Nurse Extern Medical Surgical

Location: Tucson, Arizona. Department: SC-Med/Surg South-Hosp. Work Shift: Day. Job Category: Nursing.

About the role

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 and 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. Banner's 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.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients
• Administer medications
• Adjust IV pump rates or devices
• Handle parenteral fluids, blood products, or IV flushes
• Initiate, titrate, and discontinue oxygen
• Perform basic data collection in an EMR
• Practice any skill for which didactic and clinical instruction has been received and a skill checklist from an accredited nursing program can be provided
• Spend time with the clinical case manager
• Observe procedures
• Participate in other activities relevant to the patient population
• Assist in assessment, planning, diagnosis, implementation, evaluation, and nursing care under direct RN supervision
• Use critical thinking and problem‑solving skills to analyze complex data and identify/report patient status to a licensed RN
• Collaborate with other disciplines in planning, implementation, evaluation, and modification of nursing care under RN supervision
• Follow safety standards, adhere to compliance education/training, and perform all functions according to established policies/procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements, and applicable professional standards
• Interact with physicians, patients, families, and external contacts (e.g., other health‑care institutions, community providers, agencies) regarding patient care
• Perform specific duties related to the assigned nursing unit under direct RN supervision and within approved facility policies
• Interact with other health‑care providers in various settings to report, ask for, or clarify information
• Perform routine, repetitive nursing activities that require no nursing judgement while pending transfer into the RN New Graduate role

Requirements

• Must be enrolled in an accredited nursing program and within 1 year of graduation
• Must be able to graduate from an accredited nursing program on the initial anticipated graduation date
• Current BLS certification required
• Must be able to pass Nursing State Boards within 90 days after graduation; if 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 per month; cannot exceed 20 hours per week

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: 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 the initial anticipated graduation date at day of hire; certification for BLS is required; must be able to pass Nursing State Boards within 90 days after graduation or, if a second attempt is needed, must schedule and pass within an additional 60 days from the first attempt.

Preferred Qualifications: Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

Skills

Nurse externs may practice any skill for which they