Prepare practice ready clinicians beyond NCLEX
Clinical Student Edition helps nursing programs prove clinical readiness, streamline clinical placements, and strengthen hospital partnerships before graduation. Join other leading academics in preparing students beyond NCLEX.
A readiness gap is ending nursing careers before they start
Too often, students enter clinical environments underprepared. Curriculum gaps persist, and national NCLEX pass rates are declining. Programs need measurable insight into readiness before students reach the bedside.
of healthcare leaders do not believe new graduate nurses are ready to adapt to clinical environments
of newly licensed nurses will leave their job within two years
of clinical students wanted additional development to help survive their first year as a nurse
Learn more about the products behind The Clinical Student Edition
Clinical Student Edition brings together purpose-built tools that support competency development, clinical thinking, safety education, and transition-to-practice preparation.
Identifies thinking gaps and delivers personalized readiness development before practicing.
Builds structured critical thinking and clinical decision-making skills for practice readiness.
Standardized, hospital-aligned compliance training, sed by 70% of hospitals, to verify requirements before rotations, reduce regulatory risk, and ensure students arrive fully cleared and confident.
Delivers verified resuscitation certifications and real-world life-saving skills, so students enter rotations fully compliant and clinically prepared.
Guided support and readiness tools-like Sigma’s “Surviving Your First Year”- ease the move from student to practicing nurse.
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Strengthen progression & graduation readiness
Across nursing education, one concern keeps surfacing: Students pass the NCLEX — but struggle to adapt in real clinical environments.
Prepared nursing students should meet these criteria before they land a job:
- Clinical judgment
- Day-one confidence
- Workflow familiarity
- Safe decision-making
Because hospitals no longer measure success at graduation. They measure it at bedside performance.
Turn clinical readiness into measurable insights
For 35 years HealthStream has worked with 1,700+ schools and 4,000+ hospitals onboarding, assessing and developing clinicians in real hospitals.
With Clinical Student Edition, you can:
• Measure clinical judgment in real-world scenarios
• Prepare students before clinical placement
• Support data-informed progression decision
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2025 Trends Among Future Clinicians
Data-backed findings show how rotations influence hiring,readiness, and retention, and what academic leaders can do to graduateworkforce-ready clinicians.
Who Clinical Student Edition serves?
Clinical Student Edition supports deans, academic leaders, clinical faculty, and workforce partners who share responsibility for preparing the next generation of clinicians.
Deans & Academic Leaders
Prove readiness and stregthen program reputation
Clinical & Workforce Leaders
Hire confident graduates, reduce onboarding strain
Healthcare Students Preparing for Practice
Enter practice prepared for long-
Move from preparing for exams to preparing for practice
Clinical Student Edition enables nursing programs to replace assumption with evidence. Strengthen confidence in graduate preparedness and support students before they ever enter practice.
See how leading programs are closing the readiness gap
Discover how Clinical Student Edition improves clinical readiness and transition to practice.