2025 University Hospitals Nurse Intern Program

University Hospitals is currently accepting applications for our 2025 Summer Nursing Internship Program. The nursing internship is a 10-week, temporary, paid summer position that provides nursing students the opportunity to work with a highly skilled RN preceptor in a supportive learning environment. The program assists the Nursing Intern to improve communication, critical thinking, clinical, and time management skills while increasing self-confidence and
clinical competence.

The Nurse Intern functions within the registered nurse's scope of practice under the direct supervision of an RN preceptor. The Nurse Intern provides patient care for individuals and their families, with the goal of assisting individuals in attaining, maintaining, and restoring optimal health. The Nurse Intern implements her/his role through collaboration with the clinical preceptor and/or clinical faculty.

Essential duties include:

1. Introduce self to patients and families as a Nurse Intern, explains the role to them, and orients them to the nursing unit.

1. Contributes to the nursing process and evidence-based practice in increasingly complex situations in collaboration with the clinical preceptor.

1. Demonstrates competence and comfort in the integration and application of patient care to selected patients.

1. Identifies concepts of professional socialization and development

1. Exhibits accountability for own actions

1. Uses a wide variety of technical equipment to meet patient care needs and prescribed medical therapies i.e. stethoscopes, thermometers, sphygmomanometers, and electronic monitoring devices.

2025 RN Internship FAQ