Student Nurse Extern - Full Time Summer 2027

Guthrie Enterprise•Binghamton, NY

About The Position

The Student Nurse Externship at Guthrie Lourdes Hospital provides nursing students with hands-on clinical experience, mentorship, and exposure to hospital workflows while working alongside a health care team. The program is administered by Binghamton University and is intended for nursing students who have completed their first year of study and will enter their final year in good standing in an accredited nursing program in the upcoming fall semester. The extern assists with and provides quality nursing care, performs routine patient care, and helps maintain a safe, clean environment. Advanced skills may be performed under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse preceptor. The role serves patients ranging from newborns and infants to children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients. The program runs from May 24, 2027, through August 6, 2027. It is full-time at 36 hours per week, scheduled as three 12-hour shifts. Weekend and holiday rotation is required, and hours may vary by assigned department. The pay rate ranges from $17.34 to $24.32 per hour.

Requirements

Successfully completed the first year of nursing study and be entering the final year in good standing in an accredited nursing program in the upcoming fall semester.
Minimum completion of the junior year of nursing school, or equivalent for a two-year program, with a GPA greater than 3.0.
Completion of the first-semester acute care clinical course.
Enrollment in a Nurse Extern clinical course at an approved affiliated nursing school.
Intend to graduate from nursing school in Spring 2028 and be eligible to apply for the Nurse Residency program upon graduation.
Current BLS certification.
Positive references and validation of successful completion of fundamental nursing skills listed in the Nursing Fundamentals Skills Checklist. Validation must be provided by the faculty member or clinical instructor responsible for an acute care clinical course from the student's junior year, or by the nursing school's program director.

Nice To Haves

Care partner experience is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Provide basic patient care and help maintain a safe, clean environment.
Obtain and record vital signs, pain assessments, weight, height, and intake-output measurements.
Perform routine treatment procedures and assist with specialty bed functions.
Assist and accompany patients during admission, transfer, and discharge.
Collect, label, and transport specimens.
Make rounds, address patient requests, perform basic patient and family tasks, and report and record changes in patient condition or behavior and unusual incidents within the scope of training.
Follow hospital policy when restraints are applied and monitored.
Under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse preceptor, perform or assist with tasks such as point-of-care testing; assessments and documentation; patient education; medication-related tasks; IV care; insertion of urinary or NG tubes; tube feedings; suctioning; tracheostomy, chest tube, pleural catheter, or ventriculostomy care; wound care; specimen collection; isolation precautions; incentive spirometry supervision; surgical or procedural preparation; and postmortem care.
Comply with hospital and nursing department policies and procedures.
Represent the hospital professionally and courteously when interacting with patients, families, and the health care team, and use proper telephone etiquette.
Accept appropriate non-routine assignments and demonstrate initiative in completing work.
Use equipment and supplies appropriately and cost-effectively, accurately charge supplies, and use available resources prudently.
Recognize emergency situations and initiate an appropriate plan of action.
Participate in performance improvement activities and report potential or actual patient safety concerns and near misses promptly.
Support professional growth and development by participating in educational programs and reviewing current literature, attending in-services, meetings, and workshops.