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
Surgery
Trauma
Emergency Medicine

Learn more about Nurse Residency to find unit descriptors resources.

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