jappey17

Hi all, I am an educator in an acute care 400+ bed hospital. We will be going live with our electronic system in September 2012. I also coordinate nursing students. Our hospital wants to NOT have any students during go-live, however, I believe differently. I think student nurses may serve as extra hands to do basic things e.g. passing out water, bringing linen into the room, providing baths to the patients etc. While nurses are learning (we are paying lot of attention to training btw) and dealing with the new system, students can be extra hands. I want to know if any hospitals have allowed nursing students during go-live and how did it go? What strategies were used, was there a limitation on how many students were allowed, what semester students were allowed. I will take whatever information I can get. Above all, how did it go for the bedside staff? Were the students any help or a burden? Any feedback is appreciated. Thank you, Jaspreet