Student Nurse’s Life Be Like Without Clinical Placement Software

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Student Nurses Life Be Like Without Clinical
Placement Software?
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CONTENTS

• What Would A Student Nurses Life Be Like Without
  Clinical Placement Software?
• Five Things for a Student Nurse to Remember on
  the First Day of Clinical Placement
• Be punctual
• Be organized
• Be prepared
• Listen carefully
• Have a good app
• Why Should a Nurse Get Clinical Rotation
  Scheduling Software?

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What Would A Student Nurses Life Be Like Without
Clinical Placement Software?

• A student nurse needs to survive clinical
  placement to become a full-time registered nurse.
  This can be a daunting prospect for many, but
  there are a number of resources student nurses
  can rely on, one of which is clinical placement
  software. This is something that nurses havent
  always had, so what would it be like today for a
  student nurse to have to live without it?
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• The most frustrating problem that one would
  immediately encounter is having to keep track of
  schedules on a piece of paper rather than
  adaptive software. This is certainly a charming,
  old school alternative, but it can also get
  rather messy, rather quickly. Changes in
  schedules arent quickly adjusted, but hastily
  scribbled in over crossed-out words. This is an
  old practice where mistakes are easy to start
  making once a few schedule changes occur. Before
  a person realizes it, they have a mess of
  scribbles on a crumpled piece of paper!

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• Theres also limited communication when it comes
  to non-software based scheduling. So, be prepared
  for scheduling conflicts that require a bit of
  running around to resolve.
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• Punctuality will be a more challenging goal
  without placement software. There would be no
  warnings of a coming shift, and if that piece of
  paper has a mistake on it a student nurse might
  just be showing up at the right time, but in the
  wrong place. So, be prepared to be apologizing
  for tardiness more often.

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• Student nurses would also have less time
  available to them outside of their shifts.
  Rotation schedulers allow student nurses to order
  background checks, drug screenings, and to store
  job references. Running around to order them
  manually takes time and effort, not to mention
  that getting paper references involves spending
  more spare time running around.
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• Far more mistakes are likely to be made without
  placement software. If one were to rely on a
  paper planner, then error rates on the accuracy
  of information goes up and compliance goes down.
  All of these are not the kind of things that a
  student nurse wants to add to their day!

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• Student nurses would also be more likely to lose
  track of their information if its held on
  something as bulky as a daily planner or
  information is being kept on pieces of paper.
  This might seem like an inconvenience, at first,
  but as time went on it would seem like a
  full-blown meltdown as a student nurse lost track
  of their rotations and information.
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• Even for people who would simply choose to manage
  their information on a spreadsheet, there would
  be time lost in having to manage that spreadsheet
  without the proper software. Errors are again
  more likely due to information not being shared
  online, which reduces the possibility of
  mistakes.
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• So, what would life be like without clinical
  placement software for nurses? The world wouldnt
  come to an end, no. But, it would be a harder one
  to live in for your average student nurse.

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Five Things for a Student Nurse to Remember on
the First Day of Clinical Placement

• Even with all of the training that a nurse
  receives in college, the first day of actually
  being placed as a student nurse can be terrifying
  for even the bravest of human beings. Any kind of
  advice should be welcome at the start and here
  are five things to keep in mind on that first day
  of clinical rotation placement

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Be punctual

• This is one of the most important parts of
  presenting that good front from the beginning. A
  student nurse needs to prove her or his worth in
  order to progress towards becoming a regular
  nurse. If someone is late to the game on the
  first day, theyve already got a mark against
  them. This is important at all times and means
  that if lateness cant be avoided call ahead and
  have a good reason.

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Be organized

• This is one of the most important parts of
  keeping ones head and ensuring that the day
  passes by well. Organization for a nurse is of
  paramount importance because of the barely
  controlled chaos that their department can
  descend into at a moments notice. People have to
  know when their shift starts and where. Student
  nurses also need to present themselves well in
  appearance as well as make the right impression.

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Be prepared

• Reading ahead is never a bad idea in college or
  at work! Student nurses cant know everything,
  but they can try to be prepared for what is in
  store for them. Ask others what to expect,
  especially if one has friends whove been in that
  situation before. If shadowing a nurse, dont be
  afraid to ask for advice from that person, as
  well. That is what theyre there for!

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Listen carefully

• Instructions will be given according to what must
  be done and a student nurse has to keep their
  ears open and keep quiet when appropriate. This
  doesnt mean that they have to become mute, but
  being able to take direction is an important part
  of student nurse placement. If a nurse cant take
  instructions, then they wont last very long in
  the field.

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Have a good app

• This doesnt mean get a good app for listening to
  music. Physical daily planners have become a
  thing of the past and virtual planners are now
  what is commonly used. For a student nurse, a
  regular planner isnt good enough for such a
  complex work life. This best thing to do is find
  good software rotation planners and use them
  religiously! This is what a student nurse can
  lean heavily on to stay punctual and be organized.

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• There are many things that a student nurse has to
  juggle on that first day of clinical placement,
  but the important thing to do is to stay calm and
  keep these five things in mind. They form a good
  foundation for having a good day at work and they
  open oneself up to the myriad other things a
  student nurse needs to learn on the job.

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Why Should a Nurse Get Clinical Rotation
Scheduling Software?

• Most people have technology today, but there are
  still many who are cynical of it. Just about
  everyone owns a phone although more than a few
  people dont know how to use one! This isnt
  rare, but pretty normal, especially for older
  generations. As a result, there are a lot of
  nurses out there who might have a phone, but they
  wonder what use is this new clinical rotation
  scheduling software to them? How will it benefit
  nurses and why is it useful? Here are a few
  reasons how this software makes peoples lives
  easier

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• The biggest reason to have this form of
  scheduling software is that it allows a nurse to
  have all of the information that they have on one
  app. In a world where technology can be
  confusing, this application aims to ensure that a
  nurses life is easier. The other frightening
  thing for some nurses and people, in general, is
  the idea of losing ones own privacy when opting
  to participate in programs like this. The good
  thing about rotation managers is that they are
  meant to have individual accounts which can only
  be accessed by that one person and no one else.
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• The other pro to this type of software is that it
  can also be, and should be, personalized to ones
  own requirements. This is something to keep in
  mind when choosing scheduling software as its
  always nice for software to reflect ones own
  flare.

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• There is also that nagging concern that people
  are warned about today when it comes to
  downloading software onto ones phone. There is a
  good reason to be frightened of this as malware
  and spyware can get onto a smartphone just as
  easily as it can get on a computer. Clinical
  rotation scheduling software isnt a download,
  its an online site this is accessed with a user
  account and password. No download, no malware.
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• The biggest advantage of this software is that it
  unifies the entire hospital and staff so that all
  record keeping is done on one system and is kept
  efficiently. This means that there is much less
  stress on the job in that each nurses schedule
  is kept up to date with any changes that may
  occur, taking a load off of everyones shoulders!

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• As a result of this more easily handled schedule,
  there is far less confusion and a nurse is far
  more likely to show up for the right rotation at
  the right time! A nurse knows that organization
  and preparation are important in the field and
  this software makes those goals much more
  achievable. The most important thing about
  rotation scheduling software is to find one that
  is easy to use and easy to manage.
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• So, why should a nurse bother with rotation
  managers? For many reasons, the least of which is
  that it simply makes a nurses life easier. It
  keeps their minds less cluttered, allowing them
  to better focus on their jobs and thats more
  than enough of a reason to have it!