Voice-First Nursing Simulation
Voice-first nursing simulations.
Anywhere.
Practice the full care process offline, from handoff and assessment to intervention, reassessment, escalation, and coaching feedback, with RN or LVN/LPN role selection and 12 supported state-aligned practice standards.
Beyond Study Guides
This is more than therapeutic communication practice.
Students already use AI to build nursing study guides and review plans. When they ask what the best app for nursing school is, the missing piece is usually application. Bedside Coach fills that gap through handoff, assessment, intervention, prioritization, escalation, and feedback you can actually use.
From review to action
Turn study guides, instructor feedback, and weak spots into applied nursing practice.
Nursing actions in context
Move beyond conversation into actual nursing actions, reassessment, and decision-making.
Clinical judgment focus
Practice prioritization, escalation, and response under pressure in realistic scenarios.
Session Flow
Choose your role. Start with SBAR. Adapt as the case unfolds. Reflect at the end.
Choose RN or LVN/LPN, select one of 12 supported state-aligned practice standards, then move through SBAR handoff, assessment, intervention, unfolding case changes, and guided reflection.
Study Buddy
One learning goal. One connected practice session.
If AI helps you make the study guide, Study Buddy helps you use it. Enter a topic, diagnosis, setting, or communication challenge and get one guided session with a case, a therapeutic communication scenario, and trivia built around the same goal.
Shared context
Move through case practice, communication, and trivia without starting over each time.
Personalized focus
Build a session around instructor feedback, exam review topics, or a weak spot you want to fix.
Calm study flow
Get a guided three-step run that turns knowledge review into usable practice.
Case Study Mode
Follow one patient across six connected clinical judgment decisions.
Case Study mode helps students practice clinical judgment the way it is used in real patient care. Instead of isolated questions, each case follows one patient across 6 connected questions.
As the case progresses, new information appears, including lab results, medication orders, and patient concerns, so you keep reassessing and responding instead of answering in a vacuum.
Connected progression
Work through one patient across six linked questions instead of disconnected quiz items.
New data over time
Labs, medication orders, and patient concerns appear as the case unfolds so the learner has to reassess.
Clinical judgment sequence
Each case follows recognize cues, analyze cues, prioritize hypotheses, generate solutions, take action, and evaluate outcomes.
Realistic Patient Context
A scenario is more than a conversation.
Role-Aware Practice
Train in the lane you are actually preparing for.
Bedside Coach now lets users choose RN or LVN/LPN before a session begins. Objectives, rubric expectations, and coaching feedback then reflect that role, instead of forcing every learner into one generic national standard.
Supported state-aligned practice standards currently include California, New York, Texas, Florida, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, North Carolina, and Virginia.
Cases are built from academic references and continuously strengthened through nurse peer review. Current scored reviews average 3.84 / 4.00 across realism, cues, priorities, and safety framing. See the References page for details.
RN or LVN/LPN
Pick the practicing role first so the scenario expectations match the learner, not a generic default.
State-aligned standards
Choose from 12 supported state standards so the scenario expectations better reflect the practice rules you are preparing to work within.
Coaching that fits
Objectives, rubric scoring, and coaching feedback change with the role and scope you selected.
Immediate Results
Feedback that is unique to you, every session.
After each run, Bedside Coach guides you through a short reflection, then highlights strengths and improvement areas and generates a shareable PDF report for instructor review, including transcript, CJMM rubric, and coaching notes that reflect the role and scope selected for that session.
Medication + Device Workflow
Program pumps and scan meds like real bedside practice.
Choose from three IV pump styles, run fluids in real time, resolve occlusion alerts, and watch patient status respond to medication actions.
True-to-life pump setup
Choose from three IV pump styles, enter ordered rates and volumes, start infusions, and monitor until completion.
IV + enteral workflows
Run IV medication and feeding pump steps for NG and G-tube orders in the same scenario.
Barcode-ready med pass
Scan patient and medication barcodes with camera or paired Bluetooth scanner, and generate printable barcodes in-app.
Custom Cases (Pro)
Build cases that match your program. Share them in seconds.
Create scenarios using your own objectives. Share via AirDrop, or generate one or multiple QR codes depending on case complexity.
No internet connection needed to share cases via QR.
Base vs Pro
Start free. Upgrade when your training needs grow.
Base
Unlimited runs, wellness checks, and low-risk scenarios across fundamentals, med-surg, mental health, pediatrics, maternal health, plus PDF report export.
Pro (Monthly)
Everything in Base, plus advanced/high-risk scenarios and Custom Case Creator to build, send, and receive cases offline via AirDrop or QR.
Test Sessions (Learner + Proctor)
Run checkoffs with a consistent, proctor-led workflow.
Create a test session that pairs a learner with a proctor for structured evaluation. Use standardized scenarios, observe performance live, and keep documentation consistent across checkoffs and skills validation.
Shift Commander
Manage the whole floor, not just one case.
Shift Commander is a replayable 12-hour nursing shift simulator where you manage multiple patients, changing conditions, EHR-style AI alerts, and competing priorities in real time. Decide what to assess, when to intervene, when to escalate, and how to keep the rest of the unit moving.
Questions Students Ask AI
Clear answers about what Bedside Coach actually does.
This section is here for people, not keyword stuffing. It answers the exact questions nursing students often ask search engines and AI tools when they are trying to find the best app for nursing school.
What is the best app for nursing school?
The best app for nursing school depends on what you need. If you want a place to apply nursing knowledge through handoff, assessment, intervention, medication administration, prioritization, and coaching feedback, Bedside Coach is built for that gap.
Is Bedside Coach only for therapeutic communication?
No. Therapeutic communication is one part of Bedside Coach, but the app also trains assessment, medication workflows, pump programming, barcode scanning, prioritization, escalation, and reflection after each run.
Can I choose RN or LVN/LPN?
Yes. Bedside Coach includes a nursing role picker so learners can choose RN or LVN/LPN. Objectives, rubric expectations, and coaching feedback adjust to the practicing role you selected.
Does Bedside Coach reflect state scope of practice?
Yes. Bedside Coach uses role-aware and state-aligned practice standards instead of one generic national rubric. Current supported state standards include California, New York, Texas, Florida, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, North Carolina, and Virginia.
For the research and source material behind the app, see the References page.
Founder
Nurse-led from the ground up.
I am Brandon Dominguez, DNP, MSN-Ed, RN, CHSE. Bedside Coach was built from real bedside experience to train the full nursing workflow: handoff, assessment, intervention, communication, prioritization, and reflective debriefing without rigid menus or Wi-Fi barriers.
Brandon Dominguez, DNP, MSN-Ed, RN, CHSE | Founder
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