Fairview Health Services' Summer Nursing Student Internship Program provides an individualized, paid educational experience at Fairview Southdale Hospital. The program is tailored to your nursing career goals. As a nurse intern, you will be mentored one-on-one with registered nurses to gain hands-on nursing experience--earning while you learn. Our program provides opportunities to enhance your technical, critical thinking and interpersonal skills in an acute care environment. 

Our program at University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, which is generally offered at the same time, will not be offered in 2010.

There's so much to gain

• Real-world experience under the consistent guidance of RN mentors
• Hands-on experience in a variety of areas, including patient assessment, intervention and care planning 
• Opportunities to work with nurses and other health care professionals in a variety of roles and patient care settings
• Multiple “day of learning” opportunities in classroom environments
• Opportunities to increase self confidence in patient care
• Opportunities to explore nursing care in other departments 
• Reimbursement: our interns are paid as they gain invaluable experience 
• Preferential status for employment upon graduation

Program requirements
Successful applicants to our internship programs:

• Have completed junior year in a baccalaureate nursing program 
• Have at least a 3.0 GPA
• Are able to work a minimum of 64 hours per pay period (every two weeks) in variable shifts for a total of 320 hours
• Are able to work for a minimum of 10 weeks during the summer beginning early June to early August
• Provide two nursing faculty references with at least one from a clinical instructor
• Are enrolled in their school’s internship course and have paid any associated tuition costs or fees. The Minnesota Nurse Practice Act requires nursing student interns be enrolled in a nursing program whenever performing nursing functions.  Because the foundation of our internship programs is RN-mentored clinical experience, we can only extend offers to candidates who are willing to enroll in their school’s internship course and pay any associated tuition costs or fees.  Your nursing program must :
  --offer an internship option.
  --be willing to sign an affiliation agreement.
  --designate a faculty member licensed in Minnesota to supervise the internship experience.

Please discuss this with your school faculty and contact us if you have questions. The state Board of Nursing of Minnesota, through the Nurse Practice Act Regulations, has approved the skills list from which nursing students in internship programs can practice with direct supervision of RN mentors.   

Program description
Learn more about our Summer Nursing Student Internship Programs at Fairview Southdale Hospital.

We've compiled a list of Frequently Asked Questions to help you find answers to your questions.

To apply
If you'd like to apply, simply download an application and reference form below. Applicants must submit:

• A completed application
• Essay
• Current resume (containing information about your education,  employment, community service, awards and recognition and leadership experience from the past five years)
• Current official transcript
• Two letters of recommendation from clinical instructors (download form)

Applications are due by Friday, Dec. 4, 2009.

Contact information
Tracy Albers
Recruitment Specialist
Fairview Health Services
2450 Riverside Avenue, Suite FCO-5
Minneapolis, MN 55454
612-672-6571
talbers1@fairview.org