Externship
Externship Overview
MHA Organization for Mississippi Center for Quality & Workforce and the MS Council of Deans & Directors of Schools of Nursing jointly sponsor the Summer Student Nurse Externship Program (Externship Program). The Externship Program is designed to:
- Provide students in nursing with an opportunity to enhance previously learned skills under the supervision of experienced registered nurses in the healthcare setting.
- Assist students of nursing to experience acceptance in a work situation appropriate to their potential as future registered nurses.
- Prepare students to assume responsibilities of full-time employees with respect to performance requirements, policies, and procedures of a health care agency.
- Encourage retention of nursing graduates through provision of supplemental practice experience within the workplace.
Program Description
The program is offered to students after successful completion of year one in nursing school. It lasts for 8 weeks or 320 hours. Students can earn college credit through the program. The students are taught by registered nurses. Through the program, the students get the opportunity to gain hands on experience. In addition, a paycheck is earned while completing the program.
How to apply
The externship program is offered cooperatively between local hospitals and area schools of nursing throughout the state.
Learn how the program works here: 2019 Summer Student Nurse Externship Meeting
SCHOOL OF NURSING ONLINE APP: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DFV2MLS
HOSPITAL ONLINE APP: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DWRKTDG
Download and Complete Documents here:
- 4 APP HOSPITAL 2019
- 5 APP SON 2019
- 6 Memo to Agency Instructions 2019
- 7 Memo to Schools of Nursing 2019
- 8 Program Guidelines 2019 Updated
- 9 Skills Checklist wi Exclusion list 2019 rev 1 25 2019
- 10 Student Participation Agreement 2019
- Labor and Delivery Ticket_2018
Or go to http://iteachnursingms.org/externship/
The documents are also available there.
Approved Facilities for the Externship 2019 Program:
Spreadsheet final approved facilities (xlsx)
2019 EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM: All Applications Approved – What’s Next?
For any questions regarding the Summer Student Nurse Externship Program, please contact:
Debra Spring, Dean
Alcorn State University
Natchez, MS
(601) 304-4301
dspring@alcorn.edu
or
LaNelle Weems, Director
MS Center for Quality and Workforce
MHA Health, Research, and Educational Foundation
116 Woodgreen Crossing
Madison, MS 39110
(601) 368-3322