Summer Nurse Extern - Acute Care Mentorship

Pennstatehershey Diversity; Hershey (PA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Penn State Health – Hershey Medical Center is offering a Summer Nurse Externship for nursing students entering their final year. The 10‑week program includes a two‑week orientation with classroom and clinical components, focusing on bedside care and basic nursing procedures under RN mentorship.

Eligible candidates are final‑year nursing students or graduate nurses without boards, with opportunities to learn physical assessment and routine patient care in a 44‑bed acute care unit serving multiple

Qualifications

• Nursing student in final year of an accredited Nursing Program and one clinical rotation, or a Graduate Nurse without Boards required.

Responsibilities

• Perform basic bedside care.
• Learn and demonstrate physical assessment skills.
• Learn and demonstrate routine basic care skills (bathing, safety, and hygiene activities).

Skills

Bedside care

Nursing procedures

Clinical rotation

Education

Final year nursing student

Graduate Nurse

Job description

Penn State Health – Hershey Medical Center is offering a Summer Nurse Externship for nursing students entering their final year. The 10‑week program includes a two‑week orientation with classroom and clinical components, focusing on bedside care and basic nursing procedures under RN mentorship.

Eligible candidates are final‑year nursing students or graduate nurses without boards, with opportunities to learn physical assessment and routine patient care in a 44‑bed acute care unit serving multiple