Phelps Health · 1 day ago
Student Nurse Intern 0.1 IPT
Rolla, MO
Internship
Onsite
InternPhelps Health is a hospital and healthcare system serving the heart of small-town Missouri. The Student Nurse Intern performs various duties in the treatment and care of patients under the supervision of a licensed nurse, providing direct patient care and assisting with daily living activities.
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Responsibilities
Provides direct patient care with regard to their age and developmental needs, and assists patients in activities of daily living:
Gives/assists with daily hygiene to include: bathing, hair care, oral hygiene, personal grooming. Provides skin care, taking necessary skin breakdown precautions
Performs/assists with physical activity to include: re-positioning, ambulating, ROM, transfer techniques
Meets patients nutritional needs by: providing water, preparing patient for meals, checking and passing trays, assisting and feeding patients as needed, recording amount eaten, complying with dietary restrictions, assuring that snacks are delivered, consumed and recorded. Informs nurse if patient preference/needs are a concern
Collects specimens, performs vital signs and documents intake and output
Performs sit baths, postmortem care, ted hose and sequential application, K-pads, ice packs, binder application
Serves in a lead role for PI initiatives and encourages/supports employee involvement and teamwork for PI initiatives
Performs technical procedures and nursing interventions for which credentialing exists
Practices within the allowed policy
Communicates closely with the patient’s primary nurse
Maintains and monitors oxygen therapy
Inserts and removes urinary catheters
Discontinues intravenous therapy
Performs nasopharyngeal suctioning
Performs dressing changes
Performs wound care and skin management interventions
Conducts patient assessments and reviews with primary nurse
Continuous passive range of motion
Intramuscular and subcutaneous injections
NG tube insertion and maintenance
Educates patient and family in conjunction with primary nurse
All clinical skills will be performed in conjunction with the mentoring nurse
Notifies appropriate licensed nurse immediately of any noted changes in patient condition (changes in VS, level of consciousness, etc) or patient/family complaints and concerns
Documents activities related to patient care in the Medical Record and other designated forms
Documentation consistently reflects accuracy and appropriateness of care delivered. Aspects to be recorded include: vital signs, Intake & Output, labeling of specimens, completion of designated items on the Patient Data Base, % and type of meals, snacks eaten, and all interventions and assessments
Qualification
Required
Currently in a School of Nursing or an individual who has completed a nursing program but does not meet licensing requirements
Entry level role. No experience required
Considerable mental concentration required
Frequent, heavy lifting and turning activities and nearly constant walking required
Carrying, pushing, pulling, stooping, crouching, twisting and reaching
Frequent exposure to infectious disease, radiation, anti-neoplastic agents and hostile persons at times
Frequent exposure to communicable disease via blood and other body fluids
Minimal physical discomfort
Company
Phelps Health
Phelps Health is a medical clinic and hospital that provides cardiovascular, hormone replacement, and healthcare services.
Founded in 1951
1001-5000 employees
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Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Jason S.
Chief Executive Officer
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