Nursing Associate Extern

Responsibilities:

• Assists patients with tending to personal care, activities of daily living and transfers/transport.
• Reports abnormal findings or changes in physical, mental and emotional conditions to RN.
• Assists with keeping patient rooms clean and orderly.
• Maintains personal growth and development through the ongoing process of formal and informal education.
• Demonstrates a positive, concerned and sensitive response in the workplace.
• Ability to read, write and speak English and to follow oral and written instructions.
• Good interpersonal skills to interact with patients and staff.
• Ability to perform basic mathematics.
• If  concurrently enrolled in a  perspective school course,  will be able to perform advanced skills including medication administration and IV therapy under the direction of a preceptor. The contracted school will have a designated faculty that will participate in the evaluation of the student (NAE) in conjunction with course objectives and clinical requirements.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Enrolled in an accredited BSN Nursing school with less than one year until graduating.
• Or Enrolled in an accredited ADN nursing school with less than two classes until graduating.

Languages:

Certifications:

• Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA).

Complexity of Work:

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

Work Experience:

• None required

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full body motion to move and lift patients, manual finger dexterity with good eye-hand coordination; involves extensive standing and walking.
• Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.