Nurse Extern

Overview

Schedule
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Variable Schedule

Job Location Type
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In Person

Your experience matters

Sovah Health – Martinsville, VA is a 220-bed acute-care hospital providing over 22 medical specialties. Among the services we offer are a home health & hospice agency, advanced wound healing center, cardiac rehabilitation center, two cardiac catheterization labs, and medical & radiation oncology services, located in Martinsville, VA, and is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network committed to making communities healthier® with acute care, rehabilitation, and behavioral health facilities from coast to coast.

From your first day to your next career milestone—your experience matters.

Sovah Danville is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Registered Nurse (RN) joining our team, you are embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

More about our team

The Student Nurse Extern (SNE
1) Program provides nursing students with practical work experiences to facilitate their transition into the role of a registered nurse. Throughout the paid program, learning and nursing engagement occurs on a 24hr per unit basis in a broad range of acute care, critical care, emergency care, psychiatry, womens, & surgical/outpatient areas. SNEs gain hands-on experience in:
Patient Care. Teamwork, Critical Thinking, Communication Skills and Professional Development

A Student Nurse Extern I who excels in this role:

• Performs clinical skills according to hospital policy and procedures
• Performs technical skill according to policy and procedure
• Maintains hospital and patient confidentiality
• Demonstrates concern for patient welfare by performing activities other than primary care needs
• Applies knowledge of age-related factors appropriately to patients, utilizing appropriate policies and procedures.
• Responds promptly to patient requests by answering call lights, greeting patients in a cheerful positive manner, answering questions or fulfilling needs and alerting Registered Nurse as necessary.
• Tidies rooms, makes and changes bed linens and ensure rooms are clean, neat and orderly. Assists with stocking items in rooms. Sets up oxygen flow meter, humidifier and nasal cannula as requested.
• Performs courier duties to the lab and other hospital departments to deliver lab specimens (Urine, stool, sputum), or deliver and retrieval of other requested items.
• Transports patients to and from various areas as needed.
• Answers phones and greets patients and visitors. Performs other related duties as assigned that will facilitate achievement of quality patient care.
• Takes and records vital signs (blood pressure, temperature, pulse and respiration), measure and records intake and output, and weighs patient as assigned. Observes patient’s physical appearance, attitude, response to medications and treatments, appetite, etc and reports observations to Registered Nurse.
• Performs or assists with routine procedures such as enemas, sitz baths, surgical preps, turning patients and explains procedures to patient to facilitate understanding and reduce anxiety. Gives bedpans, urinals or assists patient to commode or bathroom.
• Assists patient with meals by preparing patient’s proper positioning, moving tray, and feeding patient as necessary. Ensures nourishments and water are given to patient in accordance with established schedule of as requested.
• Helps patients in and out of bed and/or wheelchair. Performs back rubs, converses with patient in a positive friendly manner to reduce anxiety and encourage communications.
• Participates in various in-service and staff activities to contribute to the ongoing development of knowledge and to improve techniques.
• Performs age specific patient assessment demonstrating awareness of growth and development for each age group. Demonstrates knowledge of age…