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Student Nurse Externship in the Float Unit?

I figure I should post my question here. I'm a student, and I just finished my first year of my associates in nursing program. I have one more year to go. And I am trying to get a student nurse externship at my local hospital. So far I've applied for Med-Surg unit. I also plan submit another externship application for the Float Unit just as a fallback plan if I don't get hired with my first choice.

Now my question is in regards to the Float Unit. My understanding is that as an extern I will probably get floated to units where they are short in staff.

Can anyone explain to me in in general Float and what I will be doing as a student nurse extern in the Float Unit.

My second question is this: The student nurse extern job listing for the the Float Unit says NURSE FLOAT(PR ONLY). What does PR mean?

Lastly, is it a good choice to do externship in the Float unit or is it better to stick with just one unit, like med-surg for example. I have already have an idea which area I want to work in, probably mental health, or dialysis. but i'll probably want to start med-surg. But if I don't get hired as an extern in med-surg, I don't mind doing externship on the float unit or any unit. I just want to lots of exposure to the hospital now as much as I can and improve my hands on skills.

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nowat my facility PRN means"asneeded " so u don't get benefits

but it paysmore

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no, not PRN. It just has NURSE FLOAT(PR ONLY). PR. I'm wondering what PR means.

no, not PRN. It just has NURSE FLOAT(PR ONLY). PR. I'm wondering what PR means.

it may be a typo on their part. looks like it. never heard of just PR myself...just PRN

I did an externship in the float pool between my junior and senior year in nursing school. It was an amazing experience and I would recommend it to everyone! I was unsure of what I wanted to do after I graduated so this was a great way to gain exposure to all departments. I worked with one float pool nurse/preceptor and assisted her with her daily assignments. Slowly I began to pick up a couple of pts on my own. I got a chance to work in all kinds of settings (med-surg, ICU, CCU, ER, Peds). It looks great on my resume to have such an experience. I learned to adapt to different settings and different type of patients. It was great and I would definitely recommend it to you!

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