Nursing Externship
Boone Hospital Center is excited to announce a Nurse Externship Program (NEP) opportunity for qualified nursing students. Nurse externs selected for this program will work in the clinical setting with highly qualified preceptors. The program is structured to allow the nurse extern to see patients on a continuum of care throughout the hospital experience. The nurse extern is guided by a nurse mentor who oversees his/her experience in the various clinical settings. The nurse extern will have the flexibility to work 216 hours in the summer or 108 hours in the winter.
Under the guidance of Boone Hospital registered nurse mentors and preceptors, nurse externs will have the opportunity to:
- Provide direct patient care and perform clinical nursing skills
- Increase level of clinical competence and clinical judgment by observing care in various clinical settings
- Refine communication skills with patients, families and other health care providers
- Enhance skills in the areas of critical reasoning, decision-making, delegation, priority setting, organization, and teamwork through dialogue with preceptors, mentor and other members of the health care team
- Develop professional relationships with unit staff
- Demonstrate increased professional accountability
- Assume responsibility to seek potential learning experiences
- Explore, as a pre-professional, the scope of professional nursing practice
Externs will be under the supervision of experienced registered nurses and work in the hospital setting where the newest medical advances are coupled with excellent nursing care. Externs will be expected to work the schedule of the assigned preceptor which may include days, weekends, nights and holidays. This position is not eligible for overtime and should be scheduled 40 hours or less per week, up to 216 hours in the summer or up to 108 hours in the winter.
There will be six areas of focus that interested participants can apply for:
- Medical area of focus where the nurse extern has the potential to work with preceptors from the following settings: Medical Specialties unit, Dialysis unit, GI Lab, Diabetes Clinic, Pulmonary Function Testing lab, Pain Clinic, Intensive Care Unit
- Surgical area of focus where the nurse extern has the potential to work with preceptors from the following settings: Pre-op, Operating Room (General Surgery), Post-op acute care, Surgical Specialties unit, Orthopedic Specialties unit, Wound Clinic, Intensive Care Unit
- Neurological/Oncological area of focus where the nurse extern has the potential to work with preceptors from the following settings: Neurology unit, Oncology unit, Inpatient Rehab unit, EEG Lab, Operating Room, Post-op Acute Care, Radiology Specials, Intensive Care Unit
- Cardiovascular area of focus where the nurse extern has the potential to work with preceptors from the following settings: Cardiac Cath Lab, Cardiovascular Unit, Operating Room, Intensive Care Unit, Cardiac Rehab
- Maternal Child Heath area of focus where the nurse extern has the potential to work with preceptors from the following settings: Labor and Delivery, Post-Partum, Well Baby Nursery, Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery, Childbirth classes, Lactation consultations
- Intensive Care area of focus where the nurse extern has the potential to work with preceptors from the following settings: All adult ICU, Emergency Department, Cardiac Cath Lab, Operating Room
To be eligible for consideration for the NEP, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Enrollment in an approved nursing program
- Completion of two semesters of clinical experience prior to the start of the externship experience
- Senior status in current nursing program
- Verification of good academic standing in current nursing program
If you meet the above criteria, we invite you to apply to the Student Nurse Extern job posting at boone.health/careers and submit the following with your application:
- Unofficial transcript showing completion of two semesters of clinical experience, senior status in nursing program, cumulative GPA of 3.0 or greater on a 4.0 scale
- Resume (no more than 2 pages in length)
- Two (2) letters of recommendation- Recommendation should come from school faculty members or a work supervisor.
Potential Applicants will be chosen to participate in a phone screen, potentially followed by a job shadow.
Decision for selection of externs will be made on a rolling basis. All applicants will be notified by email. Students selected for the externship must arrange their own housing.
Job postings are only visible when applications are actively being accepted. For any inquiries, feel free to contact us at Recruitment@boone.health.