Nurse Extern Cardiovascular PCU

Banner Health•Glendale, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Are you a nursing student graduating in 12 months or less (Junior or Senior students)? Are you ready to gain hands-on experience in a clinical setting before you graduate? Look no further than Banner Health's new Nurse Extern program! Under the supervision of an RN preceptor, our nurse externs will have the chance to practice various skills, including: assessing patients, administering medications, adjusting IV pump rates or devices, parenteral fluids, blood products or IV flushes, initiating, titrating and discontinuing oxygen, and performing basic data collection in an EMR. In addition, our nurse externs will have the chance to practice any skill for which they have received didactic and clinical instruction for an can provide evidence of a skill checklist from an accredited nursing program. Throughout the program, our nursing externs are also able to spend time with the clinical case manager, observe procedures, or participate in other activities relevant to the patient population with which they are involved. Banners goal when placing an RN Nurse Extern is after you Graduate and obtain your RN license that you continue as a New Grad in the same unit that you selected for your extern position. This is an amazing opportunity to grow and to obtain an amazing skill set even before receiving your RN license. This is a cardiovascular specialty unit caring for a variety of cardiac and vascular patients such as peripheral vascular, cardio-thoracic surgical, heart failure, and respiratory patients. Our model supports learning at all levels, and is truly a collaborative environment between nursing, physicians, and other therapies. This position, under the direct supervision of a licensed professional registered nurse, will allow the nursing student within one year from graduation with a Bachelor’s or Associate Degree in Nursing prior to passing State Boards, the ability to expand their clinical experience while working through standard Nurse Extern competency assessment on a wide variety of patient care activities, which include classroom training, participation in patient care planning, implementation, observation and evaluation, as well as identification/reporting significant observations. The unlicensed Nurse Extern role is not a permanent position. Employment will be impacted based on criteria outlined in the Nurse Program policy.

Requirements

Must be enrolled in an accredited nursing program and within 1 year of graduation upon hire.
Must be able to graduate from an accredited nursing program on initial anticipated graduation date.
Current BLS certification.
Must be able to pass Nursing State Boards within 90 days after graduation or in the event a second attempt is needed, must schedule and pass within an additional 60 days from the first attempt.
Will work a minimum of 12 hours a month; cannot exceed 20 hours per week.

Nice To Haves

Additional related education and/or experience.

Responsibilities

Practice various skills, including: assessing patients, administering medications, adjusting IV pump rates or devices, parenteral fluids, blood products or IV flushes, initiating, titrating and discontinuing oxygen, and performing basic data collection in an EMR.
Practice any skill for which they have received didactic and clinical instruction and can provide evidence of a skill checklist from an accredited nursing program.
Spend time with the clinical case manager, observe procedures, or participate in other activities relevant to the patient population with which they are involved.
Provide direct nursing care including attending to client’s comfort needs and other nursing skills/procedures for which they have received didactic & clinical instruction in their program, as well as their competency established and witnessed under the direct supervision of a licensed professional registered nurse.
Assist in the assessment, planning, diagnosis, implementation, evaluation and nursing care under direct supervision of a licensed professional registered nurse.
Use critical thinking and problem-solving skills and analyze complex data in order to identify and report patient status to a licensed professional registered nurse.
Collaborate with other disciplines in the planning, implementation, evaluation and modification of nursing care under the direct supervisor of a licensed professional registered nurse.
Follow safety standards, adhere to compliance education/training, and perform all functions according to established policies/procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements as well as applicable professional standards in all aspects of performance, while demonstrating Banner’s core behaviors in order to deliver an excellent service experience.
Perform specific duties related to the assigned nursing unit under direct supervision of the licensed professional registered nurse & within the approved polices of the facility in which they are employed.
Interact with other health care providers in numerous settings in order to report and ask for or clarify information.
Perform routine, repetitive nursing activities within the essential functions of the Nurse Extern role that require no nursing judgement while pending transfer into the RN New Graduate role.