Externship
Summer Student Nurse Externship Program
The MHA Organization for Nurse Executives and the MS Council of Deans & Directors of Schools of Nursing jointly sponsor the Summer Student Nurse Externship Program (Externship Program). The Externship Program is designed to:
- provide students in nursing with an opportunity to enhance previously learned skills under the supervision of experienced registered nurses in the healthcare setting;
- assist students of nursing to experience acceptance in a work situation appropriate to their potential as future registered nurses;
- prepare students to assume responsibilities of full-time employees with respect to performance requirements, policies, and procedures of a health care agency; and
- encourage retention of nursing graduates through provision of supplemental practice experience within the workplace.
The Externship Program is offered cooperatively between local hospitals and area schools of nursing throughout the state. For more details about the Externship Program please review the following:
The 2012 Summer Student Nurse Externship Program's Application process is now open. All program materials will only be available by web access and are available for download under the document section on the right hand side. Deadline for submission of program materials is February 1, 2012.
Approved participating hospitals and schools of nursing will be posted online.
The 2012 Summer Student Nurse Externship Program Overview will be held at the MHA Conference Center in Madison, MS on Wednesday, January 25, 2012. This workshop will benefit nurse executives, hospital executives, school of nursing externship faculty, deans and directors and anyone interested in implementing an externship program in the future. Program and registration information will be available no later than January 5, 2012. For questions about the Summer Student Nurse Externship Program Overview please contact Diane Clift at 601.368.3217 or dclift@mhanet.org.
Evaluations will only be available online and accessible starting June 1, 2012 and must be completed by August 15, 2012. For questions about the 2012 Summer Student Nurse Externship Program contact: Tammy Livingston, Nurse Manager, King's Daughters Medical Center, Brookhaven, MS at 601.757.2684 or tlivingston@kdmc.org.
Mrs. Tammy P. Livingston
Nurse Manager
King's Daughters Medical Center
PO Box 948
Brookhaven, MS 39602
(601) 757-2684
tlivingston@kdmc.org
Diane Clift
Member Services Manager
Mississippi Hospital Association
116 Woodgreen Crossing
Madison, MS 39110
(601) 368-3217
dclift@mhanet.org