About The Position
Under the general supervision of a licensed nurse, the Clinical Intern performs duties in the treatment and care of patients. The intern provides direct patient care suited to patients’ age and developmental needs, assists with activities of daily living, and performs credentialed technical procedures and nursing interventions within policy. Clinical skills are performed in conjunction with a mentoring nurse, with close communication with the patient’s primary nurse. The intern reports changes in patient condition and patient or family concerns to the appropriate licensed nurse and accurately documents care in the medical record and other designated forms.
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in a School of Nursing, or has completed a nursing program but does not meet licensing requirements.
- Entry-level role; no experience required.
- Certification or license is not applicable.
- Ability to meet the role’s mental and physical demands, including frequent heavy lifting and turning, nearly constant walking, and carrying, pushing, pulling, stooping, crouching, twisting, and reaching.
Responsibilities
- Provide and assist with hygiene and personal care, including bathing, hair care, oral hygiene, grooming, and skin care and breakdown prevention.
- Assist patients with physical activity, including repositioning, ambulation, range of motion, and transfers.
- Meet patients’ nutritional needs by preparing them for meals, checking and passing trays, assisting with feeding, tracking food and snacks consumed, observing dietary restrictions, and raising concerns about patient preferences or needs with the nurse.
- Collect specimens, take vital signs, and document intake and output.
- Perform sit baths, postmortem care, TED hose and sequential application, K-pad and ice-pack application, and binder application.
- Serve in a lead role for performance improvement initiatives and encourage employee involvement and teamwork.
- Perform credentialed technical procedures and nursing interventions within applicable policy, including maintaining oxygen therapy; inserting and removing urinary catheters; discontinuing intravenous therapy; nasopharyngeal suctioning; dressing changes and wound care; patient assessments in consultation with the primary nurse; continuous passive range of motion; intramuscular and subcutaneous injections; and NG tube insertion and maintenance.
- Educate patients and families in conjunction with the primary nurse.
- Perform clinical skills in conjunction with the mentoring nurse and communicate closely with the patient’s primary nurse.
- Immediately notify the appropriate licensed nurse of changes in patient condition or patient and family complaints or concerns.
- Accurately document patient care, including vital signs, intake and output, specimen labeling, designated Patient Data Base items, meals and snacks consumed, interventions, and assessments.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
