
RN Student Nurse Extern PRN Emergency Room
Pulaski, VAPer Diem$16.02–22.43/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The RN Student Nurse Extern joins the nursing team at LewisGale Hospital Pulaski, gaining hands-on experience while exploring the Registered Nurse role and progressing through a nursing program. The extern supports patient care, communicates with the nursing team, and works with a supervisor or preceptor on career development. Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 90 days of the employment start date.
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Full job description
Hourly Wage Estimate: $16.02 - $22.43 / hour
Learn more about the benefits offered ( https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/prn-employee-benefits-and-rewards ) for this job.
The estimate displayed represents the typical wage range of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range.
Do you have the PRN career opportunities as a(an) RN Student Nurse Extern PRN Emergency Room you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join LewisGale Hospital Pulaski which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.
Job Summary and Qualifications
As a Nurse Extern, you’ll be a valued part of the nursing team, gaining hands-on experience as you explore the full scope of the Registered Nurse role. You’ll help deliver safe, compassionate care that improves patients’ lives while building the skills and confidence to take on more advanced responsibilities as you progress through your nursing program.
Your responsibilities will include:
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Providing essential care for patients by helping with ADLs (Activities of Daily Living), checking vital signs, supporting mobility, and ensuring comfort and hygiene
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Performing nursing tasks like wound care, catheter care, collecting specimens, and other basic procedures as you gain experience and grow in your competency
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Documenting care accurately and communicating timely updates with the nursing team to keep patient care seamless and coordinated
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Helping patients and families understand their care plans and offering guidance for their health and recovery
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Keeping patient areas clean and safe by following infection prevention practices, managing equipment, and maintaining an organized environment
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Championing your growth and enhancing patient care by engaging in learning opportunities, sharing ideas to improve care, and partnering with your supervisor or preceptor to build your personal career development plan
What qualifications you will need:
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Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date
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Associate Degree, or Bachelors Degree
No Travel Required
No experience Required Years of Experience
Benefits
LewisGale Hospital Pulaski, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include some or all of the following:
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Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
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Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
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Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
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Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
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Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
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Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts
Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and position.
LewisGale Hospital Pulaski (https://lewisgale.com/locations/lewisgale-pulaski/) has provided quality healthcare services since 1915. We are located in Pulaski, Virginia. We give patient's access to trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 140+ bed hospital is one of the leading acute care facilities in Southwest Virginia and New River Valley. As a member of the LewisGale Regional Health System network, we provide a full scope of healthcare services. Our hospital is home to the LewisGale Regional Cancer Center Pulaski. The first medical facility in the region to provide a radioactive seed implant procedure which is a radiation therapy alternative for treating breast and prostate cancer. Our accreditation from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer comes with many commendations for our program of service and patient care. We specialize in orthopedics and are an accredited chest pain center.
At LewisGale Hospital Pulaski, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
LewisGale Hospital Pulaski (https://lewisgale.com/locations/lewisgale-pulaski/) has provided quality healthcare services since 1915, giving patient's access to highly-trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 140+ bed hospital is one of the leading acute care facilities in Southwest Virginia and New River Valley. As a member of the LewisGale Regional Health System network, we provide a full scope of healthcare services from our facilities located in Pulaski, Virginia. Our hospital is also home to the LewisGale Regional Cancer Center Pulaski – the first medical facility in the region to provide a radioactive seed implant procedure -- a radiation therapy alternative for treating breast and prostate cancer. Our accreditation from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer comes with numerous commendations for our program of service and patient care . We also specialize in orthopedics and are an accredited chest pain center.
At LewisGale Hospital Pulaski, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our RN Student Nurse Extern PRN Emergency Room opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today!
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status
How this job compares
Set against the 29,444 open Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$16.02–22.43/hr
- Virginia median$35–48/hr391 hourly ranges
- US median$34–45/hr13,025 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $19.23/hr, is 52% below the Virginia median midpoint ($40/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Nurse hourly ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 656 open Nurse jobs in Virginia and 29,444 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- Sentara Health142 open
- HCA Healthcare (this employer)130 open
- Bon Secours Mercy Health45 open
- Experience
- Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (12,202 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for an associate degree; 7,859 of the 29,444 open Nurse jobs (27%) ask for an associate degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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