Arrangements to place students with a staff nurse YCI are made through the hospital nursing education coordinator. The coordinator, in concert with the nurse manager or director of the patient care unit on which access for students is being sought, identifies whether the unit can release the instructor to work with students for the necessary time frame. There are times when patient volume or staffing levels preclude the release of the instructor. Often, the hospital may extend the availability of the instructor to a school as a professional exchange without an
associated cost. Any financial arrangements or supplementary income for the CI is at the discretion of the hospital and school.