Nurse Internship for Graduate Registered Nurses

As healthcare evolves, our nurses embrace new techniques and technology while continuing their commitment of Caring For Life. 

Avera McKennan's Professional Nursing Internship provides experience in clinical nursing and other professional areas. The program is an experiential learning opportunity for graduate Registered Nurses (RN), providing broad exposure to the complicity of healthcare and set the stage for individual professional success.

Internship Goals

We train our nursing interns to be the best possible care providers. The goals of the internship are to:

• Provide an ongoing process to foster your socialization and career development
• Assure sound clinical practice based on competent skill acquisition and use of current nursing science
• Promote your personal and professional growth by utilizing nursing expertise in the mentor role
• Increase your self-confidence, personal satisfaction and self-esteem
• Provide you a resource and support system
• Set the stage for your self-directed professional development and enhanced role and organizational accountability

Our program is designed to create a positive experience for you and to promote the foundational premise in order to:

• Assure quality nursing care for patients
• Promote professional nursing practice
• Facilitate nurse retention

For more information on nursing internships please call Avera McKennan's Education Services at (605) 322-8950.