Nurse Externship Progressive Care Unit

Nurse Extern Program

Are you a nursing student graduating in 12 months or less (Junior or Senior students)? Are you ready to gain hands-on experience in a clinical setting before you graduate? Look no further than Banner Health's new Nurse Extern program!

Under the supervision of an RN preceptor, our nurse externs will have the chance to practice various skills, including: assessing patients, administering medications, adjusting IV pump rates or devices, parenteral fluids, blood products or IV flushes, initiating, titrating and discontinuing oxygen, and performing basic data collection in an EMR. In addition, our nurse externs will have the chance to practice any skill for which they have received didactic and clinical instruction for an can provide evidence of a skill checklist from an accredited nursing program. Throughout the program, our nursing externs are also able to spend time with the clinical case manager, observe procedures, or participate in other activities relevant to the patient population with which they are involved.

Banners goal when placing an RN Nurse Extern is after you Graduate and obtain your RN license that you continue as a New Grad in the same unit that you selected for your extern position. This is an amazing opportunity to grow and to obtain an amazing skill set even before receiving your RN license.

This is a 29 bed PCU/IMC Hematology-Oncology unit where we provide cutting edge treatments to our community. We are the only facility in Tucson that provides stem-cell transplants and CAR-T therapies as a potentially curative treatment. When you join our team, you are provided with many opportunities for education and will become an expert in cancer care, chemotherapy administration, blood products and stem cell transplants. This is a fast-paced environment with a range of nursing ratios anywhere from 2-5 patients.

Requirements:

• Must be enrolled in an accredited nursing program and within 1 year of graduation.
• Must be able to graduate from an accredited nursing program on initial anticipated graduation date.
• Current BLS certification
• Must be able to pass Nursing State Boards within 90 days after graduation or in the event a second attempt is needed, must schedule and pass within an additional 60days from the first attempt
• Will work a minimum of 12 hours a month; cannot exceed 20 hours per week.
• Selected Nurse externs will go through orientation in Fall 2025