• Currently enrolled and attending an accredited school of registered nursing. May be enrolled in an (accredited) Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program (BSN) or Associate Degree of Nursing (ADN) Program. 

• Note: ADN graduates will be required to sign a BSN completion agreement upon hire/placement in a graduate nurse position.  

• RN from another state awaiting Michigan Licensure (or) Graduate Nurse from accredited school of nursing awaiting retake of NCLEX or awaiting results of the last exam.  

• Transcripts must be provided at the time of hire and may be requested for review periodically. 

• Requires evidence of successful completion of adult medical-surgical rotations – theory and clinical. 

• Requires current BLS certification. 

Other Qualifications: 

• Requires the interpersonal and communication skills to effectively deal with patients and their families to calm fears and to exchange detailed patient information with hospital professional staff.  

• Requires the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment. 

• Requires the ability to gather and assess patient information from a variety of sources in a timely manner and relay accurate information to professional staff. 

• Requires basic keyboard familiarity, ability to effectively utilize hospital information and electronic medical record software/system as required. 

Essential Duties: 

• Performs routine bedside nursing activities including: bathing and personal grooming of patients; ambulating, moving and turning patients; assisting patients with bedpans or urinary devices; making patient beds and caring for personal property. 

• Assists in performing additional nursing procedures such as catheterizations, suctioning, irrigating colostomies, applying restraints, giving enemas, douches and sitz baths or pericare. 

• Takes vital signs and records intake and output. 

• Applies and changes sterile and non-sterile dressing using appropriate technique. 

• Performs more complex nursing procedures and treatments after theoretical preparation and supervised clinical experience. 

• Keeps professional nursing staff advised of current patient status as well as changes in patient condition as they occur. 

• Performs assessments and documents accurate, complete and concise patient information on appropriate forms, including flow sheets, activity records, etc. 

• Participates in nursing staff conferences, in-services and educational opportunities. 

• Ensures the optimum utilization of personnel, supplies and equipment. 

• Provides copy of current school transcript to supervisor at the end of each marking period to confirm continued eligibility. 

• Assists in admitting, transferring and discharging patients. 

• Assists in pre-operative and post-operative care. 

This document represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described.