Adjunct, Nursing Lab

Job Details

Monmouth University's Marjorie K. Unterberg School of Nursing seeks Adjuncts for the Nursing Lab. The Nursing Lab promotes student learning about specific clinical tasks through visual and kinesthetic modalities. Instructors with an MSN not only teach the task but also the rationale behind the task and emphasize safety points. Instructors with a BSN reinforce previous learning.

The Adjunct, Nursing Lab will also assist with simulations, tutoring, remediation, medication calculation, clinical referrals, and Nursing Care Plan assistance.

The Adjunct, Nursing Lab divides students into small groups to practice a procedure or provide individual supervised practices. This involves practicing on other students when appropriate, for example, when students are learning to take vital signs. Students also practice on mannequins, for example, when they are learning the process of urinary catheterization. Students may also have the opportunity to practice on specially built clinical simulation devices. The Adjunct, Nursing Lab gives feedback as needed. In addition to helping them practice, this process also helps them build confidence in their hands-on nursing skills.

After students learn specific clinical skills, the Adjunct, Nursing Lab will assess them while they perform a return demonstration (a demonstration of that skill). The Adjunct, Nursing Lab may be required to check off their demonstration against specific criteria (Skills Checklist) and use equipment to assess their skills.

The skills lab grade is competent/not competent (pass/fail) based on a demonstration of the assigned skill/s for the course.

Specific skills being taught and evaluated in the undergraduate BSN program at Monmouth University include:

• Personal Hygiene and patient mobility
• Medication Administration- Parental and Non-Parental Medications
• IV access and medication administration
• Catheter skills- Foley Insertion and Removal, Straight Catheter Insertion, and external catheter care
• Airway management including Tracheostomy Care and suctioning
• Enteral feedings and Medication Administration
• Diabetes management and Administering Insulin
• Infection control including Handwashing and Personal Protective Equipment
• Surgical asepsis, Wound Care, and Drain Maintenance
• Vital Signs
• Assessment Skills (Adult and pediatric)
• Elimination Skills- enemas and ostomies
• Nasogastric tube insertion and removal
• Blood Administration
• Closed-Chest Drainage
• Specimen collections

This is an in-person, on-campus, non-remote position.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Comply with institutional, school, departmental, and course policies.
• Work effectively and collaboratively with nursing faculty, staff, and students.
• Provide instruction and supervision (direct and indirect) to undergraduate baccalaureate nursing students to provide high-quality, evidence-based care in a healthcare or other setting.
• Work collaboratively with the Lab Director and lead course faculty to meet course and student learning outcomes.
• Evaluate student clinical performance and provide feedback to students and course faculty based on course learning outcomes and clinical objectives.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in the field of Nursing.
• Current New Jersey State License in Nursing
• Must possess coaching and team-building skills to foster supportive working relationships with students, staff, faculty, and community stakeholders.
• Must be able to work independently and problem-solve.
• Effective interpersonal relationships and the ability to promote student and program success in a team environment.
• Experience with technology and/or computer hardware or software and the ability to learn new technology and software programs quickly.
• Requires some flexibility regarding scheduled hours, which may include some weekends and evenings.
• Physical ability to lift, move, maintain, and set up computer, audio-visual, and simulation lab equipment weighing up to 50 lbs. without assistance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Clinical teaching experience.
• Higher education/college-level teaching experience in Nursing.