Student Nurse Internship

Position Highlights:

  Med-Surg | PRN | 12-24 hours/week  

  • Retention Bonus: Eligible to receive the applicable RN retention bonus! 
  • Work/life: Minimum 24 hours/month; 12 hours being a weekend shift. You will find support to help you manage your personal life while building a career.
  • Employee-centric: 401(k), health and wellness offerings, and monthly employee events. For part-time and full-time status: Tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness, comprehensive major medical, dental and vision insurance, and paid time off.  
  • Lifestyle: Sandusky was voted “Best Coastal Small Town in America”. You will have the opportunity to enjoy living and working in this growing area along the beautiful shores of Lake Erie.

About Firelands Health:

Our goal at Firelands Health is to be the best & preferred independent healthcare employer for the Sandusky Bay region.

Firelands Health is the area’s largest and most comprehensive resource for quality medical care. We are “big enough to care for you, and small enough to care about you”. We are locally managed and governed as a not-for-profit healthcare facility, serving the counties of Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Huron, covering a regional service area with over 300,000 residents. Our mission is to provide excellent healthcare, promote community wellness, and improve the lives we serve.

Our Core ACE Values:  Attitude: We choose to be positive and inclusive every day. Commitment: We are committed to exceed the expectations of those we serve. Enthusiasm: We will work passionately to make a difference.

What You Will Do:

A student nurse who is within their last 4 weeks of school or has graduated and awaiting boards in an RN education program including successful completion of one quarter/semester of clinical experience.  Assists in delivery of patient care under the direction of a RN.

  • Patient Care Delivery 
    • Provides care for patients according to nursing standards, protocols, procedures, and evidence-based practices.
    • Utilizes the nursing process.
    • Assesses the patient.
    • Assists in planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care.
    • The Nurse Intern will not perform any procedures that require licensing by the State (i.e. passing medications, nursing diagnosis, admission assessment, may complete data collection.)
  • Implements Patient Care
    • Administers routine treatments.
  • Information Processing and Documentation
    • Communicates patient information.
    • Documents information.  Utilizes “OPIE” documentation process
      • (N.I. can only document observation and interventions including physical assessments with RN/LPN review)
    • Charges equipment and supplies.
  • Care of Environment & Equipment
  • Interpersonal Skills
    • Communicates with other health team members, patients, and visitors.
    • Utilizes good guest relations.
    • Maintains adaptability.
    • Participates as a unit team member.
    • Reports problems.
    • Demonstrates Service Excellence.

What You Will Need:

  • High school graduate; currently enrolled in an approved RN program (A.D., diploma, BSN). Candidate must be committed to an RN position at Firelands Health.
  • Must complete nurse intern competency check list.
  • Must be currently certified in CPR (and recertified bi-annually).
  • Provides nursing care under direction of registered nurse.  

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