Typhon to find clinical sites?

NICUmiiki, DNP, NP · May 21, 2020

Typhon’s purpose really isn’t for finding preceptors. That’s more of a side effect. The previous students input their preceptors and once you have access you can see a list of previously used preceptors. You still have to contact them, determine if they are still willing & have an opening, convince them to precept you, and arrange everything.

ISTJ nurse · May 21, 2020

Interesting! sounds like possibly a lot of work. Thanks NICUmiiki ?

SummerGarden, BSN, MSN, RN · May 21, 2020

Typhon is also used for you and your preceptors to input and verify your hours.

verene, MSN · May 28, 2020

My school used typhon for tracking of clinical hours and for tracking preceptor feedback/evaluations. It was NOT for finding preceptors. Sure you could see other preceptors in the list who'd at one point in time been credentialed with the university, but given you need a school code to log in - and we didn't receive that code until we started clinicals it wouldn't be useful to find a preceptor.

For me it was mostly useful to get used to common ICD-10 codes and CPT codes for billing... also nice to see a breakdown of patients by age/diagnosis/complexity at the end of the term.

Guest1144461 · May 28, 2020

On 5/18/2020 at 7:47 AM, ISTJ nurse said:
Has anyone used typhon to find NP clinicals? Was it still challenging to find preceptors using this website? Thanks everyone!

This is NOT the purpose of typhon. It's meant to log cases and hours LOL....

ISTJ nurse · May 30, 2020

Thanks Numenor, Verene, and SummerGarden for the clear explanation of Typhon's uses!

Rnis, BSN, DNP, APRN, NP · May 31, 2020

I used it to get a few names. but never paid out for me. Now that I am a NP, timing is everything when students reach out. My general rule of thumb is to say no to anyone who is trying to find a place 1 -3 months prior to the start date. Start early .

ISTJ nurse · Jun 1, 2020

Thanks Rnis for your advice!