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CORE for Nursing

The Complete Platform for Clinical Education, Competency, and Compliance

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CORE by PeopleGrove - Modern Software for Nursing Programs

Built on 20 years of clinical education expertise, CORE by PeopleGrove gives nursing programs one place to manage clinical placements, track competency, and prepare students for practice.

From scheduling and compliance to AACN Essentials alignment, CORE by PeopleGrove simplifies administration so your team spends more time with students in clinicals, not on manual workarounds.

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Trusted by Nursing Programs Nationwide

330+ Nursing Programs Trust CORE by PeopleGrove

A Track Record You Can Count On

98%

Client Retention Rate

180+

Clients Migrated from Other Systems

Recruit

20+

Years in Clinical Education

Clinical Placement Management and Scheduling

From site coordination to rotation scheduling, CORE by PeopleGrove 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 by PeopleGrove 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 by PeopleGrove replaces spreadsheets and disconnected tools with a single source of truth for students, faculty, and administrators. 

Field encounter logging

Field encounter logging with Clinical Faculty confirmation workflows, video capture and e-signatures 

Configurable hours tracking

Configurable hours tracking limits by program with clock-in/out on web and mobile (with GPS verification) 

Shared Recurring Evaluations

Shared Recurring Evaluations with orderly submission sequencing and alert configuration 

Evaluation distribution

QR code and email-based evaluation distribution, including external evaluators without login 

Evaluation timers

Evaluation timers with start, pause, and resume across sessions

Remediation forms

Auto-triggered Remediation Forms (by score threshold or manual faculty request)

Video field experiences

Video field experiences with annotations, timeline breakpoints, and video reporting 

ANCC Comprehensive Clinical Summary Report

ANCC Comprehensive Clinical Summary Report with emailable per-student certificates 

Compliance document tracking

Compliance document tracking: immunizations, licenses, background checks, and certifications 

Custom Clinical Encounter Reports

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

We offer a competency and clinical placement software trusted by nursing programs nationwide for managing the transition to competency-based assessment. CORE by PeopleGrove 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 by PeopleGrove SmartMatch tool. It used to be challenging to do it objectively and fairly while also trying to take student preferences into account. With CORE by PeopleGrove, 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 by PeopleGrove, 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

Trends in Nursing Education: 2026 Findings

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Smarter Clinical Placements with SCSU’s School of Nursing

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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 by PeopleGrove 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 by PeopleGrove 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 by PeopleGrove 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 by PeopleGrove without friction. No separate logins. No 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 by PeopleGrove can give your nursing program a dedicated partner for clinical education, competency tracking, and accreditation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

CORE for Nursing FAQs

What is clinical placement software?

Clinical placement software automates the scheduling, matching, and tracking of student rotations at clinical sites. It connects students, preceptors, and program coordinators in one system, replacing spreadsheets, email chains, and manual sign-off processes. For nursing programs specifically, it also handles compliance documentation (immunizations, background checks, certifications), clinical hour tracking, and competency data tied to accreditation standards like the AACN Essentials, all within the same platform used to manage the placement itself.

What should nursing programs look for in clinical education software?

Programs should look for a system that covers the full clinical workflow in one place: placement scheduling and matching, competency tracking against frameworks like the AACN Essentials, compliance documentation (immunizations, background checks, certifications), and accreditation-ready reporting, rather than stitching together separate tools for each piece. It's also worth checking the vendor's security posture (SOC 2, HECVAT, WCAG 2.2 AA) and what support looks like after go-live, since migrating a nursing program's clinical and compliance data is not a small project.

How can CORE by PeopleGrove benefit my nursing program?

CORE by PeopleGrove gives nursing programs a single system for placements, compliance, and evaluations across every clinical rotation, so coordinators aren't managing spreadsheets, email chains, and separate compliance trackers. For nursing specifically, it pairs with CORE's SmartMatch placement automation and AACN Essentials aligned competency tracking to cut the administrative load that typically falls on program coordinators. Preceptors tell us tasks that take 30 minutes on other platforms take about 2 minutes in CORE, which shows up directly in preceptor satisfaction and retention.

Why do nursing programs choose CORE by PeopleGrove over other clinical education systems?

Nursing programs choose CORE by PeopleGrove because it combines clinical placement scheduling, competency tracking, and compliance in one platform rather than requiring separate tools, backed by 20+ years of clinical education expertise and a 98% client retention rate. Every CORE client is paired with a dedicated Implementation Manager and Client Success Manager who know their program's setup personally. CORE by PeopleGrove was named Enhanced Curriculum Solution Provider of the Year in the 2026 EdTech Breakthrough Awards, recognizing its approach to measurable, accreditation-ready clinical education.

What happens when we switch to CORE by PeopleGrove from our current system?

CORE by PeopleGrove has supported 180+ clients migrating from other systems, each paired with a dedicated Implementation Manager and Client Success Manager who guide the transition, so your team isn't left to figure out a new platform alone. The team works with you to import existing site, preceptor, and student data ahead of a planned cutover date, so your historical records stay intact for accreditation reporting instead of getting stranded in a system you're leaving behind.

How does CORE for Nursing compare to other clinical placement platforms?

Programs evaluating CORE by PeopleGrove against other clinical placement platforms consistently cite three differentiators: an all-in-one system rather than disparate point solutions; a dedicated Implementation Manager and Client Success Manager assigned to their account; and a clear, structured data migration path that preserves historical records for accreditation purposes. CORE by PeopleGrove has a proven track record of migrating programs from a range of legacy systems without compromising accreditation-relevant data.