STUDENT NURSE APPRENTICE
Job Location:
Bolivar, NY - USA
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Job Summary
About the area: Located in the heart of the Ozarks our main campus in Bolivar has a hometown feel and affordable housing options of rentals or apartments. Enjoy a movie a round of golf or a college game with family or friends and grab a coffee or meal from an array of shops and restaurants! Springfield is only 40 minutes away with Battlefield Mall Big Shots golf Wonders of Wildlife Urban Air and many other family attractions and restaurants to visit. Only an hour away is Branson that includes many shows to see Silver Dollar City and shopping!
About the Department:Our Nurse Apprenticeship allows nursing students the amazing opportunity to work and gain hands-on experience in a variety of areas that CMH has to offer (LTC Hospital Home Care/Hospice and Clinics). Nurse Apprentices are CMH employees and will be compensated for their clinical time as they work to complete their nursing program in exchange for a 1 year work commitment upon successful graduation!
A typical dayincludes:Workingunder the direct supervision of an RN or patient care duties andbe able to perform specific nursing skills as outlined below as well ashaving successfully completed the skills checkoff portion of their school deemed competent through additional demonstration of skill by CMH employed RN/LPN may independently perform.:
- Assistingwith patient assessment by collecting patient data
- Assistingwith or performingpatient activities of daily living
- Performs linen changes as required and per routine
- Respondingpromptly to patient/staff requests for assistance
- Assisting with labeling/transport of specimens
- Assuringpatient comfort measures are met by performing rounds and anticipating needs
- Documentingin patient record in a timely accurate and concise manner
- Notifies licensed personnel promptly of any change in patient status or condition
- Performingadmit/discharge procedures per routine in accurate and timely manner
- Assistingwith the management of patients personal belongings
As a Nurse Apprentice you will have the opportunity to acquire a number of skills:
- IVs: insertion and removal
- Port access: insertion and removal
- Urinary Catheter: maintenance insertion and removal
- Gastric Tubes: maintenance irrigation administration of feeding removal
- Dressing changes: assist RN/LPN independently perform basic dressing changes to include wet to dry and clean dressing (no medication administration) removal of sutures staples and surgical drains
- Hygiene and skill care: implements and participates in methods to prevent skin breakdown
- Tracheostomy/Vent care: maintenance to include suctioning inner cannula change (trach only) and securement device change
- Blood glucose monitoring
- Specimen collection: nasal NP and throat swabs blood urine stool
- Second verifier for Blood Products
- In clinic setting: rooming medication reconciliation EKG ear lavage wound care and assisting with procedures as directed.
Requirements
- Work 12 hours per month (not to include clinical time) can be separated into 4 6 or 12 hour blocks
- Remain current on BLS certification
- Complete employee quarterly Healthstream assignments
- Complete SAFE training within 1 year
The position is PRN
Benefits include:
- Competitive wages
- Annual merit increases
- No cost health insurance option for employee
- Full suite of insurance benefits available for employee and family
- Early access to pay with on-demand PayActiv Program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid time off
- Increased Company Matched Retirement Plan
- Companypaid long term disability plan
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For more information about this opportunity please contact Cyndi McDaniel at or by email at
Required Experience:
IC
