Student Nurse Tech - Medical Surgical - Casual​/PRN

Student Nurse Tech - Medical Surgical - Casual/PRN

Location: Methodist Fremont Health, 450 E 23rd St. Fremont, NE

Schedule: Casual/PRN – Work on an “as needed” basis; days/hours vary week to week.

Provides patient care including personal hygiene, ADLs, vital sign monitoring, transportation and student nurse interventions as delegated & supervised by RN.

• Provides appropriate care specific to the age of the customer/patient.
• Gives individualized customer service/patient care.
• Completes age specific competency assessment.
• Exhibits excellent interpersonal relations with patients, co-workers, physicians, and patient families/visitors to ensure effective communications.
• Responds to patient needs promptly and courteously.
• Obtains feedback from patients and visitors regarding their hospital experience.
• Communicates patient issues to the appropriate staff.
• Maintains a positive attitude while responding to requests in a timely and accurate manner.
• Communicates with other members of the health care team (food service, secretaries, housekeeping, etc.) as indicated.
• Actively participates in report process.
• Completes clinical activities identified in the patient's plan of care to meet patients' comfort/activity/sleep needs and other clinical patient needs as delegated by RN staff.
• Provides clinical care as evidenced by previous clinical experiences and competency validation.
• Reports patient comfort needs to nurse in a timely manner.
• Assists RN with delegated skills/tasks for which student nurse tech has received training upon while gaining nursing exposure and experience.
• Ensures skin is clean and dry; reports any skin changes, pain, nausea/vomiting, decreased mobility, changes in level of orientation, etc.
• Provides personal care and assists with ADL (activities of daily living).
• Assists with ambulation, range of motion, repositioning, turning and chair transfers.
• Completes vital signs per patient's plan of care.
• Weighs patients per patient's plan of care.
• Reinforces patient education with oversight.
• Provides transportation assistance.
• Administers CPR in emergency situations.
• Reports any variation from patient's plan of care to RN staff.
• Attends to patient amenities (e.g., newspaper, mail).
• Documents all data collected in Cerner and/or on worksheets accurately, completely, and timely.
• Documentation reflects patient's responses to activities per plan of care.
• Documentation reflects care delivered.
• Provides activities to contribute to a safe, efficient, effective and sanitary patient care environment.
• Assures room is clean, free of clutter; removes trash and soiled linen; maintains patient environment.
• Stocks individual room carts with needed nursing supplies; distributes linens; straightens and restocks patient care areas per par levels.
• Functions alongside CNAs to help patients perform ADLs while encouraging independence.
• Consistently recognizes and utilizes measures to provide for safe, efficient patient care and work environment.
• Answers Call Lights promptly and relays requests to appropriate resources when necessary.
• Performs other duties as delegated/under direction of the RN staff.
• Ensures coverage of all duties when self or other staff are off the nursing unit.
• Assists other team members when own work is complete.
• Appropriately reports incidents.
• Utilizes Standard Precautions and Transmission-based Precautions infection control techniques correctly and consistently.
• Utilizes safe patient handling equipment and techniques appropriately.
• Directly responsible to the licensed nurse and assists in the care of the patient by performing activities delegated by the licensed nurse based on task, circumstance, person, communication and supervision.

• Actively enrolled in an accredited nursing ADN program, ready to start final year or BSN program and within 12 months of graduation.

• Previous Nurse Assistant work experience preferred.

• Active on the Department of Health & Human Services Medication Aide Registry (MAR or MAR.
  40) required upon hire.
• Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) required prior to program start date.