hiring a student nurse?.......

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Hi, I am fairly new to these boards, I have seen in a couple of posts that there were people working as a student nurse, could you please tell me if this is true and what type of responsibilities do you have as a student nurse? And typically where you could be hired- dr. office, nursing home, hospital?... Just wondering . Thnaks -Jami

Specializes in Med-Surg.

Usually, you can work as a nurse assistant/tech while your in nursing school. It's a great way to get some hands one experience. I did it the last six months of nursing school and it helped me tremendously when I graduated.

Good luck.

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Specializes in ICU, psych, corrections.
I have a question. What is the pay like? Is it a CNA salary of about $7.00-$9.00 an hour or what? I was just wondering because I really want to work in ICU as a student extern but I already work part-time.

I am making $14.62 as a Nurse Apprentice I/Critical Care Tech. After my 2nd semester, if I get the position of Nurse Apprentice II, the pay goes up to $18.76 an hour. I work in the ICU in one of the bigger hospitals here in Reno, NV. Starting pay for an RN is around $24-25/hour, I believe.

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First off, I want to move to Nevada,

RNnTraining1973 (Melanie?)!!!

In Dallas, the going rate for a nurse extern in the first year of school is $11 per hour, with a raise to $12 in your last year. Like Nevada, we have no state income tax, so that helps too.

Except at Parkland, where it's something like $9.62 for externs, no matter what their level, or at least that's what it was when I checked last year.

Watch out for moving from one unit to another though. I did that when school was getting ready to start, then was able to transfer to Excelsior, which was a good thing because I also discovered I am in no way a "night" person. (And that I don't do as well when I am working with a really sour group of staff nurses around me, but that's a whole 'nother story.)

I got all kinds of encouragement from my manager, but then she (apparently) gave me some bad references, as every other manager I interviewed with was enthused until after getting references that the manager said (looking me straight in the eye) she never gave, 'cause no one ever called her. :eek:

Right. Not one of the 8 other managers called her? :stone

Do I really look that stupid? (Sorry for going off thread..... that just needed to come out.) :imbar

Anyway, find a slot that you like, be persistent in getting it, and then stay there until you graduate.

Have fun! (I did, while it lasted--4 bed ICU unit, full time 3-12 hour shifts a week plus any others I could write myself in for.... learned a lot, had a blast. Still go back and visit the nurses I worked with--they miss me!):rolleyes:

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