Banner Health is hiring: Nurse Extern in Ogallala

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Primary City/State: Ogallala, Nebraska
Department Name: Med/Surg-Hosp
Work Shift: Varied
Job Category: Nursing

Are you a nursing student graduating in 12 months or less (Junior or Senior students)? Are you ready to gain hands-on experience in a clinical setting before you graduate? Look no further than Banner Health's new Nurse Extern program.

Under the supervision of an RN preceptor, our nurse externs will have the chance to practice various skills, including: assessing patients, administering medications, adjusting IV pump rates or devices, parenteral fluids, blood products or IV flushes, initiating, titrating and discontinuing oxygen, and performing basic data collection in an EMR.

We are currently looking for Nurse Externs to join our team at Banner Ogallala Community Hospital in Ogallala, Nebraska. Shifts can be days or nights with a minimum of 1 shift per month/12 hours per month.

Position Summary

This position, under the direct supervision of a licensed professional registered nurse, will allow the nursing student within one year from graduation with a Bachelor’s or Associate Degree in Nursing prior to passing State Boards, the ability to expand their clinical experience while working through standard Nurse Extern competency assessment on a wide variety of patient care activities.

Core Functions

• The unlicensed Nurse Extern must always be under the direct supervision of a designated licensed professional registered nurse.
• Provides direct nursing care including attending to client’s comfort needs and other nursing skills/procedures for which they have received didactic & clinical instruction in their program.
• Assists in the assessment, planning, diagnosis, implementation, evaluation and nursing care under direct supervision of a licensed professional registered nurse.
• Must be able to use critical thinking and problem-solving skills and analyze complex data in order to identify and report patient status to a licensed professional registered nurse.
• Collaborates with other disciplines in the planning, implementation, evaluation and modification of nursing care under the direct supervisor of a licensed professional registered nurse.
• Follows safety standards, adheres to compliance education/training, and performs all functions according to established policies/procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements as well as applicable professional standards in all aspects of performance.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be enrolled in an accredited nursing program and within 1 year of graduation upon hire.
• Must be able to graduate from an accredited nursing program on initial anticipated graduation date at day of hire.
• Certification for BLS is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

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