How It Works

This is full-process nursing practice, not just communication drills.

Bedside Coach walks learners through the real care process: role and scope selection, handoff, assessment, intervention, medication administration, reassessment, escalation, prioritization, and debrief.

For simulation educators, Debrief Coaching can also review faculty-led debriefs after the room clears, giving private facilitation feedback without interrupting the learner experience.

Therapeutic communication is part of the experience, but it sits inside broader nursing judgment and action. That is where the coaching becomes useful.

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Bedside Coach interface showing patient chart and vital monitor

What You Practice

More than what to say. It is what to do, when to do it, and what to learn from it.

Users sometimes assume Bedside Coach is only for therapeutic communication because voice is central to the app. In reality, voice is the interface. The training is the full workflow around it.

See the patient clearly

Start with handoff, chart review, vitals, orders, and evolving clues that shape your priorities.

Take nursing actions

Assess, intervene, administer medications, program pumps, scan barcodes, escalate, and reassess.

Get coached on outcomes

Finish with guided reflection, debrief, and WCAG 2.1 Level AA-aligned PDF reports that explain what helped, what hurt, and what to sharpen.

Study Buddy

If AI helps you study, Study Buddy helps you apply.

Study Buddy turns one learning goal into one connected practice session. Instead of bouncing between disconnected review tools, you get a case, a therapeutic communication scenario, and trivia that all reinforce the same focus.

One Learning Goal Case + Communication + Trivia Shared Context Confidence Building

Study Buddy screen showing a connected nursing study session

Case Study Mode

Practice clinical judgment through one patient, six connected questions, and changing information.

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 you move through the case, new information appears, including lab results, medication orders, and patient concerns, so you reassess and respond just like you would in practice.

Recognize Cues Analyze Cues Prioritize Hypotheses Generate Solutions Take Action Evaluate Outcomes

Before The Scenario Starts

Choose your role and scope before you step in.

Before the case begins, users can choose RN or LVN/LPN and select one of 12 supported state-aligned practice standards. That choice changes the lane the learner is practicing in.

Objectives, rubric expectations, and coaching feedback then reflect the selected role and practice standard instead of relying on a one-size-fits-all rubric. Current supported states include California, New York, Texas, Florida, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, North Carolina, and Virginia.

Role picker

Choose RN or LVN/LPN before the scenario begins.

State-aware scope

Train with one of 12 supported state-aligned practice standards based on publicly available state rules and guidance.

Aligned feedback

Get objectives, rubric scoring, and coaching notes that reflect the selected lane.

RN LVN / LPN 12 State Standards Role-Specific Rubrics

1. Start With Handoff

Step into the scenario with priorities already in motion.

Each run can begin with an SBAR handoff so the learner enters with a patient story, immediate concerns, and a shared mental model. It is a better starting point than dropping into a blank screen.

Practice receiving and interpreting critical information before the case begins

Clarify what matters now, what can wait, and where to focus first

Use communication as the entry point into broader nursing judgment

SBAR handoff conversation before the scenario begins in Bedside Coach

2. Assess The Situation

Review cues, gather context, and decide what needs attention.

Bedside Coach gives learners a patient record, vital monitor, orders, history, diagnostics, and evolving case details. The work is not just talking. It is recognizing what matters and what action it points to.

Read the chart, scan vitals, and connect cues across multiple data sources

Respond to unfolding multi-part cases that reveal new information over time

Build reassessment habits instead of treating the scenario like a one-time conversation

3. Take Action

Move from decision to intervention inside the scenario.

This is where the app clearly moves beyond communication-only training. Learners perform nursing actions such as medication administration, pump programming, barcode scanning, escalation, and workflow decisions that affect the patient.

Choose from three IV pump styles, run fluids in real time, and handle occlusion alerts

Scan patient and medication barcodes with camera or Bluetooth scanner support

Start feeding pumps, intervene, escalate, and watch patient status respond to your choices

Programming IV pump settings in Bedside Coach

Multi-Patient Mode

Manage more than one patient while each room keeps moving.

Multi-Patient Mode gives learners up to 3 patients in one realistic assignment. Each patient starts with an interactive SBAR handoff, and each room keeps its own monitor state, vitals, pump setup, and care progress while the learner moves between rooms.

Learners practice prioritization, time management, delegation, and follow-up as updates arrive from other rooms. Scoring looks at room selection, delegation, and response to changing needs.

Choose a pre-selected patient assignment or build a custom assignment

Delegate CNA/UAP tasks and receive follow-up reports during the scenario

Use realistic assignment rules, including separating OB and pediatric cases and limiting advanced med-surg acuity

Up To 3 Patients Room Switching Delegation Prioritization Scoring

Bedside Coach alerts and workflow interruptions view for multi-patient practice

Spatial Simulation On Apple Vision Pro

Layer digital patient context onto real bedside action.

In visionOS, Bedside Coach places patient conversations, live vital signs, clinical records, alerts, and coaching overlays around the real practice space. The learner still reaches, scans, verifies, assesses, communicates, and manages equipment in the room.

It bridges virtual simulation and high-fidelity simulation: software intelligence without giving up the physical skills that matter.

Use spatial records, medication information, alerts, and coaching around the bedside

Keep learners grounded in real equipment, real movement, and real communication

Turn an appropriate practice space into a responsive clinical simulation environment

visionOS Apple Vision Pro Spatial Clinical Practice

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Bedside Coach spatial IV pump programming workflow on Apple Vision Pro

4. Adapt In Real Time

Keep reassessing when priorities compete.

Multi-Patient Mode trains a realistic patient assignment. Shift Commander takes that prioritization muscle into a replayable, arcade-style 12-hour shift where multiple patients, changing conditions, AI-style alerts, and new demands compete for attention.

Manage a multi-patient assignment with tradeoffs, interruptions, and changing conditions

Choose how to spend attention across assessment, intervention, delegation, escalation, and family communication

Practice in Daily Shift, Weekly Challenge, and Custom Shift modes with different starting levels

12-Hour Shift Multi-Patient Priority Management Daily, Weekly, Custom Modes Safety + Efficiency Scoring

Shift Commander multi-patient shift simulator screen in Bedside Coach

5. Review And Improve

Finish with reflection, coaching, and a clearer next step.

Bedside Coach closes the loop after each run. Learners complete guided reflection, review coaching feedback, and can export PDF reports that make the session useful for practice, remediation, faculty review, or trend tracking. PDF exports align with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA.

For structured evaluation, test sessions pair a learner with a proctor so checkoffs and skills validation follow a consistent workflow. Objectives, rubric scoring, and coaching notes reflect the role and scope selected for that run.

For faculty development, Debrief Coaching reviews debrief conversations after students leave, separates faculty and learner voices, and returns timestamped feedback aligned with PEARLS and INACSL-informed facilitation practices.

Guided Reflection

Capture what went well, what you would change, and the reasoning behind your decisions.

Coaching Feedback

See strengths, gaps, and action-oriented next steps, not just a generic score.

Shift Commander Debrief

Review performance across safety, prioritization, communication, and efficiency at the end of each shift.

Proctor Workflow

Use standardized test sessions for observation, skills validation, and exam-style practice.

Debrief Coaching

Review open-ended questions, learner reasoning, psychological safety, advocacy-inquiry, and talk-time balance after the debrief ends.

Bedside Coach proctor dashboard used for test sessions

Ready To Practice?

Train the full care process with coaching that follows your actions.

Bedside Coach is for real nursing practice: what you notice, what you do, what you say, and what you learn after the shift ends.

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