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

[n8isgr8]

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

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

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.

[LilRedRN1973]

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.

[chris_at_lucas_RN, RN]

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.

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!)