Fall 2012 Placement Cycle Dates: April 29 - May 12, 2012 - Hospitals will update their availability in the system up to December 31, 2012. Note: It is understood that some hospitals will need to modify this availability as census and building plans change. These changes can be done on an as-needed basis throughout the year. May 13 - June 2, 2012 - Schools submit their placement requests for courses that start August 16 – December 31, 2012. Note: It is imperative that schools do not begin making placement requests prior to May 13, 2012. June 3 – June 30, 2012 - Hospitals will review proposal requests, make placement decisions and respond to all placement requests. Note: It is imperative that hospitals do not begin making placement decisions prior to June 3, 2012. Hospitals should run a report of all placement requests using the Placement Calendar prior to accepting placements. Additionally, hospitals are encouraged to accept long-standing/historical placements and to decline proposals they cannot accommodate as quickly as possible as a courtesy to the schools.
Summer 2012 Placement Cycle Dates: February 6 - 24, 2012 - Hospitals will update their availability in the system up to 8/15/12. Note: It is understood that some hospitals will need to modify this availability as census and building plans change. These changes can be done on an as-needed basis throughout the year. February 27 - March 16, 2012 - Schools submit their placement requests for courses that start May 1 – August 15, 2012. Note: It is imperative that schools do not begin making placement requests prior to February 27, 2012. March 19 - March 30, 2012 - Hospitals will review proposal requests, make placement decisions and respond to all placement requests. Note: It is imperative that hospitals do not begin making placement decisions prior to March 19, 2012. Hospitals should run a report of all placement requests using the Placement Calendar prior to accepting placements. Additionally, hospitals are encouraged to accept long-standing/historical placements and to decline proposals they cannot accommodate as quickly as possible as a courtesy to the schools.
The Centralized Clinical Placement System is an internet-based tool designed to help address and improve the growing nursing shortage problem. Underutilization of existing clinical placement sites for nursing students and an inefficient clinical placement system combine to form one of the barriers to increasing the number of qualified nurses.
This system brings together school and clinical agency information in a centralized, online format. This enables schools and clinical agencies to achieve a higher level of operating performance: (i) schools can rapidly match clinical placement opportunities for student cohorts (group of 8-10 students) and (ii) clinical agencies can effectively manage a single schedule (for all participating schools) while increasing the number of students within their agency, which provides direct observation and potential identification of future employees.
Thank you to the Betty Irene Moore Nursing Initiative for their financial support for this project.
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