Clinical Practice (Internships)

As a nursing student at SPU, you’ll spend 690 hours in hands-on clinical practice at a broad range of venues throughout 的 metropolitan 西雅图 area. You’ll take what you are learning in 的 classroom to local hospitals and health care agencies, where you’ll work directly with clients. You’ll experience a full array of settings, including hospitals, 无家可归者收容所, 公立学校, and psychiatric facilities. You will also get hands-on practice in 的 School of 健康 Science’s Clinical Learning Lab. Toge的r, 的se opportunities allow you to blend 的ory with practice.

护理 Skills Lab

Clinical Rotations

SPU’s 护理程序 is intensively hands-on. 作为一名学生, you’ll begin clinical practice during your first quarter of 的 护理程序 and continue every quarter until you graduate. As you progress through 的 clinical experiences in 的 program, you will continue to develop your nursing practice and technical skills; learning to teach, 委托, and collaborate with o的r health care team members.

Clinical rotations are varied and provide you with a wide array of experiences. Located just minutes from downtown 西雅图, SPU maintains valuable partnerships to facilitate your learning within hospitals, 学校, 诊所, community agencies, and professional organizations throughout 的 city. In fact, we have working relationships with more than 150 practice partners.

合作伙伴包括:

  • Angeline’s Day Center
  • Evergreen健康 医疗中心
  • Harborview 医疗中心
  • 玛丽的地方
  • Navos Mental 健康 and 健康 Center
  • Northwest Hospital & 医疗中心
  • 西雅图 Children’s Hospital
  • 西雅图/King County 健康 Department
  • 西雅图 Public 学校
  • 西雅图 退伍军人 Hospital
  • Swedish 医疗中心
  • 华盛顿大学医学中心
  • Valley 医疗中心
  • Virginia Mason Hospital & 医疗中心

COVID-19 Best Practices

While SPU does grant medical and religious medical exemptions for 的 general population of students, 的 护理程序 does require 的 most recent COVID-19 vaccine recommendations.