Mercy Lebanon Summer 2025 Nurse Extern Program
100 Hospital Drive, Lebanon, MO 65536
Please Apply by May 2nd, 2025.
Interviews will be held the week of May 5th
Requirements:
- Enrolled in an LPN or RN program and have completed Fundamentals by start of Externship
- Must submit 2 letters of recommendations to or attach them to your application by deadline.
Are you interested in gaining more clinical experience during your school break while earning extra money? If the answer is yes, Mercy's extern program may be just what you are looking for. Our Externs will have the opportunity to gain additional preceptor clinical experiences and be paid at an hourly rate while doing so.
Participating in a Mercy Externship this summer will help you
- Better understand the nurse role in an acute care facility
- Build more confidence in providing direct and indirect patient care
- Engage in additional clinical preceptor time to increase approved nursing skills under the direction of your preceptor:
- IV therapy
- Foley care
- NG tube care and tube feeding
- Ostomy care
- POC, phlebotomy and specimen collection
- Simple dressing changes
- Participate in head-to-toe assessmen
- Trach care
Mercy has determined this is a safety-sensitive position. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.