Student Nurse Internship Program - Sanford Aberdeen
About The Position
The Sanford nursing intern participates in a learning experience designed to develop confidence and competence in clinical skills and facilitate a smooth transition into a licensed role after graduation. The program helps students identify an area of nursing practice that fits their career goals, talents, and interests. Interns receive mentoring from a licensed professional in their specialty to strengthen clinical skills. The intern cares for patients through preventative care, health maintenance, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up as patients move between care settings. The role provides experience communicating with and supporting patients and working a real schedule as a licensed professional would. The intern performs direct and indirect patient care tasks and supports department activities, following appropriate population-specific protocols and policies addressing patients’ physical and psychological needs across all ages. The intern embodies Sanford Health’s vision and values and works within the scope and standards of practice established by state-specific regulations.
Requirements
- Be enrolled in an accredited RN program leading to an associate or bachelor’s degree.
- Have participated in an academic clinical experience.
- Be enrolled in a board-of-licensed-clinical-practice-approved internship course; this requirement does not apply to internships held in South Dakota and Wisconsin.
Responsibilities
- Provide patient care through preventative care, health maintenance, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up across care settings.
- Communicate with and support patients while developing experience working as a licensed professional.
- Perform direct and indirect patient care tasks and support department activities.
- Follow population-specific patient care protocols and policies addressing the physical and psychological needs of patients of all ages.
- Work within applicable state-specific scope and standards of practice.
- Participate in specialty mentoring to strengthen clinical skills.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
Associate degree
