Mercy Southeast-Winter Nurse Extern Program 2025

Winter Nurse Externship 2025

Mercy Southeast

1701 Lacey St., Cape Girardeau, MO 63701

Where Future Nurses Come to Grow!

We understand you have invested time and resources into becoming a great nurse. Likewise, Mercy wants to invest in you as you answer your calling!

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 $18.00 hourly rate while doing so.

Two session options :

December 15th - January 9th

December 22nd - January 16th

Participating in a Mercy Externship this Winter will help you...

• Better understand the role of a nurse 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 assessments
• Trach care

Requirements for application :

Limited opportunities available, please make sure to apply by October 1st, 2025

For further questions please contact :

Emily.Phillips@Mercy.Net

We’re a Little Different

Our mission is clear. We bring to life a healing ministry through our compassionate care and exceptional service.

At Mercy, we believe in careers that match the unique gifts of unique individuals – careers that not only make the most of your skills and talents, but also your heart. Join us and discover why Modern Healthcare Magazine named us in its “Top 100 Places to Work.”

We’re bringing to life a healing ministry through compassionate care.

At Mercy, our supportive community will be behind you every step of your day, especially the tough ones. You will have opportunities to pioneer new models of care and transform the health care experience through advanced technology and innovative procedures. We’re expanding to help our communities grow. Join us and be a part of it all.

What Makes You a Good Match for Mercy?

Compassion and professionalism go hand-in-hand with us. Having a positive outlook and a strong sense of advocacy is in perfect step with our mission and vision. We’re also collaborative and unafraid to do a little extra to deliver excellent care – that’s just part of our commitment. If that sounds like a good fit for you, we encourage you to apply.

Externship, Extern Program, Nursing Student, Winter

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.