Orientation for Students and Instructors

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We are proud to welcome students and instructors (hospital/inpatient, clinic/ambulatory, home health/continuing health) to Advocate Health Care and Aurora Health Care for clinical studies.

Note: The Continuing Health (Home Health) division focuses on the promotion of self-management in the community.

Important: Please review the information on this site carefully as Wisconsin and Illinois site-specific information has some differences below.

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Purpose and values

Purpose

From discovery to everyday moments, we’re redefining care – for you, for us, for all

Commitments

  • Lift Everyone Up
  • Lead the Way
  • Think Boldly Together
  • Embrace the Unknown

Hospital/Inpatient Precepted Students

Pre-licensure precepted students (i.e., capstone)

Pre-licensure student requirement: An attestation in mCE must be completed before the first clinical day.

Clinical site evaluation

Students - myClinicalExchange (mCE) will send student reminder emails three days before the clinical ends, the day the clinical ends and a week later. It is integral that students complete the evaluations.

The students must login to mCE to complete the survey; it will be on the right side of their screen.

Preceptors – will continue to complete their evaluations on the Preceptor Resource page.

Clinical Group Instructors - complete your evaluation here: Instructor End of Semester Evaluation.

RN to BSN, MSN, and DNP (Doctor of Nursing Practice) project information

If you are a student with a project, please review the requirements on the project information page.

Interested in employment at Advocate Health Care and Aurora Health Care?

Learn more about employment

Interested in being a nurse extern?

Orientation Process for students and instructors

Step 1. Review the Student Checklist. Nursing Student Checklist [PDF]

All Advocate Health Care and Aurora Health Care student compliance and clearance will be completed in myClinicalExchange (mCE)

myClinicalExchange Student Registration and logging in [PDF] - How do I login to mCE?

Step 2. Completing Orientation Requirements in Workday [PDF] - This document will identify additional orientation information such as Orientation Modules, and epic training programs.

Guides - Epic

  1. Epic and Network ID instructions [PDF]
  2. Epic troubleshooting [PDF]
  3. Cosign Student Nurse - QSG [PDF] (this Co-signing information is for the instructor and student)
  4. Patient Station - Search for patients [PDF] (use this when trying to locate a patient your students card for in the past - for co-signing)

These documents are password protected. Contact your instructor, school, or our team to obtain the password.

Guides - Workday

  1. Workday Instructions [PDF]
  2. Workday - Running a Transcript [PDF]
  3. Workday - Forgot Password Reset [PDF]
  4. Workday - Learner Account Access with Forgot Password [PDF]
  5. How to Enroll in a Course [PDF]

These documents are password protected. Contact your instructor, school, or our team to obtain the password.

Nursing Skills

The following documents outline what skills may or may not be performed in our organization. Instructors may not perform skills in the “no” column.

Advocate Children’s Hospital Skills List [PDF]

Student Nurse Skills List (Inpatient) [PDF]

Continuing Health Skills List [PDF]

Student Nursing Assistant Skills List [PDF]

Handbooks

Please review handbooks below to learn more about the hospital location, directions, parking information, etc.

Wisconsin

Illinois

COVID resources

Respiratory Illness

Students/Instructors with a respiratory illness, including suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19, may return to clinical when they show significant improvement of symptoms and a temperature below 100° Fahrenheit for 24 hours without using fever reducing medication. When the student/instructor returns to clinical, they should continue wearing a surgical mask at all times for an additional 5 calendar days.

Students/Instructors:
Follow guidance of your treating provider and/or the CDC for additional respiratory disease specific guidance. COVID-19, Influenza, RSV, or Pertussis (whooping cough).

Please contact ASC-ClinicalAffiliations@aah.org  if you have any questions.

Student/instructor injury or exposure process

If a student or instructor has an exposure or injury while in our organization:

Contact Teammate Health immediately:

855-663-4327 (24 hours)
Select option 1

Complete a report with the unit/department or with continuing health/home health.

Notify your school and our team. Nursing Clinical Placement Site Contacts | Aurora Health Care

Seek medical attention as directed by your school/employer policy. If medical care is provided, the individual or their employer is responsible for any financial costs incurred.

Safety event

If a safety event occurs, please follow the instructions below:

  1. Safety event occurs:
    1. Potential categories: patient identification, fall, food and nutrition, infection prevention, IV/Lines/tubes/drains, medication event, etc.
  2. Next step:
    1. Partner with appropriate teammate/charge nurse to complete electronic safety event form the same day of clinical.
  3. Final step:
    1. Instructors/preceptors notify the site clinical placement specialist and shared email address as soon as possible.

Nurse policy

Important: All students and instructors must review the policy. The policy will help you understand the purpose, scope, and definitions of this role.

Please review the policy appropriate to your instructor or student role:

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