Application Materials
Submit a complete application package consisting of the following documents:
- Resume to document your professional experience (provide at a minimum the past 5 years of work experience), education and current certification(s).
- A letter of support from the director of your academic program or the person responsible for your academic specialty. The letter should include:
- Name and address of faculty advisor, if different from the program director.
- Full title of your program of study.
- Confirmation of good academic standing.
- Documentation of the percentage of required academic credits you will have completed by the start of the internship.
- A statement of faculty support for your application. This statement should include an assessment of your skills and abilities, e.g., technical writing abilities; oral and written communications skills; ability to conceptualize and to work dependently/independently; teamwork skills, etc.
- Copies of the following items:
- List of graduate courses that will be completed by the start of the internship rotation period. (You must have completed at least 50% of the required credit hours toward completion of the program of study by the start of the internship.)
- Current nursing license. If your state prohibits the photocopying of the license, indicate this in your narrative and provide the licensure verification procedure for your state.
- A personal narrative addressing the following items:
- Full title of your program of study.
- Indicate your choice of:
- Four- or eight-week internship period
- Preference for internship in Jul – Aug 2024 or Jan – Mar 2025
- Preference for virtual or hybrid experience.
- Considering the objectives of the internship program, explain why you are interested in the OSHA Graduate Nurse Internship Program.
- Describe your expertise and experience in occupational health and safety, e.g. work experience, formal education, research. Describe relevant OSHA experiences you have had, either in the past or at present.
- Indicate your potential areas of interest for projects at OSHA if requesting an eight-week internship (see past projects and recent publications).
- A technical writing sample written during your graduate study. The sample does not need to be written specifically for this application but can be a document written for graduate school purposes. However, the sample document should be no older than three years, a maximum of 5 double-spaced pages with one-inch margins all-round; font should be Times New Roman, 12 pitch.