Fall 2024 Nurse Extern Program

Job Description Grady Health System offers many career paths for experienced professionals. Whether you have many years of experience or are in the early stages of your career, you can find a rewarding career at Grady Summary Under the direction of a Registered Professional Nurse, the Nurse Extern is responsible for providing age-appropriate, culturally and ethnically sensitive care, maintaining a safe environment, educating patients and their families about healthy practices and treatment modalities, assuring continuity of care, coordinating the care across settings and among caregivers, managing information, communicating effectively, and utilizing technology.

The Nurse Extern utilizes the nursing process to assist the professional nurse in performing direct and indirect nursing activities to patients of various age groups (neonatal to geriatric). This includes the components of assessment, nurse diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning and coordination, implementation, and evaluation. The role of the nurse extern also includes, patient advocacy, teaching, performance improvement, leadership and professional development. Qualifications High School Diploma or GED is required.

Official transcript from a NLN accredited RN program must be submitted at time of application. (A minimum 3.0 GPA is required) Must be a Junior or Senior Nursing Student enrolled in an NLN accredited RN program. Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required.