Nurse Intern - Med Surg (12-24 hours per week) #3396
Our Med Surg Department is looking for a Nurse Intern to join their team!
Hours will vary between 12-24 hours per week
Shift times:
7PM-7AM
7AM-7PM
The Nurse Intern (NI) is a nursing student who is currently enrolled in a nursing program leading to a Registered Nurse, or who has failed the licensure exam and is awaiting a re-take of the exam and will then be identified as a Nurse Technician.
The Nurse Intern always functions under the DIRECT and PRESENT supervision of the RN.
Education and Training Required:
- High school graduate or equivalent.
- Active certification as a nursing assistant (CNA) preferred.
- The student nurse will be in their fourth (4th) semester of a two year Associate Degree of Nursing (ADN) program or in the fourth (4th) year of a four year Bachelors Degree of Nursing (BSN) program.
- Completion of basic clinical skills as required by their current nursing program.
- Graduate nurses who receive notification of failure of State Boards shall practice under the position description (NT).
- BLS Certification required.
Physical Demands:
- Frequently stand, walk, and sit.
- Occasionally lift up to 50 pounds while transferring and positioning patients and maneuvering equipment while using gait belts and transfer devices.
- Occasionally push and pull up to 25 pounds for transporting patients and moving equipment.
- Occasionally bend to the floor, squat, kneel, crouch and reach overhead to assist with patient care or retrieve equipment or supplies.
- Occasionally handle objects, smell, feel control knobs, switches and levers.
- Frequently carry objects weighing 10 pounds or less.
- Occasionally carry objects weighing 11 – 15 pounds.