## Key Role Overview The Nurse Extern functions under the direct supervision of a Registered Professional Nurse and works with a preceptor to develop clinical knowledge, skills, and professional attitudes. This role enables a nursing student to provide direct patient care within an approved scope, assist with clinical tasks learned in coursework once competency is demonstrated, and support clinical staff across assigned units. ## What are the Key Responsibilities? - Provide or assist patients to promote comfort, including basic hygiene, oral care, bed changing, and positioning. - Utilize proper body mechanics to prevent injury while assisting with transfers and patient handling. - Provide for patients' nutritional needs, distribute linen and ice, and offer refreshments per diet orders. - Explain procedures or care to patients prior to starting interventions. - Perform therapeutic procedures within the parameters of the skills checklist and report patient responses to the supervising nurse. - Make frequent rounds, respond to patient call lights, and institute appropriate actions. - Identify and report physical and mental status changes to licensed staff according to procedure. - Organize patient care, implement physician and nursing orders, and set priorities within prescribed time frames. - Support clinical staff in assigned areas and attain proficiency with required IT systems for accurate documentation. - Contribute to patient safety by utilizing aseptic principles, maintaining safe equipment, and providing a safe patient environment. - Stock unit supplies, obtain necessary patient care items, and maintain oxygen tanks and cylinders. - Answer and screen telephone calls, relay messages, and maintain phone communications. - Place reports in patient charts or ensure reports are sent to appropriate units. - Take patients' vital signs, measure and document intake and output (urine, gastric, surgical drainage) in the EHR, and alert supervising nurse to abnormalities. - Assist admitting nurse with admission database completion (co-signed by RN) and weigh patients, recording weights in the EHR. - Perform simple dressing changes, assess wounds and drainage, and document accurately in the EHR. - Under direct supervision, assist with or perform clinical tasks learned in coursework where competency is demonstrated; all documentation will be reviewed and cosigned by an NGHS Registered Nurse. ## What are the Required Qualifications? - Currently enrolled in an accredited RN program. - AHA Basic Life Support (BLS) certification. - High school diploma. - Completion of nursing fundamentals and adult health courses. - Good interpersonal skills and the ability to accept direction from professional nursing staff. - Physical ability to push/pull patients and perform required patient handling (lifting up to 100 lbs occasionally as described). ## What are the Preferred Qualifications? - No specific preferred qualifications were listed. ## Compensation & Benefits - Salary range: Not specified. - Benefits: Not specified; the organization emphasizes employee development and being part of a mission-driven non-profit health system. ## Additional Information - Work arrangement: On-site in the NGHS/NGMC service area (campuses include Gainesville, Braselton, Winder, Dahlonega, and Demorest), with placement determined by assignment. - Physical demands: Weight lifted up to 100 lbs (0-30% of time), weight carried up to 50 lbs (31-65% of time), standing/walking frequently (31-65%), kneeling/stooping/bending frequently, pushing/pulling frequently; job requires reading, writing, reasoning, talking, and keyboarding. - Documentation: All clinical documentation must be completed in the EHR and will be reviewed and cosigned by a registered nurse. - Additional notes: NGHS is an equal opportunity employer and a non-profit health system serving a large regional population. --- _This job was found on [bandana.com](