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Nurse Extern

Cook Children's Health Care System
United States, Texas, Fort Worth
801 7th Avenue (Show on map)
Dec 02, 2024
Location: Medical Center - Fort Worth Department: Education and Professional Development Shift: Varying Shifts (United States of America) Standard Weekly Hours: 36 Summary: Additional Job Description Cook Children's Nurse Externship Program offers an exceptional pediatric learning opportunity to enhance the extern's role transition, reinforcement of skills and development of new knowledge. Nurse Externs will complete a 10-week program. The externship consists of clinical experience and classroom activities. Externs will be placed on one of the following units based upon the interview: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Hematology/Oncology floor Surgical floor Rehabilitation/Transitional Care Unit Surgical services (OR, Recovery, Pre-op) Cardiac Unit Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Medical floor GI/Renal floor Emergency department Endocrine floor Epilepsy Monitoring Unit/Medical Unit Internal staffing (opportunity to experience multiple units) BSN students with at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA who will have completed 2 clinical courses by May 16 may apply. Application process: Applicants complete an online application through Cook Children's career site, as well as an additional information form. Transcript and two letter of recommendation forms are also required. (We recommend downloading and saving the Request for Additional Information and the Letter of Recommendation to your computer before completing or sending to your references.) You must complete the online application and submit all your required documentation together in one email by January 31, 2025. The two individuals completing the letter of recommendation forms should send the form directly to nurse.extern@cookchildrens.org. Selection process: The Nurse Extern Coordinators will evaluate applications and select candidates for interviews. If you are selected for an interview, they will call to arrange an appointment. Timeline: January 31, 2025 - Deadline for all application components, including on-line application (must be received by 5:00 PM CST) February 17-21, 2025 - Interviews (via Zoom) Week of February 24, 2025 - Selection of externs and notification May 19, 2025 - Start of program July 26, 2025 - End of program About Us: Cook Children's Health Care System Cook Children's Health Care System offers a unique approach to caring for children because we are one of the country's leading integrated pediatric health care delivery organizations. Patients benefit from the integrated system because it allows Cook Children's to use all of its resources to treat a patient and allows for easy communication between the various companies by physicians with a focus on caring for children and adolescents. Cook Children's is an EOE/AA, Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.