Summer Nursing Program 2024

Criteria and Obligations of the Student

Student must currently be enrolled in a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing.
Student must have completed at least one clinical rotation.
Student must have and maintain a 3.0 GPA or above during the Academic Year.
Student will authorize the school to provide the hospital transcripts of their grades.
Student will provide one letter of recommendation from their professor.
Current certification on IDPH’s health care worker registry
Student is considered a Swedish Hospital employee and will comply with all policies and procedures that all SCH employees are required to adhere to.

Student will commit to full-time Nurse Intern Program Schedule of 8 weeks. These weeks are 4 week intervals.

Student will commit to full-time Nurse Intern Program schedule of 8 weeks. These weeks are two to four week intervals
Three (eight-hour) or two (12-hour) days per week will be scheduled in the role of a nursing assistant on the home unit, working under the direction of an assigned staff nurse.
One (eight-hour) day per week will be provided to “shadow” a nurse on a specialty unit. Shadow days as a nurse intern provides the opportunity to “follow” a staff RN, observe patient populations in the specialty, and perform skills under the RN’s direct supervision
Nurse Interns may be scheduled for either the day or pm shift and will rotate at the end of the first 4 weeks. Scheduled nurse interns are not part of the unit staffing grid
Nurse Interns hired for the Summer Program may opt into the Year-Round Program. If the Nurse Intern does not chose to continue, employment will terminate after the eight-week commitment

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Applications will be accepted January 2nd through January 31st, 2024. For more information on our nurse internship program, please contact Kim Tranchita at 773-878-8200, ext. 5769 or email at ktranchita@schosp.org.