Spring/Summer 2011 Planning Cycle: Hospitals are encouraged to extend their unit availability once/year, in August. This will hopefully result in less work for the hospitals, accommodate placement periods for schools on various terms, and provide schools increased visibility into potential placement opportunities.
August 16 - 27, 2010 Hospitals review, confirm and extend availability through December 31, 2011 for both cohort and preceptor programs. We understand some hospitals will need to modify future availability if census and building plans change. These changes can be done as needed throughout the year. August 30 - September 17, 2010 (Cohort) (Preceptor requests can be submitted August 30 - November 12) Schools make requests for all courses that start January 2011 through the end of the spring/summer terms. (courses that usually end by August 31) September 20 - October 1, 2010 (Cohort) (Preceptor placement decisions due December 12) Hospitals review proposed requests and make placement decisions. Hospitals are encouraged to accept long-standing/historic placements and to decline proposals they know they cannot accommodate as quickly as possible, as a courtesy to schools.
CCPS Training is available for new sites or new coordinators at existing sites prior to the next clinical placement cycle. Please contact tamara@cinchc.org to register for one of these "new coordinator" sessions or to receive further class information. Classes For Hospitals and Clinical Facilities: August 16th (9 AM-12 Noon) August 19th (1-4 PM) Classes For RN and LVN Schools: August 16th (1-4 PM) August 19th (9 AM-12 Noon) A Special session class is scheduled as a "refresher" or "help session" for existing/experienced CCPS coordinators on September 8th 9 AM - 12 Noon. The agenda will be formed by the participants who register for this group session. Contact tamara@cinchc.org to register for this special session and submit topics for review.
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.
Customer Support Desk ccpshelp@BayAreaNRC.org (866) 325-3222 ext.123
General Information Tamara Moore, BS, MBA (213) 538-0747 (office)(213) 804-2184 (work cell) Kathy DeGuerre (916) 325-1853
Community Outreach Carolyln Orlowski, RN, MSN (310) 714-9242 Regional Coordinator Southern California California Institute for Nursing & Health Care