Undergraduate Nurse Employee (UNE) - Repost
Southern Health-Santé Sud • Portage la Prairie, Canada
Role Description
Position Overview
The Undergraduate Nursing Employee (UNE) position provides an opportunity for the nursing student employed as an UNE to consolidate the knowledge and skill acquired in their approved nursing education program towards competency in the range and complexity of Registered Nurse (RN) or Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN) practice. The UNE is an unregulated member of the collaborative health care team who provides *patient centered care with the supervision of the RN or RPN.
The nursing activities performed and level of supervision required are determined by legislation, standards of supervision outlined by regulatory colleges, employer policy, educational preparation, practice setting, complexity of the patient, level of risk involved, and competency of the UNE. In collaboration with the UNE, the RN or RPN at the point of care has the responsibility to make a reasonable and prudent UNE patient care assignment.
The UNE is accountable for providing s...