needs based on assessment and analysis. Communicates nursing care needs of the patient and significant other to the Preceptor and appropriate members of the health care team. Contributes to the 24 hour plan of care/nursing orders by communicating with the Preceptor. Implementation Introduces self as Nurse Student to the patient. Performs direct patient care by performing approved nursing skills with the assistance, guidance and supervision of the Preceptor: Catheter cares to include insertion, maintenance, irrigation and removal. Nasogastric tube care including insertion, maintenance, irrigation and removal. Elimination needs including enemas. Collection of various specimens. Clean and sterile dressing changes. Glucose meter checks. Administration of medications to include: oral, IM, SQ, IV. Insertion, maintenance and removal of IV catheters. Administration of blood products. Oral, endotracheal and tracheal suctioning. Removal of staples and sutures. Provision of basic hygiene to assigned patients. Venipunctures (Same Day Surgery, Outpatient Services and Pre-Op Holding only). Could do in HH Assists with adapting the plan of care in response to unexpected changes in the patient’s condition and communicates action taken to appropriate members of the health care team. Continues and reinforces teaching plan. Assures continuity of nursing care by assisting in the implementation of the patient care plan and thorough verbal reports, documentation and participation in patient care conferences. Collaborates with the Preceptor to share appropriate information, to clarify patient care needs and to plan care. Collaborates with the physician to share appropriate information and to clarify patient care needs. Contributes to the total plan of care of the patient through participation with other members of the health care team. Follows through with the discharge plan. Evaluation Evaluates outcomes of patient care and revises plan of care as appropriate in collaboration with Preceptor, patient and significant others. Participates actively in the final evaluation by providing feedback about own performance.

The Nurse Student will** **not perform the following skills:

Administration of IV drip narcotics, cardiac medications, heparin, aminophylline, insulin. Take verbal or phone orders from a physician Any skill the Preceptor is not comfortable with the intern performing.

The Nurse Student will:

Have a computer password. Have access to Pyxis. Be notified by the Preceptor if preceptor is ill, put on low census or takes vacation time. The Preceptor will notify the charge nurse if the Nurse Student will be reporting for duty, and the charge nurse will assign a temporary RN Preceptor for that shift. Attend hospital committee meetings as assigned by the nurse educator. Be able to request a day off, but they will forfeit these hours. Call in to the Nursing Service Department (days) or the Nursing Supervisor (nights) AND leave a message if unable to report to work

At Avera, the way you are treated as an employee translates into the compassionate care you deliver to patients and team members. Because we consider health care a ministry, you can live out your faith, uphold the dignity and respect of all persons while not compromising high-quality services. Join us in making a positive impact on moving health forward.

The policy of Avera to provide opportunities for all qualified employees or applicants without regard to disability and to provide reasonable accommodations for all employees or applicants who may be disabled. Avera is committed to ensuring compliance in accordance with the Americans with Disability Act. For assistance, please contact HR Now at 605-504-4444.

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Avera is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer: Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.