Summer Nurse Fellowship

Best Care•Fremont, NE

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Nebraska Methodist Health System offers an 8-week Student Nurse Summer Fellowship from May 17, 2027, through July 9, 2027, for senior-level nursing students graduating between December 2027 and May 2028. The program is designed to support a smooth transition into safe, competent, and professional practice through job shadowing, precepted clinical experiences, informal mentoring, and guided debriefing. Fellows work one-on-one with experienced nurses in varied care settings, develop hands-on clinical skills, learn about interdisciplinary teamwork, and become immersed in the health system’s supportive, learning-focused, and compassionate culture. Fellows assist with patient care under the direction and supervision of licensed nursing staff. Work includes helping with personal hygiene and activities of daily living, comfort and mobility needs, transportation, vital signs, weights, and documentation. Fellows also help maintain a safe, sanitary, and orderly patient-care environment and communicate patient needs and changes to professional staff. The position is scheduled for 28 hours per week on a variable schedule that includes a variety of shift types. Locations include Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Methodist Women’s Hospital in Elkhorn, Methodist Fremont Health in Fremont, and Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs.

Requirements

Must be a junior- or senior-level student in a post-secondary nursing program.
Demonstrated effective communication skills.
Ability to demonstrate initiative, teamwork, and flexibility.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.
CNA, CMA, SNA, or SNT experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide age-appropriate, individualized patient care and customer service, responding promptly and courteously to patient needs.
Communicate effectively with patients, visitors, physicians, coworkers, and other members of the healthcare team; report patient issues and comfort needs to appropriate staff.
Participate in the patient report process and complete clinical activities delegated by professional staff according to the patient's plan of care.
Assist with personal care and activities of daily living, repositioning, turning, transfers, ambulation, transportation, and patient amenities under oversight or direction.
Complete vital signs and patient weights according to the patient's plan of care under oversight or direction.
Reinforce patient education under oversight or direction and report any variation from the plan of care to professional staff.
Monitor and report skin condition changes and help ensure patients' skin is clean and dry.
Document collected data and care accurately, completely, and in a timely, ongoing manner using Cerner and/or worksheets.
Help maintain a safe, efficient, effective, and sanitary patient-care environment, including cleaning rooms, removing trash and soiled linen, managing spills, and keeping rooms neat and stocked.
Answer call lights promptly and respond to patient requests or relay them to the appropriate resource.
Use standard and transmission-based infection-control precautions correctly and consistently.
Report incidents, ensure duties are covered when staff are away from the nursing unit, assist other team members when work is complete, and perform other duties delegated by professional staff.