Brookings, S.D. – Aug. 24, 2026 – Nursing students Morgan Fair and Daniel Klug recently completed the clinical enrichment program at Brookings Health System, a partnership with the South Dakota Board of Nursing.
Fair and Klug each spent 10 weeks at Brookings Health System, learning the practice of nursing outside their formal education. Each spent four weeks in Brookings Hospital’s inpatient care unit, one week in the obstetrics unit, four weeks in the emergency department and one week in the operating room. They were paired with a nurse preceptor and performed tasks of direct and indirect patient care under the nurse preceptor’s guidance.
Fair will graduate from South Dakota State University’s College of Nursing in December 2026. Klug will also graduate in December 2026 from the University of North Dakota’s College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines .
Applications for Brookings Health’s summer 2027 clinical enrichment program will open on Oct. 1. At the time of the internship, qualified candidates must be one to two semesters away from completing their degree with an accredited registered nursing program. They must also meet Brookings Health’s pre-employment requirements and be certified in basic life support.
Brookings Health’s workforce embodies the spirit of teamwork, working together across disciplines to care for local patients and residents. Individuals who want to join Brookings Health System’s Top 20 Rural Community Hospital team can find a position right for them at brookingshealth.org/Careers .
About Brookings Health System
Brookings Health System, located in Brookings, South Dakota, includes a 49-bed hospital, the 79-bed The Neighborhoods at Brookview nursing home, Brookhaven Estates senior living apartments, Yorkshire Eye Clinic & Optical, and medical clinics in Arlington, White and Volga, South Dakota. It is a non-profit, municipal health system that offers the community a full range of inpatient, outpatient, emergency and extended care services. Brookings Hospital provides local access to doctors in Brookings and offers robotic da Vinci surgery and Mako robotic-arm assisted procedures, making it one of the premier rural community hospitals in South Dakota. For more information about the services offered at Brookings Health System, please call (605) 696-9000 or visit us on the Web at brookingshealth.org .
— From Brookings Health System
