CCPS

ATTENTION CCPS USERS:

Monthly WebEx Training Sessions - Wednesday, September 15, 2010 Each month Clinical Agency and School Coordinators may join a WebEx meeting to learn more about the CCPS tool.
Session for Hospitals 10:00 - 11:00 Pacific Time 12:00 - 01:00 Central Time 01:00 - 02:00 Eastern Time	Session for Schools 11:30 - 12:30 Pacific Time 01:30 - 2:30 Central Time 02:30 - 3:30 Eastern Time
To join the WebEx Training Sessions: Go to http://nursingresourcecenter.webex.com Click on the topic Monthly CCPS Training Enter password "ccpsdemo" Enter your name and email address Click Join now Once you have joined the online meeting, conference call dial-in information will be provided - please also dial into the meeting.

For "job aids" to assist you with your most common CCPS tasks click on the appropriate link below.

Easy Steps for Schools
Easy Steps for Clinical Agencies

Thank you for your feedback and please continue to pass along your suggestions to the CCPS team!



*Fall 2010 Placement Cycle Dates* May 1 - 14, 2010 - Hospitals will update their unit availability in the system. 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 15 - June 4, 2010 - Schools submit their placement requests for courses that start August 16 through December 31, 2010. Note: It is imperative that schools do not begin making placement requests prior to May 15, 2010. June 5 - 30, 2010 - Hospitals will review proposal requests, make placement decisions and respond to all placement requests. Note: It is imperative that hospitals not begin making placement decisions prior to June 5, 2010. 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. Please contact Terry Dennis-Williams if you need assistance at 409-772-4807.

NEW SECTION ! Relevant Information in the Community:

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.