Nursing Student Extern

CommonSpirit Health • Westminster, CO

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Nursing Student Extern performs delegated duties and provides supportive patient care under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse, in accordance with the extern's defined role and organizational policies. The role includes basic patient care tasks such as taking vital signs, measuring blood glucose, and recording intake and output; assisting with personal care and activities of daily living; reporting abnormal findings and patient status changes to the RN; and helping maintain unit supplies, cleanliness, and orderliness.

The extern supports quality care through comfort and hygiene measures, preventative skin care, safety measures, patient transport, and assistance with nutritional and elimination needs. The role also involves responding promptly to call lights, accurately documenting care and patient measurements, and using clinical strategies that support patient and associate safety. Candidates must be actively enrolled in a nursing program and demonstrate accountability, eagerness to learn, attention to detail, and the ability to collaborate in a clinical setting.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Actively enrolled in a nursing program; proof of active enrollment is required each term.
• Successful completion of clinical nursing courses sufficient to demonstrate competency in basic health care tasks.
• Completion of nursing fundamentals and first clinical rotations, including a med/surg clinical rotation or equivalent.
• Communicate any change in enrollment status immediately.

Responsibilities

• Perform delegated patient care tasks under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse.
• Provide comfort and hygiene measures, preventative skin care, safety measures, transport, and assistance with nutritional and elimination needs.
• Promptly answer call lights and respond to patient needs.
• Report patient status changes, abnormal findings, and needs accurately and promptly to the Registered Nurse.
• Document vital signs, intake and output, nutritional intake, personal hygiene, weights, and other care performed.
• Support unit stocking, cleanliness, and orderliness.
• Use clinical strategies to promote patient and associate safety.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED