Student Nurse Extern I - Pain Management Clinic

UNC Health•Chapel Hill, NC

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Student Nurse Externship provides prelicensure nursing students with an immersive clinical experience to enhance foundational nursing education and role socialization. The Student Nurse Extern I (SNE I) is intended for students enrolled in an accredited School of Nursing and functions as a member of the patient care team, partnering with an RN within the Nursing Assistant I scope of practice. The SNE I applies concepts learned in their nursing program to provide technically skilled care in the assigned department and gains experience working with registered nurses in healthcare settings. The role provides routine direct and indirect patient care in a hospital, clinic, or home health setting. All work is performed under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or provider. The SNE I reports to the department’s Patient Services Manager or designated Education Leader and works under the direct supervision of an assigned RN partner, who supports learning and development in nursing care activities across complex and non-complex situations. This position is temporary full-time, onsite at the UNC Medical Center Pain Management Clinic in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with a variable schedule and 36 standard hours per week. The stated hiring range is $18.00–$24.66 per hour. Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED; a higher-level degree may satisfy this requirement.
Currently enrolled in an accredited prelicensure nursing program, with anticipated graduation within 12 months of the start of the externship.
Listed as Nursing Assistant I with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Fluent in verbal and written English.
Ability to organize and prioritize assignments in the delivery of patient care.
Attain and maintain unit-specific competencies.
Basic computer skills.
Ability to lift and carry 40–50 pounds; examples include pushing or pulling patients on a bed or stretcher (29 pounds of push force) and lateral transfers involving up to 50 pounds of the patient's weight.
Frequent to continuous standing and walking.
Patient care providers may need to kneel, bend, squat, and perform CPR.

Responsibilities

Observe, collect, and document patient information obtained while providing care, and promptly report significant changes in a patient's condition to a registered nurse or provider.
Participate in collaboratively identifying and reporting patient safety issues.
Assist patients and families during admission, orientation to the hospital, clinic, or home health experience, and discharge.
Provide care and treatments according to the plan of care, including measuring vital signs, height and weight; collecting specimens; skin preparation; catheter care; capillary blood glucose checks; simple wound care; range-of-motion exercises; postural drainage; and supportive one-to-one patient and family interactions.
Provide direct personal care for routine activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, feeding, and assisting with ambulation.
Provide indirect care, including cleaning work areas, changing linens, restocking supplies, cleaning or sterilizing instruments, transporting patients, supplies, and specimens, assisting with orientation of new employees and students, and performing routine clerical functions.
Reinforce routine teaching provided by a registered nurse or provider and document patient understanding of instructions.
Assist providers and other healthcare providers with routine examinations and procedures, and obtain equipment and supplies during emergency situations.
In psychiatric settings, aid patients in reality orientation; participate in behavior modification plans or therapy; provide informal support therapy to patients and families; use verbal de-escalation with potentially aggressive patients; assist with physical management of aggressive or out-of-control patients; facilitate age-appropriate play for children; and monitor therapeutic milieu activities to ensure patients' emotional and safety needs are met.