Supporting MSN Growth: How Simmons University Streamlined Clinical Coordination

Most clinical education leaders and coordinators came up through practice, not program administration. The work of supporting students through clinical practice is meaningful. The administrative load that grows alongside a program is what competes with time spent on students and outcomes. For many clinical programs, the disjointed systems and manual processes they started with adds to that burden rather than relieving it. 

Simmons University's School of Nursing made the transition to CORE ELMS for their graduate nursing programs, and the difference shows up across the program, for the team managing it and the students moving through it. Join Directors of Clinical Education Laura Behm and Tina Delouchry as they walk through what coordination looked like before, what they use now, and what has changed for their staff, students, and preceptors since. 

The conversation will cover: 

• How automating routine student hours confirmations to preceptors frees up coordinator time for higher-value student support  

• How a more intuitive student experience, with one place for schedules, hours tracking, and evaluation requests, reduces back-and-forth and keeps students moving forward without staff intervention  

• How centralization turns accreditation readiness into a byproduct of the work already being done, not a separate lift  

• What it looks like when clinical coordination supports student progress and program outcomes, rather than competing with them  

If your program is weighing a system transition or looking for ways to reduce the recurring administrative load on your team, this is a peer conversation worth joining. 

Speakers:  

• Laura Behm, DNP, CRNP, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, IBCLC, PMH-C, Associate Professor of Practice Director of PMHNP Clinical Education, Simmons University School of Nursing 

• Tina Delouchry, DNP, FNP-BC, Director of FNP Clinical Education Interim FNP Program Director Professor of Practice, Simmons University School of Nursing 

• Kaleigh Larson, Client Success Manager, PeopleGrove