Welcome to the TCPS©!
 The shortage of clinical placement sites for nursing students has been identified as a major barrier to expanding enrollment in schools of nursing and forestalling a projected shortage of 35,300 RNs in Tennessee by 2020. To address this concern, the Tennessee Center for Nursing has organized a consortium of Schools of Nursing and Healthcare Facilities to improve the efficacy and capacity of student nurse clinical placements in Tennessee healthcare facilities through the use of a centralized, coordinated, on-line clinical placement and orientation system.
 As this partnership has grown across the state, it has become obvious that similar barriers exists within all healthcare professional educational programs - and that the barriers faced is not just a state-issue - it is a national issue! For this reason, the Tennessee Clinical Placement System - or TCPS has been opened to the allied health professionals in Tennessee and components of the TCPS are available to other states and/or organizations who face similar challenges.
We invite you to spend some time within this site to learn more about our partnership that has become known as the Tennessee Clinical Placement Partnership or TCPP and the solutions we have used to streamline the clinical placement process.
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In keeping with the TCN's mission to guide the ongoing development of a diverse and qualified nursing workforce to meet the healthcare needs of Tennesseans through professional advocacy, industry research, recruitment efforts, and public awareness activities , the Tennessee Clinical Placement Partnership or TCPP joins Schools of Nursing and other healthcare programs with clinical facilities to jointly provide ongoing clinical learning opportunities for students pursuing a healthcare profession.
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