Nurse Extern Program

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation offers a 10-week summer program for nursing students who have completed a minimum of one clinical medical surgical nursing course in an accredited school of nursing. It is open to students entering their junior and senior years of nursing school.

The program takes place at:

• Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital (inpatient adult rehabilitation)
• Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital (long-term acute care hospital, or LTACH)
• Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital Pediatric Unit (inpatient pediatric rehabilitation).

2026’s Extern Program is June 8, 2026, through Aug. 20, 2026.

Open House

Want to learn more before applying? Join us at an upcoming Nurse Extern Program Open House to meet with recruiters and nurse managers, and get a tour:

• Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026
• 12-3 p.m.
• Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital, 3200 Center Valley Parkway, Center Valley, PA 18034
• RSVP: recruiting@gsrh.org

Nurse Extern Details

Good Shepherd’s program provides nurse externs with a robust nursing orientation and eight sessions of educational, clinical and professional topics.

It also:

• Provides an opportunity to strengthen and reinforce nursing students’ knowledge base and skills in the practice of nursing under the direct supervision of a registered nurse partner or designee.
• Eases students’ transition to the work world through career planning and aids in the transition to the role of a professional nurse. 

Externs follow nurses’ work schedules and patient care assignments at Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital, Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital and Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital Pediatric Unit. When the preceptor is on vacation or unavailable, the extern will be assigned to a preceptor designee.

Questions: recruiting@gsrh.org