Our thanks to the organizations that helped develop this platform:
Alliance for Clinical Education ( ACE Committee)
Central Colorado Area Health Education Center (AHEC)
Colorado AHEC System
Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence
Colorado Council on Nursing Education
Colorado Organization of Nurse Leaders
Colorado State Board of Nursing
Northern Front Range Consortium
Western Slope Planning Group
Work, Education and Lifelong Learning Simulation (WELLS) Center
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Welcome to the Colorado Clinical Placement Technology System and Matching Inventory.
If you are not already a partner, please click on the “Join Us” link to learn about becoming a participant.
Current partners can enter the Clinical Placement System by clicking on the “Log In” link.
About the Colorado Clinical Placement Technology System
In order to graduate, every student nurse must go outside the classroom for training at clinical agencies in all areas of specialty. Coordinating multiple clinical rotations for all their students challenges every school of nursing, especially as growing enrollments have strained the capacity of previously existing arrangements between schools and clinical sites.
The result: bottlenecks that make it harder for students to meet clinical requirements in a timely way, and contribute to the long waiting lists for entry into nursing programs. By slowing the development of new nurses, these delays contribute to Colorado 's ongoing nursing shortage.
Now, the Colorado Nursing Clinical Placement Inventory and Matching System Pilot Project can help ease those bottlenecks.
Its core is a searchable, Web-based database. The database includes information about both participating clinical agencies (unit descriptions, student requirements for that facility, etc.) and nursing schools (course requirements, clinical objectives, etc.). All clinical areas (e.g., medical/surgical, pediatrics, OB , behavioral health, etc.) will be available, and placements will be offered to all pre-licensure levels of nurses (LPN, ADN, BSN).
The initial database (Jan. 2007) includes 9,445 placements; we expect that number to increase significantly as other agencies join the pilot.
Benefits
- Schools: Easier placements; enhanced relationships with existing clinical partners and opportunities to build new relationships; improved communication with clinical sites to ensure placements meet student needs and course objectives.
- Clinical settings: Less hassle and paperwork to coordinate placements; improved communication with schools to enhance preparation of clinical faculty and students.
- Students: Improved access to information about clinical coursework and agency expectations.
- State: Better information about capacity of the nursing education system; improved collaboration between practice and education to enhance the quality of the nursing workforce.
The Colorado Health Foundation is funding the two-year pilot project as part of “Partners Investing in Nursing's Future,” a collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson/Northwest Health Foundation. The Central Colorado Area Health Education Center (AHEC) underwrites Year One database licensing fees . The Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence manages the platform under the direction of the Clinical Placement Implementation Oversight Committee.
Questions? Contact Deb Center , RN, MSN , CNS – Project Director, at
(303) 715-0343 or deb@coloradonursingcenter.org .