Nurse Externships in NYC area

c123 · Dec 29, 2009

I did an externship last summer at Beth Israel. Check at their Continuum Health Partners website. However you don't get to select which floor you will work on, although they ask you where you would like to be. I was placed in hospice which wasn't even on my list of where I wanted to do my externship but it was a good learning experience.

mlobifaro · Jan 4, 2010

Where on this continum website is the link for the externship?

c123 · Jan 4, 2010

I just looked for it and I don't see it up there. They may not have posted the position yet. If it was there it would be posted under student nurse in the job search page. Call the human resources department and ask them if they are offering that position this summer.

AccelCNL, MSN, RN · Jan 4, 2010

Hello all,
Hope you guys are enjoying your holidays. I would llike to know if anyone could help me with my question/problem.
I am looking to hopefully obtain an externship for the summer but I don't know where to exactly look for applications or where to apply. I found a few hospitals but not all of them list information on their nurse externship programs.
Any information is greatly appreciated and needed to get the ball rolling in obtaining my goal!! Thanks in advance to all.
Happy New Year! :clpty:

This site has a number of externships listed. Good luck!!

http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/nursing/extern.html

rar_bsn_rn · Jan 8, 2010

I see that most internships/exterships run from May - August. Do you guys know of any externships that start in August and after? I'm in an accel BSN program and do not finish 'til August.

LoriNJ · Jan 9, 2010

I don't know of any programs that begin in August, plus once you graduate you may not be eligible for an externship. However, some externships may be flexible to your schedule. I was in an accelerated program and was able to fit in a 3 day a week, 12 hour shift externship into my summer class schedule. Granted it is not for the weak of heart- I busted my butt, but I really wanted to be in critical care and thought it would really improve my chances. My class schedule made it feasible and the hospital I worked at was flexible not to schedule me on days I had class (Although I did have to take a few days off of class for mandatory orientation, but my professor was flexible and had me make up the days of clinical, it was home health).

Just realizing as I'm typing this how improbable that all sounds, but I really wanted it so I worked as hard as I could to make it happen. If it's possible you might want to go for it during summer courses.

rar_bsn_rn · Jan 9, 2010

I don't know of any programs that begin in August, plus once you graduate you may not be eligible for an externship. However, some externships may be flexible to your schedule. I was in an accelerated program and was able to fit in a 3 day a week, 12 hour shift externship into my summer class schedule. Granted it is not for the weak of heart- I busted my butt, but I really wanted to be in critical care and thought it would really improve my chances. My class schedule made it feasible and the hospital I worked at was flexible not to schedule me on days I had class (Although I did have to take a few days off of class for mandatory orientation, but my professor was flexible and had me make up the days of clinical, it was home health).
Just realizing as I'm typing this how improbable that all sounds, but I really wanted it so I worked as hard as I could to make it happen. If it's possible you might want to go for it during summer courses.

LoriNJ,

What was your class/clinical schedule like for the summer? With the # of credits that I'm taking + an internship seems like a lot of work. I just want to make sure that I do not fall behind my classes. How did the intership pan out - did you get a job in critical care after you finished?

LoriNJ · Jan 10, 2010

For the summer I took 15 credits. I had clinical on Tuesday and Wednesday, but all of my courses aside from that were online, so that was definitely helpful. I had to stay very organized. Two clincials a week, three days of externship and then two days off to do my work for the online classes (and have some sort of a social life). I also did more of my externship days on weekends than any others in the program because I had clincials during the week. 3 credits of my classwork was a Microsoft Office class to satisfy a technology requirement, so it wasn't that bad. The 6 credits online were 6 weeks of Community Health Nursing and 6 weeks of Senior Leadership and Management. I did as well as I did all the other semesters in school, but like i said, it was a LOT of work. I brought books on the bus into clinical and externship with me, I went to the beach with study cards, and stayed up some pretty late nights.

After all that I do not regret doing the externship. It was a phenomenal experience- the nurses let me see and do so much and I really feel prepared to begin as a new grad. Unfortunately the area I'm looking at for jobs isn't too great for new grads (I guess like most areas) but I'm still sticking it out. I actually got a call last week from a critical care internship program that required an externship in an ICU. I am basically being considered because of that externship. The job market is tough, but I really do believe having that extra experience will help me in the end.

mixtapes · Feb 8, 2010

Does anyone know if they are offering 2010 summer nursing externships at Mt. Sinai or NY_Presbyterian Hospitals? I have seen them posted on 2010 postings, but there flyers reflect 2009.

Thanks!

zcpk · Jul 16, 2013

I know this was 3 years ago, but I figured knowing info from past years could help someone gauge what hospitals will do their year. Some hospitals (like NYU) have their externship postings open early. For me, NYU was available to apply to from Jan 1- Feb 24, 2012. VNSNY was open to accepting apps Feb 1st. Info on NYP's externship came out in March 2012. Maimonides was due March 16, 2012. So as you can see, every hospital has different time periods that they post their job listings for externships and they also are up for different lengths of time (ex: Lenox Hill's is ALWAYS up for only 48 hours).

Honestly, find your top few hospitals and bookmark their careers website and check back often.