Faculty and Student Placement Information              

Thank you for your interest in the nursing student placement program at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. As a teaching hospital we are committed to provide quality learning experiences for all nursing students. These Web pages will provide details and information about our placement program and Faculty requirements.

• Forms.
• Contact information.
• Maps and directions.
• Photo gallery.

Faculty Guidelines and Expectations

• Meeting Minutes from August 24, 2011.
• Meeting Minutes from January 5, 2012.
• CHW Clinical Educators.
• CHW  Employed Clinical Educators.
• Clinical Educator Competency List.
• Nursing Student Schedule Form.
• Conferences.

Student Placement: Undergraduate Experiences

Instructor-led clinical groups
This traditional learning experience involves an instructor bringing a group of students, eight or fewer, to a clinical unit in the hospital for learning. Clinical hours are expected to be in alignment with hospital shifts- days 0700-1530 and pms 1500-2330.  Requests for this type of learning must be submitted by the School of Nursing using the nursing student request form for clinical groups. Deadline for submission of requests for group placements are:

• Fall requests (for experiences occurring between Aug. 15 and Dec. 31) must be submitted by April 15.
• Spring requests (for experiences occurring between Jan. 1 and May 15) must be submitted by Oct. 15.
• Summer requests (for experiences occurring between May 15 and Aug. 15) must be submitted by March 15.

Alternative learning experiences
This option allows a student already participating in a clinical group at Children's Hospital to have an experience on another unit or department. In most areas these are limited to four hours. Students requesting Neonatal Intensive Care Unit or Pediatric Intensive Care Unit  must have a strong interest in the intensive care area and should have already attended one of the This is MY Children's Career educational days. All requests must be submitted by an instructor, using the alternative learning experience request form.

Refer to the listing of alternative experiences. Students are expected to come ready to actively engage in the alternative learning experience by establishing clear objectives and preparing before coming. Please have the student bring their completed alternative student objectives and evaluation form to the site. A two-week lead time for requests is highly recommended. Faculty are encouraged to spread requests out throughout the time period students are at Children's Hospital. Units and departments often are not able to accommodate multiple requests at the end of a quarter or semester.

Preceptorships
This experience is reserved for students in their senior capstone/synthesis or last semester in an associate degree program. This is a one-on-one learning experience with a registered nurse in the student's area of interest. There are a limited number of precepted learning experiences available in any given time period. Faculty must submit requests using the nursing student placement request form preceptor students. Deadline for submission of requests for preceptorships are:

• Fall requests (for experiences occurring between Aug. 15 and Dec. 31) must be submitted by June 15.
• Spring requests (for experiences occurring between Jan. 1 and May 15) must be submitted by Nov. 1.
• Summer requests (for experiences occurring between May 15 and Aug. 15) must be submitted by March 1.

Preceptor Information Pack.

Related Articles

• Article 1: Clinical issues: preceptor programs.
• Article 2: Generational diversity.
• Article 3: Student nurse stress.
• Article 4: Understanding the generational gaps.
• Article 5: Hallmarks of unsafe practice.

Click here to view the 2010 Advanced Practice Nursing Annual Report

Click on picture to access the Advanced Practice Nursing Virtual Poster.

Graduate Experiences

Graduate students in pediatrics, family practice, education and administration come to Children's Hospital for clinical learning experiences. All graduate students are linked with a specific, primary preceptor who will help coordinate their learning at the hospital.

Preceptorships
All requests must be made by a faculty member. Requests will not be accepted from students. Placements are made for one semester at a time. Requests for year-long preceptorships will not be honored. Faculty must submit requests using the nursing student placement request form. Deadlines are the same as for undergrad preceptorships listed above.

Job Shadows

All job shadows are coordinated through the Educational Services Department 

Placement Process Overview

• Clinical placement process checklist.
• Preceptor placement process checklist.

Unit Information

• CHW room and phone numbers.
• CHW unit profiles.
• Ambulatory contact numbers.
• Alternative learning experiences.
• Clinical faculty access info.
• What you need to know:

  East Tower	Center Tower	West Tower	Miscellaneous
  HOT	NICU	3, 4, 5	EDTC
  8	Surgery	9	CRU
  	7	10
  	8-EMU	11

• Children's Hospital Campus Map

Faculty Checklist

Faculty semester checklist. 

Polices and Procedures

Please have your students review the following policies and procedures before their learning experience at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.

• Privacy confidentiality patient information.
• Dress code.
• Student placement policy.
• Safety policy.
• Nursing student policy.

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Learning Techniques 

Visit Children's Hospial of Wisconsin's Best Practice website to find different approaches to teaching. 

Required Education Materials

Your students must review the National Patient Safety Goals, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Unit Profiles and "What you need to know" for the unit/area they are assigned to (located in the unit information table). They also must view the Student Orientation PowerPoint prior to their learning experience at Children's Hospital.

• Student orientation slide show.
• Patient Safety: National Patient Safety Goals.
• Medication online course.
• Medication practice test.
• Medication math.
• IM and SQ Injection Sites.
• Sunrise online education Click on Clinical Manager, then student nurse. 
• C-admin (medication barcoding) tutorial.
• Med select online tutorial.
• Childlife Nursing Student Orientation.
• Clean hands slide show.
• PAR Excellence online tutorial.
• PAR Excellence NEW for 2011.
• Pre-surgical Care.
• Post-surgical Care.
• Care of a surgical patient with a drain.
• Nurse saver system.
• Clinical Educator Competency List.

Synergy Model

• Synergy Bars.
• Synergy hand off tool.

Optional Education Materials

• Developmental tips for medication administration.
• NICU or Critical Care DVD - Contact Tracy Blair.
• Communicable disease facts.
• KidsHealth.org.
• Glucose meter point of care tutorial.
• SBARR tutorial.
• Google scholar.
• NEW! 2011 International Transplant Nurse Society video - Contact Shelley Chapman.

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