Student Nurse Associate
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Job Description
Overview
Student Nurse Associate Medical/Surgical Unit
PRN/OCC Hours and shifts vary
Roane Medical Center Overview:
Proudly serving our community Roane Medical Center is committed to your healthy future! Our stateoftheart facility is equipped with modern technologies and expert staff to provide you the best possible patient care. From our quality medical surgical emergency and critical care services to our diagnostic imaging and rehabilitation support you will find the right blends of technical expertise medical professionalism and patient quality and satisfaction at Roane Medical Center.
Position Summary:
Performs a wide variety of patient care activities and supportive services under the supervision of a registered nurse.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrates competence in performing critical skills (Student Nurse Associate Core Competency checklist) to include appropriate delivery of care according to agespecific needs of the population served.
- Take and record temperature pulse respiration rates blood pressure weight height and intakeoutput measurements. Documents oxygen saturation if patient is connected to continuous pulse oximetry.
- Completes designated patient care activities and provides for patient comfort and privacy.
- Identifies and assists patients that need assistance with nutrition and/or hydration.
- Empty drains canisters urine bags bedpans and emesis basins and record intake and output.
- Help to maintain clean and orderly patient and work environment.
- Revises and updates the plan of care as problems change and/or new problems are identified in collaboration with R.N.
- Assists RN in obtaining a thorough nursing history on assigned patients.
- Demonstrate effective therapeutic communication skills.
- Document/maintain patient record as appropriate.
- Performs basic dressing changes and is knowledgeable of the fundamentals of sterile technique.
- Evaluates nursing care actions and patient responses and documents each shift.
- Observes and responds appropriately to changes and complications in patient conditions. Report significant changes in patient condition to RN.
- Documents treatments and diagnostic tests with results and response. Documents in a clear concise accurate and legible manner.
- Observes assigned posttreatment/operative patients immediately upon return to floor and initiates appropriate nursing actions.
- Obtains RN signature for review and cosignature all entries.
- Completes assigned tasks with minimal supervision but seeks guidance when uncertain how to perform procedure.
- Communicates suggestions and/or complaints through appropriate channels. Displays cooperation flexibility and positive behavior to patients and other staff members.
- Follows policies procedures and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
- Perform other duties as required.
Qualifications
Minimum Education:
Student in an accredited nursing education program. Student must have junior or senior year status and must have successfully completed fundamental clinical skills portion of the program or must complete the program within the same semester of hiring into the position. 1st semester of clinicals)
Minimum Experience:
None required but able to perform as nursing assistant.
Licensure Requirement:
CPR required.
RN license
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Unclear
