Job shadow student
To be eligible for this experience, you must:
- Be interested in job shadowing at Salem Health one to three times
- Be enrolled in an education program
- Not be applying as a health occupations student
- Be 16 years old or older
- Have a total GPA 2.5 or higher
To be considered for a job shadow, print and complete a form packet and submit an online application.
Nursing units and specialties
Adult health services nursing units
- Medical Telemetry (heart monitoring)
- Medical Surgical Oncology (cancer care)
- General Medical Unit (general nursing)
- General Surgery Unit (post-surgical nursing)
- Orthopedics Unit (bone and joint care)
Critical care nursing units
- Emergency Department (ED)
- Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
- Cardiovascular Care Unit (CVCU)
- Intermediate Care Unit (IMCU)
- Neuro-Trauma Care Unit (NTCU)
Women’s and Children’s
- Mother/Baby Nursing Unit
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) – for educational requirements
- Pediatrics - for educational requirements
Radiation Oncology – for educational requirements:
- Radiation Therapy Nursing
- Radiation Therapy
Diagnostic specialties
Imaging Specialties
- X-Ray
- CT – (limited offerings)
- MRI – (limited offerings)
- Ultrasound – (limited offerings)
- Vascular Ultrasound (ultrasound of the veins and arteries)
- Nuclear Medicine
- Cardiac Cath Lab (non-invasive cardiac procedures)
- EKG (electrocardiography, looking at the heart’s electrical activity)
- Echo (ultrasound of the heart)
Lab Services
Therapies - for educational requirements
- Physical Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Speech Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
Areas not offering shadows
- Surgery/Operating Room Pharmacy Laboratory
- Psych Unit Urgent Care Center Labor and Delivery
- Coders/HIM
- Unable to set up shadows with medical doctors