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.
All facilities who plan to participate in the 2021 Externship Program must first watch this webinar. It is one hour in length and explains the program in detail, including guidelines for COVID19:
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WEBINAR
Download and Complete Documents here:
- Powerpoint Presentation 2021
- Application: Hospital
- Application: School of Nursing
- Program Guidelines 2021
- Exclusion List 2021
- Skills Checklist with Exclusion List 2021
- Student Participation Agreement 2021
- Guideline of Program Procedures including Q&A 2021
- Flow Chart of Responsibilities 2021
- Labor and Delivery Module
- Labor and Delivery Preceptor Guide
- 2021 Externship Committee Contact Information
Or go to http://iteachnursingms.org/externship/
Shared documents between Hospitals
Student nurses who have not had OB content in their SON curriculum can view video links to complete the Labor and Delivery Ticket.
See video link #1: https://youtu.be/TEBQKXKtlMo
See video link #2: https://youtu.be/7aXF8jptZnw
Approved Facilities for the Externship 2020 Program:
STATUS OF APPLICATIONS AS OF 2-12-2020
For any questions regarding the Summer Student Nurse Externship Program, please contact:
Tammy P. Livingston, Chair
King’s Daughters Medical Center
Brookhaven, MS (601) 757-2684
tlivingston@kdmc.org
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
