Summer Nurse Intern
About The Position
The Summer Nurse Intern Program gives nursing students an opportunity to advance their knowledge and skills in patient care at OSF Divine Mercy Continuing Care Hospital in Dixon. The internship runs May 17 through July 23. The intern reports to the Patient Care Manager and is partnered with an RN who develops and supervises the intern’s experience while retaining full accountability and responsibility for the care of assigned patients. The intern performs basic nursing procedures appropriate to the age and development of patients on the assigned unit. In addition to normal Nursing Assistant duties, the intern demonstrates technical nursing skills generally learned before the final year of a nursing program. Duties expand as skills are learned and competencies are documented by the RN partner; duties may vary by assigned shift or unit. The position requires patient-care knowledge appropriate to the population served, including knowledge of growth and development and patients’ physical, emotional, and psychosocial needs. This is an hourly position paying $20.00 per hour. OSF HealthCare describes its total rewards package as including benefits, compensation, recognition, and well-being offerings, but specific benefits are not listed in the posting.
Requirements
- Must have completed a clinical rotation and be within one year of completing a nursing program.
- Must have a current American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare Provider card.
- Must have a GPA of at least 2.5.
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care appropriate to the ages of patients served.
- Demonstrate knowledge of growth and development principles and the physical, emotional, and psychosocial needs of the patient population served.
- Ability to turn PC hardware on and off, use a mouse, and work with basic elements of a Windows environment and keyboarding.
- Ability to perform basic computer tasks with instruction and comfort learning new applications.
- Interpersonal skills to comfort patients, family members, and significant others and communicate effectively with other patient-care providers.
- Analytical ability to prioritize workload.
Responsibilities
- Perform basic nursing procedures appropriate to the age and development of patients on the assigned unit.
- Perform normal duties of a Nursing Assistant.
- Demonstrate technical nursing skills as they are learned and as competencies are documented by the RN partner.
- Provide patient care while working under the supervision of an RN partner, who retains full accountability and responsibility for assigned patients.
- Prioritize workload and communicate effectively with patients, family members, significant others, and other patient-care providers.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
No Education Listed
