Student Nurse Extern I

UNC Health; North Carolina; On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

UNC Health in North Carolina invites nursing students to join the Student Nurse Extern program for Summer 2027. You will work under an RN partner, observe the nursing process, and provide hands-on CNA-level care in inpatient or clinic settings.

Successful applicants will be enrolled in an accredited BSN/ADN program, have completed the first year, and submit required documents including recommendations and an attendance commitment.

Qualifications

• Must be enrolled in an accredited prelicensure nursing program.
• Successfully completed junior/1st year in BSN or ADN.
• Resume and cover letter with required details including activities and experiences.
• Two instructor recommendations, one from clinical rotation.
• Ability to balance schedule with studies and attendance commitments.
• Clinical aptitude and organizational skills are important.

Responsibilities

• Observe, collect, and document patient information and report changes to RN or provider.
• Assist patients and families during admission, orientation, and discharge.
• Provide care/treatments per plan of care including vital signs, wound care, and basic procedures.
• Assist with activities of daily living and patient comfort.
• Support indirect care: maintaining cleanliness, stocking supplies, and charting.

Skills

Patient safety

Team collaboration

Observation skills

Education

BSN/ADN program

Currently enrolled

Job description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Student NURSE EXTERN Summer 2027

Successfully completed junior / 1st year in a BSN or ADN program and are currently enrolled in that same program.

• North Carolina CNA listing

GOAL: Working with an assigned RN, enhance foundational nursing education as a part of the Patient Care Team

• Close observation of the Nursing Process for Inpatient Care and hands-on CNA care
• Starting May / June 2027 through August 2027, up to 36 hours per week
• (8 or 12 hour shifts preferred / may be worked in 4-hour shifts)

Requires - Resume or Cover Letter that includes:

• clinical practice experience
• volunteer or community involvement
• statement addressing why you are the best candidate for the opportunity
• Two Instructor recommendations, one from clinical rotation
• Acceptable attendance Commitment ability – schedule / studies
• Clinical aptitude examples Organizational skills
• Recognition of knowledge boundaries and scope of practice
• Understanding and delivery of holistic, empathetic patient care

Summary

Thegoal of the Student Nurse Externship experience is to provideprelicensure nursing students with an immersive experience to enhance theirfoundational nursing education and role socialization within a clinicalsetting. The Student Nurse Extern I (SNE I) position is intended for nursingstudents enrolled in an accredited School of Nursing to function as a member ofthe patient care team. The SNE I will work with their RN partner as a partnerin practice within their Nursing Assistant I scope of practice.

The Student Nurse Extern Idemonstrates the ability to learn and apply the concepts they have been taughtin their nursing program to provide technically skilled care in their assigneddepartment. This position provides the chance to workwith RNs in a variety of healthcare settings, earning valuable experience thatwill enhance nursing knowledge and prepare the incumbent for a profession as aregistered nurse.

The SNE I reports to the assigned department’s Patient Services Manager ordesignated Education Leader and works under the direct supervision of anassigned RN partner. The RN partner facilitates and supports learningexperiences to enable the SNE to proficiently perform nursing care activitiesin both complex and non-complex situations. Provides routine directand indirect patient care in a hospital, clinic, or home health care setting.All work performed is under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or provider.

Responsibilities

• Observes, collects, and documents patient information obtained while providing care and promptly report significant changes in the patient's condition to a registered nurse or provider. Participates in the collaborative identification and reporting of patient safety issues.
• Provides assistance to patients and their families during admission to the clinical area, orientation to the hospital/clinic/home health experience, and discharge
• Provides care/ treatments to patients as outlined in plan of care including, but not limited to, the measurement of vital signs, height and weight, specimen collection, skin preps/scrubs, catheter care, capillary blood glucose checks, simple wound care, range of motion exercises, postural drainage, and supportive 1:1 patient and family interactions.
• Provides direct personal care to patients as outlined in plan of care for routine activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, feeding and assisting with ambulation.
• Provides direct personal care to patients as outlined in plan of care for routine activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, feeding and assisting with ambulation.
• Provides indirect care to patients and assigned area to include, but not limited to, cleaning the work area, changing linens, re-stocking supplies, cleaning/sterilizing instruments, transporting patients/ supplies/ specimens, assisting in the orientation of new employees and students, and some routine clerical functions.
• Reinforces routine teaching given to patients by the registered nurse or provider and document patient understanding of instructions.
• Assist providers and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, as well as procurement of equipment and supplies during emergency situations.
• In the psychiatric setting, aids patients in reality orientation, participates in behavior modification plans/therapy, provides informal support therapy to patients/families, provides verbal de-escalation of potentially aggressive patients, aids in the physical management of aggressive/out-of-control patients, facilitates age appropriate play for children, and monitors the therapeutic milieu activities on assigned unit to ensure that emotional and safety needs of patients are met.

Other Information

Education Requirements

High school diploma or GED required; higher-level degree may satisfy this requirement. Current enrollment in an accredited prelicensure nursing program with anticipated graduation within 12 months time from the start of student nurse externship.

Licensure/Certification Requirements

• Listed as Nursing Assistant I with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification