Nursing students

The following clinical systems are used across the health authority. Please check the sections below to see which systems apply to your practicum's location.

CST Cerner - shared clinical information system used to access patient information and support defined clinical workflows through automation of information delivery and health-care task requests.

Omnicell – automated dispensing cabinet

PARIS - client-centred health record used in Acute, Community and Long-Term Care homes

Patient Care Information System (PCIS) - primary health information system supporting staff, when caring for patients, with electronic information

Pixalere – wound management system

Profile EMR - electronic medical record system, especially for complex patients/clients with many interdisciplinary caregivers

CareConnect - secure, view-only Electronic Health Record (EHR) that offers authorized care providers 24/7 access to an integrated, provincial view of clinical information. Important: CareConnect access is not provisioned for Nursing student placements, except for Nurse Practitioners.

​Lions Gate Hospital, Sechelt Hospital, and Squamish General Hospital

CST Cerner

LGH (including Evergreen Residential Care) and SGH (including Hilltop Residential Care) require all students to have training in order to access CST Cerner to document care. Prerequisite on-line modules must be complete before attending training and can be accessed via the Learning Hub. In addition via the Learning Hub, you will be notified of your classroom training which will take place on your first or second day on site. Download CST training checklist for students (excluding medical students and residents).

See more information on the CST pre-placement process for students. 

Important: To complete the online training, you will be required to set up a Learning Hub account or reuse the existing one if it has already been set up.  

• All students need to have only one Learning Hub account, and this one account needs to have just your school email address while you are completing your placement at VCH.

• All students should ensure this information in the Learning Hub account is accurate at least one month before their placement start dates, to ensure you are set up correctly for training and access to our clinical systems.

• Learn how to merge your accounts or update your health organization.

Omnicell

LGH and Sechelt Hospital: Students and instructors may be required to access Omnicell to dispense medications and registration for access is required 2 weeks before the placement starts. If an instructor is not entered into HSPnet, they will not get the student's account information sent to them. Returning students who have been previously auto provisioned an "S" account number will not have their account information resent for ongoing placements.  Students are to keep their account information for their entire program and give to their instructors for registering them for Omnicell.

Training

• Preceptorship students are trained by their preceptor/supervisor.

• For group placements, it is the responsibility of the on-site faculty to train the students in their group.  We ask on-site faculty to arrange for Omnicell training prior to the clinical placement using a school instructor to school instructor approach.

Registration

Instructors email the following information to an email address and format below:

Lions Gate Hospital: LGHOmnicellSystemAdmin@vch.ca, or 

Sechelt Hospital: shpharmacyomnicellsupport@vch.ca (please note this email address cannot be accessed from a non-health authority email)

• Instructor name and school

• Student's name

• Student/Instructor User ID (auto provisioned  "S" or "E" account number)

• Location of placement

• Start and end dates of placement

Glucometer

Nursing students on a practicum placement within Vancouver Coastal Health use a generic student ID for the Nova StatStrip glucose meter.  Please check with your school for the current ID to use.  Training will be given by your preceptor or on-site group instructor. 

In some cases, when the student is working a longer time on the unit and a unique ID and password is needed, they should obtain a unique ID from their respective schools.  The id can be requested here.

• For Employee ID, please enter their student number

• For Position, please enter "Student"

qathet General Hospital (formerly Powell River General Hospital)

Meditech

All Nursing students require Meditech access. Access setup:

1. A modify account form must be submitted to IMITs on the network computer and request LIVE, TEST and OE. 

2. Must then email Tanico Tan (tanico.tan@phsa.ca) and provide same information: name, ID, ticket number, LIVE, TEST and OE and access similar to listed above.

Omnicell

Students and instructors may be required to access Omnicell to dispense medications and registration for access is required 2 weeks before the placement starts. If an instructor is not entered into HSPnet, they will not get the student's account information sent to them. Returning students who have been previously auto provisioned an "S" account number will not have their account information resent for ongoing placements.  Students are to keep their account information for their entire program and give to their instructors for registering them for Omnicell.

Training:

• Preceptorship students are trained by their preceptor/supervisor.

• For group placements, it is the responsibility of the on-site faculty to train the students in their group.  We ask on-site faculty to arrange for Omnicell training prior to the clinical placement using a school instructor to school instructor approach.

How to register:

Instructors email the following information to PRGH_pharmacy@vch.ca as listed below:

• Instructor name and school

• Student's name

• Student/Instructor User ID (auto provisioned  "S" or "E" account number)

• Location of placement

• Start and end dates of placement 

Glucometer

Nursing students on a practicum placement within Vancouver Coastal Health use a generic student ID for the Nova StatStrip glucose meter.  Please check with your school for the current ID to use.  Training will be given by your preceptor or on-site group instructor. 

In some cases, when the student is working a longer time on the unit and a unique ID and password is needed, they should obtain a unique ID from their respective schools.  The id can be requested by filling in this form.

• For Employee ID, please enter their student number

• For Position, please enter "Student"

Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia Hospital, Richmond Hospital, GF Strong, George Pearson Centre

CST Cerner

VGH requires all students to have training in order to access CST Cerner to document care. Prerequisite on-line modules must be complete before attending training and can be accessed via the Learning Hub. In addition via the Learning Hub, you will be notified of your classroom training which will take place on your first or second day on site. Download CST training checklist for students (excluding medical students and residents).

See more information on the CST pre-placement process for students. 

Important: To complete the online training, you will be required to set up a Learning Hub account or reuse the existing one if it has already been set up.  

• All students need to have only one Learning Hub account, and this one account needs to have just your school email address while you are completing your placement at VCH.
• All students should ensure this information in the Learning Hub account is accurate at least one month before their placement start dates, to ensure you are set up correctly for training and access to our clinical systems.
• Learn how to merge your accounts or update your health organization.

PCIS

Nursing instructors who wish to have PCIS access to support their students can take the PCIS VA/RH Clinical Basics – Online online course on the Learning Hub. Access will be granted once the training is completed and the instructor's name is entered in the HSPnet placement details. For more information visit the PCIS training - VA/Richmond Training Information  page (oneVCH Intranet access required).

Omnicell

Students and instructors may be required to access Omnicell to dispense medications and registration for access is required 2 weeks before the placement starts. If an instructor is not entered into HSPnet, they will not get the student's account information sent to them. Returning students who have been previously auto provisioned an "S" account number will not have their account information resent for ongoing placements.  Students are to keep their account information for their entire program and give to their instructors for registering them for Omnicell.

Training:

• Preceptorship students are trained by their preceptor/supervisor.

• For group placements, it is the responsibility of the on-site faculty to train the students in their group.  We ask on-site faculty to arrange for Omnicell training prior to the clinical placement using a school instructor to school instructor approach.

How to register:

• Vancouver General Hospital/ UBC Hospital/ GF Strong - Instructors email the following information to Omnicell.Administrator@vch.ca

1. Instructor name and school

2. Student's name

3. Student/Instructor User ID (auto provisioned  "S" or "E" account number)

4. Location of placement

5. Start and end dates of placement 

• Richmond Hospital - Instructors email the Unit managers or Unit educators with the following information. Please ask the Unit manager or educator to forward the email to RHSOmnicellPharmacySystem@vch.ca

1. Instructor name and school

2. Student's name

3. Student/Instructor User ID (auto provisioned  "S" or "E" account number)

4. Location of placement

5. Start and end dates of placement 

Glucometer

Nursing students on a practicum placement within Vancouver Coastal Health use a generic student ID for the Nova StatStrip glucose meter.  Please check with your school for the current ID to use.  Training will be given by your preceptor or on-site group instructor. 

In some cases, when the student is working a longer time on the unit and a unique ID and password is needed, they should obtain a unique ID from their respective schools.  The id can be requested by filling in this form.

• For Employee ID, please enter their student number

• For Position, please enter "Student"

Community: Coast Garibaldi, North Shore, Richmond, Vancouver

PARIS / EMR

The PARIS training is offered on the Learning Hub. The online training is self-paced and takes approximately 2.5 hours to complete. It can be accessed on any computer with internet access.

Review the PARIS training instructions for students.

Profile EMR

Profile EMR training for students is offered as a self-paced online course on the Learning Hub. Upon completion of the course, you will also be redirected to the account request form.

Please review the step-by-step Profile EMR training instructions.

Glucometer

Nursing students on a practicum placement within Vancouver Coastal Health use a generic student ID for the Nova StatStrip glucose meter.  Please check with your school for the current ID to use.  Training will be given by your preceptor or on-site group instructor. 

In some cases, when the student is working a longer time on the unit and a unique ID and password is needed, they should obtain a unique ID from their respective schools.  The id can be requested by filling in this form.

• For Employee ID, please enter their student number

• For Position, please enter "Student"

Pixalere

For designated sites in VCH Community, Pixalere is used by nurses to electronically document wound, incision, tube/drain and ostomy care.

Nursing students placed at a site that is using Pixalere are to complete the self-paced online training for Pixalere. The online training can be accessed via the Learning Hub on any computer with internet access and must be completed no earlier than 30 days and no later than 3 business days prior to the placement start date.

Review the Pixalere training instructions for students.

VCH Community, Primary, and Long Term Care Sites

Pixalere

For designated sites in VCH Community, Primary, and Long Term Care, Pixalere is used by nurses to electronically document wound, incision, tube/drain and ostomy care.

Nursing students placed at a site that is using Pixalere are to complete the self-paced online training for Pixalere. The online training can be accessed via the Learning Hub on any computer with internet access and must be completed no earlier than 30 days and no later than 3 business days prior to the placement start date.

Review the Pixalere training instructions for students.

Glucometer

Nursing students on a practicum placement within Vancouver Coastal Health use a generic student ID for the Nova StatStrip glucose meter.  Please check with your school for the current ID to use.  Training will be given by your preceptor or on-site group instructor. 

In some cases, when the student is working a longer time on the unit and a unique ID and password is needed, they should obtain a unique ID from their respective schools.  The id can be requested by filling in this form.

• For Employee ID, please enter their student number

• For Position, please enter "Student"

​