Nursing Care Partner – AHH (PRN) – {Senior Nursing Students ONLY)

About the Role

This position is designed for Senior Nursing Students with a desire to work in adult critical care nursing upon graduation from RN school. You will assist clinical team members by performing a variety of duties for patients under the direction and supervision of a registered nurse. Additionally, you will assume responsibility for patient specimen testing, quality control, quality improvement, and equipment maintenance under the direction of the Laboratory.

Responsibilities

• Assures admission paperwork is available and actively participates in the admission process.
• Actively participates in administering patient care and ensures a safe and comforting environment.
• Responds to patients' needs in a timely manner.
• Assists patients with activities of daily living (ADLs), including meals, bathing, and hygiene needs.
• Performs/assists with range of motion exercises and ambulation.
• Performs cardiac rehabilitation exercises with patients per protocol.
• Performs/assists with positioning patients and transferring patients from bed to chair, wheelchair, or stretcher.
• Transports patients as needed.
• Reports changes in condition to the RN in a timely manner.
• Maintains personal responsibility for professional growth and development.
• Applies the knowledge of growth and development to appropriate patient populations.
• Maintains patient confidentiality.
• Maintains universal precautions.
• Performs Point of Care procedures in a timely manner according to established policy and procedure, documents required information, and complies with all Point of Care quality control standards.

Technical Activities

• Observes intravenous lines for adequacy of fluids and operations and reports any non-functioning line visually observed.
• Performs superficial oral suctioning with a Yankauers.
• Establishes patient setup/connection tasks including inputting patient-specific data such as SaO2 and EKG.
• Demonstrates ability to perform 12 lead EKG.
• Collects specimens such as urine, stool, or sputum.
• Obtains weight and basic patient information for new admissions.
• Monitors and performs vital signs using a variety of equipment and reports to RN.
• Performs blood glucose monitoring.
• Performs ostomy care.
• Performs surgical preps on patients.
• Assists MD/RN in removal of sheath and applies manual pressure or c-clamp after hemostasis has been established.
• Observes sheath site for signs of bleeding and notifies RN of any changes.
• Applies single dressings and assists RN with more complex dressings.
• Provides clerical support as needed.

Staff/Unit Responsibilities

• Utilizes resources in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
• Participates in peer review.
• Participates in developing other staff.
• Maintains and develops own competencies.
• Maintains and promotes a team spirit through active cooperation and collaboration.
• Assists in interdepartmental service coordination.
• Actively participates in the Performance Improvement and Utilization Review program.
• Assumes a role in the maintenance of the patient-focused care delivery system.
• Provides services to the physicians within job description and competencies.
• Supports the multi-skilled worker environment (i.e., cross-training).
• Demonstrates willingness to staff other areas of the hospital as needed.
• Assists with patient charges as necessary.
• Maintains knowledge of and conforms to hospital policy and procedure.
• Assures that patient equipment and supplies are available and in working condition.

Requirements

• High school graduate or G.E.D. certificate required.
• Must be a Senior Nursing Student.
• CNA and/or paramedic certification (National Registry of Emergency Medical Technist (NREMT) paramedic certification) preferred.
• BLS certification required within the first 30 days of employment.
• Basic EKG skills required within 6 months of employment.
• Certification is to be renewed by recommended renewal date on certification card.
• With CNA and/or paramedic certification, no experience required.
• Without CNA or paramedic certification, minimum of one year patient care experience in a nursing home or hospital (acute care setting preferred) or one year nursing school required.

Schedule

Must be open to working day, night, or weekend shifts upon graduation.