Children’s Health℠ Nurse Externship
The Children’s Health℠ Nurse Externship program seeks to create an experience for prelicensure nurses to grow from novice to advanced beginner through a series of didactic and clinical activities focusing on comprehension and application of nursing practice.
Objectives
- Discover opportunities to improve patient safety
- Differentiate normal verses abnormal assessment findings in a pediatric patient in comparison to an adult patient
- Demonstrate inclusive, therapeutic communication with patients and families, considering developmentally appropriate care, preferred language, and assessed learning styles
- Develop daily practices for documentation and resource identification
Through participating in this 10-week program, nurse externs develop key knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors to support their transition into the professional nursing role. Externs will be placed in a clinical setting based upon the interview and will have the opportunity to observe in additional areas to learn more about pediatric nursing. Nurse Externship opportunities are available in
- Acute Care
- Critical Care
- Specialties, such as Cardiology and Hematology and Oncology
- Psychiatry
- Surgery
- Trauma
- Emergency Medicine
- Ambulatory Outpatient Clinics
Eligibility Requirements
- BSN Nursing Students currently enrolled in an accredited School of Nursing and completed their first semester of nursing school with at least one clinical rotation
- Available days, night, weekends, and holidays for the entire 10-week program
- Able to work 36-40 hours per week
Application
- Fill out the application form
- Applications open: March 20 – March 31
Compensation & Benefits
The nurse externship is a paid program. Nurse externs are considered:
- Contract [TM1] team members
- Ineligible for benefits and Paid Time Off (PTO)
*This is a 10 week, temporary opportunity and not a full time position