Student Nurse Extern - Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CICU)

UNC Health; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health offers a 10-week, paid Student Nurse Externship for rising senior ADN and BSN students to gain hands-on clinical experience in a high-acuity cardiovascular unit. The program emphasizes skill development, confidence building, and transition support from student to professional nurse.

Externship in the CICU provides opportunities to work with RNs, learn care techniques, and participate in patient care in a team-focused hospital environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED is required.
• Active enrollment in an accredited prelicensure nursing program with anticipated graduation within 12 months.
• Nursing Assistant I listed with NC DHHS and BLS certification are required.

Responsibilities

• Observe, document, and report patient information; identify and report safety issues.
• Assist patients and families during admission, orientation, and discharge.
• Provide care/treatments per plan of care, including vital signs, specimen collection, wound care, and ROM.
• Assist with activities of daily living and mobility.
• Perform indirect care tasks: cleaning, stocking, transporting, and clerical duties.
• Reinforce patient teaching and ensure understanding of instructions.
• Assist with examinations and procedures as needed; procure equipment during emergencies.
• In psychiatric settings, assist with orientation, behavior modification plans, and safety monitoring.

Skills

Fluent English

Organization & prioritization

Basic computer skills

Lifting 40-50 lbs

CPR training

Stamina - standing/walking

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Enrolled in prelicensure nursing program (nursing student)

Job description

Description

Student Nurse Externship Program

Launch Your Nursing Career with Hands-On Experience!

Ready to take your nursing education to the next level? Our 10-week, paid summer Student Nurse Externship Program offers rising senior ADN and BSN nursing students an exciting opportunity to gain valuable hands-on clinical experience, strengthen nursing skills, and explore the dynamic world of hospital-based care.This immersive experience allows you to build confidence, sharpen your clinical judgment, and develop the skills needed to transition from nursing student to professional nurse.

Invest in your future, expand your experience, and take the next step toward becoming the nurse you aspire to be!

4HV – Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CICU)

Be at the Heart of Critical Care!

The Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CICU) is a 20-bed, high-acuity unit located on the 4th floor of the Heart and Vascular Hospital, where advanced cardiac care meets clinical excellence. Our team specializes in caring for adult patients with complex and life-threatening cardiovascular conditions, including acute myocardial infarction, unstable angina, and patients recovering from non-surgical cardiac procedures. Caring for patients ranging in age from 18 to over 100 years, with a median age of 67, the CICU offers a dynamic environment where critical thinking, specialized skills, teamwork, and compassionate care make a meaningful difference every day. Join a team committed to delivering exceptional cardiovascular care when patients need it most!

Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.

Summary

The goal of the Student Nurse Externship experience is to provide prelicensure nursing students with an immersive experience to enhance their foundational nursing education and role socialization within a clinical setting. The Student Nurse Extern I (SNE I) position is intended for nursing students enrolled in an accredited School of Nursing to function as a member of
the patient care team.. The SNE I will work with their RN partner as a partner in practice within their Nursing Assistant I scope of practice.

The Student Nurse Extern Idemonstrates the ability to learn and apply the concepts they have been taughtin their nursing program to provide technically skilled care in their assigneddepartment. This position provides the chance to work with RNs in a variety of healthcare settings, earning valuable experience that will enhance nursing knowledge and prepare the incumbent for a profession as a registered nurse.

The SNE I reports to the assigned department’s Patient Services Manager or designated Education Leader and works under the direct supervision of an assigned RN partner. The RN partner facilitates and supports learning experiences to enable the SNE to proficiently perform nursing care activities in both complex and non-complex situations. Provides routine direct
and indirect patient care in a hospital, clinic, or home health care setting. All work performed is under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or provider.

Responsibilities

• 1. Observes, collects, and documents patient information obtained while providing care and promptly report significant changes in the patient's condition to a registered nurse or provider. Participates in the collaborative identification and reporting of patient safety issues.
• 2. Provides assistance to patients and their families during admission to the clinical area, orientation to the hospital/clinic/home health experience, and discharge
• 3. Provides care/ treatments to patients as outlined in plan of care including, but not limited to, the measurement of vital signs, height and weight, specimen collection, skin preps/scrubs, catheter care, capillary blood glucose checks, simple wound care, range of motion exercises, postural drainage, and supportive 1:1 patient and family interactions.
• 4. Provides direct personal care to patients as outlined in plan of care for routine activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, feeding and assisting with ambulation.
• 5. Provides indirect care to patients and assigned area to include, but not limited to, cleaning the work area, changing linens, re-stocking supplies, cleaning/sterilizing instruments, transporting patients/ supplies/ specimens, assisting in the orientation of new employees and students, and some routine clerical functions.
• 6. Reinforces routine teaching given to patients by the registered nurse or provider and document patient understanding of instructions.
• 7. Assist providers and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, as well as procurement of equipment and supplies during emergency situations.
• 8. In the psychiatric setting, aids patients in reality orientation, participates in behavior modification plans/therapy, provides informal support therapy to patients/families, provides verbal de-escalation of potentially aggressive patients, aids in the physical management of aggressive/out-of-control patients, facilitates age appropriate play for children, and monitors the therapeutic milieu activities on assigned unit to ensure that emotional and safety needs of patients are met.

Other information

Education Requirements

• High School Diploma/GED
• Current enrollment in an accredited prelicensure nursing program with anticipated graduation within 12 months time from the start of student nurse externship.

Licensure/Certification Requirements

• Listed as Nursing Assistant I with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Professional Experience Requirements

• None required.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements

• Fluent in verbal and written English language.
• Ability to organize and prioritize assignments in the delivery of patient care. Attainment and maintenance of unit-specific competencies.
• Basic computer skills.
• Lift and carry 40-50 lbs. Examples: Push/pull patients on a bed, stretcher (requires 29 lbs. push force), lateral transfers up to 50 lbs. of the patient's weight.
• Frequent to continuous standing/walking.
• Patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting, and performing CPR.

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC REX Healthcare

Organization Unit: Heart and Vascular Nursing Overhead

Work Type: Temporary Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary:$17.43

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Full Time Variable (Dates: May 18-July 25)

Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.