Supporting students on placement
Resources to help you supervise, coach and assess nursing and midwifery students on clinical placement at Sunshine Coast HHS.
Who this section is for
This is for educators, clinical coaches and buddies who supervise students. It isn’t for students. Pre-placement steps, induction days and system access are handled by your facility’s onboarding.
Coaching students
- Student buddy checklist
- Learner-centred feedback
- Coaching in practice
- Teach Me Fast
- Effective questioning
Assessing students
- Australian Nursing Standards Assessment Tool (ANSAT) guidance: informal, progressive and summative
- Behavioural cues
- Completing a placement
Clinical expectations
- What’s expected at each year level, by education provider and unit of study
- Placeholder: Education providers and their units of study
Supervising documentation and medications
- Supervising student documentation and sign-off in the electronic medical record
- Supervising students with medications
When a student is struggling
- Who to contact first: the link educator, then the Student Placement Team
- Escalation guide for students not meeting standards
- Assessing spoken English
- Empowering conversations