I’m pretty sure you’ve heard from everyone, especially from your professors that getting a nurse externship will accelerate your clinical skills and present the real world version of nursing.  Nursing School clinical rotations present a snippet of the real world but not quite.  It’s a slow motion way of getting your skills down pat but gaining experience as a nurse extern means you’ll get to do the good stuff.  Like inserting or removing an indwelling foley catheter because let’s face it practicing on patient mannequins just isn’t the same.  How else can you acquire hands-on clinical experience and practice using the hospital’s EMR system?  Experience a day in the life of a nurse engaged in a 12 hour shift, witnessing codes (and or assisting) and more.

So are you ready to sharpen your clinical skills, learn time management skills on the job, and more related nursing skills?  Then participating in a nurse externship program is right up your alley.  Many exist but remain competitive so secure your recommendation letters early, keep your GPA up (some request a minimum cumulative average of 3.5 or higher) and apply by the deadlines!  Good Luck!

Here’s a list of some Nurse Externship Programs throughout the country (there may be more):

ARIZONA

Scottsdale Healthcare

http://www.shc.org/careers/student-programs/request-for-internship

University Medical Center Arizona

http://www.azumc.com/UMC/body.cfm?id=435

ATLANTA

Children’s Healthcare

http://www.choa.org/pediatric-hospital-jobs/careers-in-pediatrics/nurse-extern-program

CALIFORNIA

UC Davis Health System

http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/hr/training/externship.html

UCLA Medical Center

http://www.uclahealthcareers.org/new-grads-interns/nursing-new-graduates/nursing-summer-externship-program

UCSF Medical Center

http://nursing.ucsfmedicalcenter.org/education/training_prog.asp

COLORADO

Banner Health

http://www.bannerhealth.com/Careers/Education+and+Students/Extern+Program.htm

CONNECTICUT

Hartford Hospital

https://www.harthosp.org/nursing/Careers/Students/default.aspx?

Yale New Haven

http://careers.ynhh.org/job-search/

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

George Washington Hospital

http://www.gwhospital.com/careers/employment

GEORGIA

Emory Health Care

http://www.emoryhealthcare.org/employment/career-programs/excell-program-for-nursing-students.html

KENTUCKY

UK Health Care

http://ukhealthcare.uky.edu/nursing/internships/

ILLINOIS

Children’s Hospital

https://luriechildrensjobs.silkroad.com/cmjobsext/Nursing_Careers/RN_Internship___New_Graduate_Orientation_.html

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

http://www.nmh.org/nm/nursing-student-nurse-information

OSF Saint Francis

http://www.osfsaintfrancis.org/MedicalProfessionals/about-nursing/nursing-externship.html

MARYLAND

Capital Camps

http://www.capitalcamps.org/

Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center

https://www.medstarhealth.org/franklin/Pages/Jobs/Nursing/Nursing-Education-and-Career-Development.aspx

USP

http://www.usp.org/about-usp/careers/internship-fellowship-programs/usp-summer-internship-program

University of Maryland Medical Center

http://umm.edu/careers/nursing/nurse-fellowships

MASSACHUSETTS

http://www.brighamandwomens.org/Patients_Visitors/pcs/nursing/careers.aspx

http://www.simplythebestnursingjobs.org/content/nursing-student-opportunities

MICHIGAN

Bronson

https://www.bronsonhealth.com/residents-and-students/internships-externships-work-study-and-employment

University of Michigan

http://www.med.umich.edu/nursing-externship/

MINNESOTA

http://truefriends.org/jobs/health-care-jobs/

http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/nursing/externships.php

http://www.mayoclinic.org/jobs/internships/summer-iii-nursing-minnesota/overview

MISSISSIPPI

http://www.ummchealth.com/Careers/Nursing/Nursing_Students_and_Graduates/Student_Nurse_Externship/Student_Nurse_Externship.aspx

MISSOURI

http://www.umsl.edu/~nurseexternweb/

NEW HAMPSHIRE

http://med.dartmouth-hitchcock.org/nursing.html

NEW JERSEY

Robert Wood Johnson Hospital – Hamilton, NJ
http://www.nurse.com/jobs/821594-Extern-(Student-Nurse)-at-Robert-Wood-Johnson-University-Hospital-Hamilton-in-Hamilton-NJ.html

Atlantic Health System

http://www.atlantichealth.org/atlantic/for+professionals/nurses/nursing+programs/nursing+externship+program

Centra State Health System

http://www.centrastate.com/Nursing/Development-and-Education.asp

Lourdes Health System

https://www.lourdesnet.org/about-lourdes-health-system/locations/hospitals/our-lady-of-lourdes-medical-center/

Barnabas Health

http://www.barnabashealth.org/Nurses.aspx/want/index.html

Princeton Health Care System

http://www.princetonhcs.org/

NEW YORK

Albany Medical Center

http://www.amc.edu/hr/

NYU Langone-NYC, NY

http://nursing.med.nyu.edu/become-a-nurse/student-nurse-externship

NORTH SHORE LIJ/Lenox Hill-NYC, NY

http://www.lenoxhillhospital.org/education.aspx?id=294

New York Hospital Queens

http://www.nyhq.org/About_Nursing_at_NYHQ

New York Presbyterian

http://careers.nyp.org/nursing/opportunities/nursing-students.html

Memorial Sloan Kettering Center

http://careers.mskcc.org/

Visiting Nurse Service of New York

http://www.vnsny.org/careers/students-and-new-grads/

NORTH CAROLINA

CONE Health

http://www.conehealth.com/healthcare-professionals/nursing/nurse-extern-program/

Duke Nursing

http://www.dukenursing.org/new-graduates/pna-summer-externship

UNC Healthcare

https://www.unchealthcare.org/site/Nursing/

Wake Med

http://www.wakemed.org/default.cfm?id=1

OHIO

Cleveland Clinic

http://my.clevelandclinic.org/nursing-institute/for-students.aspx

University Hospitals Case Medical Center

http://www.uhhospitals.org/case/for-clinicians/nurse-residency-program

OKLAHOMA

Integris Baptist Medical Center

http://integrisok.com/careers/nursing-student-extern-program

OREGON

Portland VA Medical Center

http://www.portland.va.gov/careers/

PENNSYLVANIA

Bridging the Gaps

http://www.med.upenn.edu/btg/

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

http://www.chop.edu/careers/nursing-opportunities/nurse-extern-program.html

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

http://www.chp.edu/CHP/nursing+student+nurse

Devereux Foundation

http://www.devereux.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pa_index

Fox Chase Cancer Center

http://www.fccc.edu/careers/nursing/externships/index.html

Geisinger

http://www.geisinger.org/professionals/intern/externships.html

Good Samaritan Health System

http://www.gshleb.org/Main/Externship1.aspx

Penn Medicine

http://www.pennmedicine.org/careers/employment-opportunities/fellowships-internships/

Independence

http://www.ibx.com/careers/nursing_internship/index.html

Lancaster General Health

http://www.lancastergeneralhealth.org/LGH/Healthcare-Professionals/For-Nurses/Career-Center/Student-Externship.aspx

Magee Rehabilitation

http://www.mageerehab.org/believe.php

Main Line Health

http://www.mainlinehealth.org/oth/Page.asp?PageID=OTH002343

Penn State Hersey

http://www.pennstatehershey.org/web/nursing/education/externships

Jefferson University Hospital

http://www.jeffersonnursing.org/career-opportunities/student-nurses

University Health Services

http://www.uhsinc.com/

UPMC

http://www.upmc.com/careers/students/Pages/student-nurses.aspx

TEXAS

Children’s Hospital

http://www.childrens.com/careers/students/nurse-externs.aspx

Cook Children’s

https://www.cookchildrens.org/SpecialtyServices/Nursing/Pages/NurseExternshipProgram.aspx

Methodist Hospital

http://www.houstonmethodistcareers.org/students-summer-student-prof-nurse-progr.html

University of Texas

http://www.houstonmethodistcareers.org/students-summer-student-prof-nurse-progr.html

Virginia

Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters

http://www.chkd.org/HealthPros/Nursing/Externship.aspx

Inova

http://www.inova.org/clinical-education-and-research/education/education-for-students/trauma-externship/index.jsp

Riverside

http://www.riversideonline.com/rwfc/internship.cfm

VCU Health System

http://www.vcuhealth.org/?id=1604&sid=12

Virginia Hospital Center

http://www.virginiahospitalcenter.com/default.aspx

WASHINGTON

Seattle Children’s

http://www.seattlechildrens.org/about/careers/internship-residencies/

UW Medicine

http://www.uwmedicine.org/about/employment

Do us a favor, when you get into a nurse externship program please let us know your experience!  To Nursing!

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