RN Extern - LPN Qualified (Relief)

Company: Mercy Health
Location: Muskegon
Posted on: January 26, 2023

Job Description:

Employment Type:

Part time Shift:

Description: An RN Extern - LPN Qualified is a nursing student who is in their final year at an accredited nursing program prior to graduation. Provides nursing care using the nursing process under the direction of the RN and in collaboration with other health care team members. The RN Extern - LPN Qualified role works directly under the supervision of an RN.

--- Assists the RN in the application of the nursing process to assigned patients.

--- Provides or assists patients with ADLS.

--- Documents assessments, interventions and patient response, and initiates care plans in the Electronic

Health Record (EHR). Initiates care plans. A LICENSED REGISTERED NURSE COSIGNS ALL

DOCUMENTATION BY THE RN EXTERN - LPN QUALIFIED.

Qualifications:

Education

Minimum: High School diploma. Current State of Michigan Practical Nurse Licensure (LPN) required. In and/or starting the last year of an accredited RN program (ADN or BSN) and remains in good standing. Completes required elements to maintain Michigan Practical Nurse licensure. Must maintain current BLS certification.

Related Experience

Minimum: Must have successfully completed the first year of nursing clinicals and skills validation through an accredited ADN nursing program.

Preferred: Nurse Extern or LPN experience

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

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