Student Nurse Intern - Medical Oncology | 0.1 IPT

Phelps Health is a 2000-employee-strong hospital and healthcare system serving the heart of small-town Missouri.

No matter where you start with us, we’re committed to taking our team to the top. If you’re ready for the challenge of providing life-saving care or supporting those who do, read on to find your fit in the Phelps Health family.

General Summary

Under the general supervision of a licensed nurse, the Student Nurse Intern performs various duties in the treatment and care of patients.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Provides direct patient care with regard to their age and developmental needs, and assists patients in activities of daily living:
Gives/assists with daily hygiene to include: bathing, hair care, oral hygiene, personal grooming. Provides skin care, taking necessary skin breakdown precautions.
Performs/assists with physical activity to include: re-positioning, ambulating, ROM, transfer techniques.
Meets patients nutritional needs by: providing water, preparing patient for meals, checking and passing trays, assisting and feeding patients as needed, recording amount eaten, complying with dietary restrictions, assuring that snacks are delivered, consumed and recorded. Informs nurse if patient preference/needs are a concern.
Collects specimens, performs vital signs and documents intake and output.
Performs sit baths, postmortem care, ted hose and sequential application, K-pads, ice packs, binder application.
Serves in a lead role for PI initiatives and encourages/supports employee involvement and teamwork for PI initiatives.
Performs technical procedures and nursing interventions for which credentialing exists.
Practices within the allowed policy
Communicates closely with the patient’s primary nurse
Maintains and monitors oxygen therapy
Inserts and removes urinary catheters
Discontinues intravenous therapy
Performs nasopharyngeal suctioning
Performs dressing changes
Performs wound care and skin management interventions
Conducts patient assessments and reviews with primary nurse
Continuous passive range of motion
Intramuscular and subcutaneous injections
NG tube insertion and maintenance
Educates patient and family in conjunction with primary nurse
All clinical skills will be performed in conjunction with the mentoring nurse
Notifies appropriate licensed nurse immediately of any noted changes in patient condition (changes in VS, level of consciousness, etc) or patient/family complaints and concerns.
Documents activities related to patient care in the Medical Record and other designated forms.
Documentation consistently reflects accuracy and appropriateness of care delivered. Aspects to be recorded include: vital signs, Intake & Output, labeling of specimens, completion of designated items on the Patient Data Base, % and type of meals, snacks eaten, and all interventions and assessments.

Education

Currently in a School of Nursing or an individual who has completed a nursing program but does not meet licensing requirements.

Work Experience

Entry level role. No experience required.

Certification/License

Not applicable

Mental/Physical Requirements

Considerable mental concentration required. Frequent, heavy lifting and turning activities and nearly constant walking required. Carrying, pushing, pulling, stooping, crouching, twisting and reaching.

Working Conditions

Frequent exposure to infectious disease, radiation, anti-neoplastic agents and hostile persons at times. Frequent exposure to communicable disease via blood and other body fluids. Minimal physical discomfort.

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