Nursing

Grady Health System offers clinical rotation opportunities for student nurses across all patient care units and locations. The Grady Nursing Professional Development Department facilitates these placements in coordination with our Legal Counsel and Schools of Nursing clinical coordinators through our ACEMAPP Landing Page.

All required affiliation agreements, immunization verification, and credentialing requirements are available on our ACEMAPP page. Clinical placement requests must be submitted by the student’s school. A list of our active academic affiliation agreements and student nurse policies can also be found there. You may also access our current Student Nurse Program Policy by clicking here.

Please note that Grady Nursing Professional Development does not source preceptors for graduate students.

Thank you for your interest in furthering your education with Grady! We look forward to supporting your clinical learning experience.

Grady ACEMAPP Landing Page

Grady’s Student Nurse Extern (SNE) Program offers nursing students the opportunity to build clinical competencies while supporting unit operations. SNEs work in various roles, including Nursing Support Technician (NST), Unit Clerk (UC), or Patient Safety Monitor (PSM), and may also shadow nurses under RN or LPN supervision.

Using the nursing process, SNEs assist in direct and indirect patient care across all age groups, gaining experience in assessment, care coordination, patient education, and professional development. Shadowing opportunities are based on unit staffing and shift needs.

We hire for the SNE Program in the spring and fall, and applicants must have at least one year of nursing school remaining to apply.

Learning Goals

• Building bridges of opportunity
• Enhance skill proficiency
• Develop competencies through preceptorship
• Develop and sustain a relationship with the new nurse
• Provide practical experience with theory
• Provide opportunities for development of critical thinking
• Provide opportunities to experience multicultural norms
• Provide opportunities to develop leadership skills through preceptorship
• Maintain competency through ongoing training and validation

Required Documentation

• High School Diploma or GED is required
• Official transcript from an NLN accredited RN program must be submitted at time of application (A minimum 3.0 GPA is required)
• Two letters of recommendation from a clinical manager or a professor must be submitted at the time of application
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) is required.
• Complete interview process
• Complete extern orientation
• Complete employment application and pre-employment health screen

Learn more about our Nurse Extern Program here.

The Shadow a Nurse Program provides the individual that is considering pursuing a career in nursing the opportunity to “Shadow” a Grady Registered Professional Nurse. Each participant must be approved by the Academic Clinical Program Manager and are limited to a maximum of two shadow days. Shadow experiences must be requested at least thirty (30) days prior to the anticipated shadowing experience date.
Click here to download the Shadow a Nurse Program forms.

• Download the Shadow a Nurse forms
• Download the new hire packet

Complete, scan, and email documents to [email protected]. Photocopies of the documents will not be accepted.