Nursing Shorts - SCSU Curriculum Mapping

Integrated Curriculum Mapping with CORE for Nursing

Kim Lacey

Director of Quality Improvement, Curriculum Development, and Assessment at Southern Connecticut State University

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Trusted by Nursing Programs Nationwide

330+ Nursing Programs Trust CORE

A Track Record You Can Count On

98%

Client Retention Rate

180+

Clients Migrated from Other Systems

20+

Years in Clinical Education

Clinical Placement Management and Scheduling

From site coordination to rotation scheduling, CORE handles every step of clinical placement. SmartMatch automates placement assignments using student preferences, site capacity, and program rules, saving coordinators hours of manual work each cycle. Clinical Group Scheduling with parent and sub-schedule architecture gives faculty flexible control over complex rotation structures.

Automated placement matching with SmartMatch algorithm, including non-recurring availability validation
Clinical Group Scheduling with parent/sub-schedule support and flexible, individualized schedule configuration
Centralized site and preceptor database with affiliation agreement tracking
Conflict checking across sites, preceptors, and student schedules
Student preference collection with faculty override controls
Availability management with approval workflows and co-preceptor support
Clinical Faculty incident tracking directly from schedule views

Competency Assessment and Curriculum Mapping

Map your curriculum to AACN Essentials and program-specific competencies. CORE tracks student progress against defined competency frameworks, giving faculty clear visibility into skill development across cohorts.

Built-in AACN Essentials framework with customizable competency sets
Multi-role assessment: students, preceptors, and faculty all contribute
Course-level, program-level and question-level competency mapping
Evidence uploads and approval workflows for accreditation readiness
Progress dashboards and reporting by student, cohort, or competency domain

We have been able to enter all of our courses into the system, enter all of the course objectives, and do curriculum mapping.

Dr. Kim Lacey, DNSc, MSN, RN,CNE, CNL

Professor, Director, Assessment, Quality Improvement, and Curriculum Development

Southern Connecticut State University , School of Nursing

Field Encounters, Evaluations, and Compliance

Track every clinical encounter, patient care log, SOAP Note, clinical hour, evaluation, and compliance requirement in one system. CORE replaces spreadsheets and disconnected tools with a single source of truth for students, faculty, and administrators.

Field encounter logging with Clinical Faculty confirmation workflows, video capture and e-signatures
Configurable hours tracking limits by program with clock-in/out on web and mobile (with GPS verification)
Shared Recurring Evaluations with orderly submission sequencing and alert configuration
QR code and email-based evaluation distribution, including external evaluators without login
Evaluation timers with start, pause, and resume across sessions
Auto-triggered Remediation Forms (by score threshold or manual faculty request)
Video field experiences with annotations, timeline breakpoints, and video reporting
ANCC Comprehensive Clinical Summary Report with emailable per-student certificates
Compliance document tracking: immunizations, licenses, background checks, and certifications
Custom Clinical Encounter Reports (summary, Detail) exportable to Excel, PDF, or Word

Soft Skills and Practice Readiness

Prepare nursing students for professional practice with CORE Readiness, a co-curricular eLearning center that develops the interpersonal and professional skills employers value most.

Professionalism modules tailored to clinical settings
Communication, teamwork, and ethical reasoning skill-building
HIPAA training, bloodborne pathogens, and infection control.
Career portfolio development for post-graduation employment
Integrated with clinical education workflows, not a separate platform

Nursing Programs We Support

CORE serves nursing programs at every level, from undergraduate to doctoral. Whether your program is on-campus, online, or hybrid, CORE adapts to your structure.

ADN

BSN

RN-to-BSN

RN-to-MSN

MSN

DNP

LPN-to-BSN

Nurse Educator

Nurse Administrator

Nurse Leadership

Undergraduate Nursing

Vocational Nursing

Built for the AACN Essentials

Trusted by nursing programs nationwide for managing the transition to competency-based assessment. CORE manages and tracks outcomes aligned to the AACN Essentials framework, giving your program a head start on accreditation.

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Our clinical placement process has greatly improved with the CORE SmartMatch tool. It used to be challenging to do it objectively and fairly while also trying to take student preferences into account. With CORE, students are really happy to have some say in their placements while we as administrators are still able to maintain fairness and objectivity.” Since utilizing CORE, managing our varying clinical site requirements has also become easier, more streamlined, and more organized for us.

Amanda Moreau

MSN, RN Coordinator of Clinical Placements, Clinical Instructor

University of Connecticut School of Nursing

Resources for Nursing Programs

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Tracking Clinical Hours and Placements Across Nursing Programs at UNMC

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The PeopleGrove Difference

Trusted Clinical Education Experts

20 years in clinical education, with nursing as a major focus the past two years. We’re applying the same methodology that made CORE the leader in pharmacy, to the nursing market. This includes a dedicated nursing advisory group, and building features built directly from nursing program feedback.

Paired with a Client Success Manager

When you go live, you will not be figuring it out alone. Every program is paired with a dedicated Implementation Manager and Client Success Manager. We train your team and are there when you need us — the dedicated, in-house support clients tell us they wish they'd had with their last vendor.

Ready for Nursing. Flexible by Design.

CORE comes with an ideal nursing program setup ready to go on day one. When your program has unique needs across undergraduate cohorts, graduate tracks, or both, we configure around your workflow, not the other way around.

For the Entire College of Nursing

Deans can see every program under their college from one login. Faculty access multiple programs without logging in and out. Our competitors make you toggle between each one separately.

The Most Flexible Scheduling in the Market

From simple placements to complex multi-site, multi-track scheduling with student and faculty preferencing — we set it up for how you work.

Seamless for Students and Preceptors

We hear preceptors say CORE is the easiest platform to engage with. Tasks that take 30 minutes elsewhere take 2 minutes with us. Happier preceptors. Better retention.

Seamless LMS Integrations

SAML SSO and LTI integration means students move between your LMS and CORE without friction. No separate logins., Nno lost context.

Security and Compliance

PeopleGrove maintains enterprise-grade security practices and is committed to protecting your institution's data. Including: SOC 2, HECVAT, and WCAG 2.2 AA.

More Time with Your Students. Less Time on Workarounds.

See how CORE can give your nursing program a dedicated partner for clinical education, competency tracking, and accreditation.