Placement hours tracker
Never lose track of your 2,300 practice hours
Log the hours for every shift and watch them count toward the NMC's 2,300-hour practice requirement automatically, per placement and overall.
For UK student nurses
The student nurse planner built around the NMC standards
PlaceMate helps you track placement hours, log your NMC proficiencies, plan shifts and revision, and practise drug calculations, all in one free app, on any device.
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Practice hours
On track1,472 / 2,300
64%
828 hours to go · 120 simulated of 600
1.1 Accountable practice Achieved
3.2 Assessing needs Developing
4.14 Medicines numeracy Achieved
Illustration of the app
2,300
practice hours tracked
219
NMC proficiencies
7
NMC platforms
£0
free for students
Everything a student nurse needs to stay on track
Purpose-built for the UK nursing degree, from your first placement to registration.
Weekly shift planner
Plan placement, uni and life in one calendar
A calendar built for the realities of a nursing course: long days, night shifts and study weeks. Plan shifts ahead, then mark them as completed to feed your hours log.
NMC proficiency tracker
All 219 proficiencies, and the evidence for each
Track every one of the 219 NMC proficiency statements across the 7 platforms and both annexes. Set a status, attach evidence from your shifts, skills and reflections, and see your gaps at a glance.
Clinical skills passport
The NMC Annexe B skills, plus your own
Your clinical skills list seeds from the NMC's Annexe B nursing procedures, the national baseline every skills passport builds on, and you can add the local skills your university requires.
Medication notes & drug calculations
Build medicines knowledge and numeracy
Keep your own medication notes as you meet new drugs on placement, and sharpen your maths with a drug-calculation practice tool that checks your working and tracks accuracy.
Guided reflections
Reflect with the Gibbs cycle, PII-safe
Write structured reflections using the Gibbs reflective cycle, with a guided prompt for each of the six stages and a standing reminder to keep patient-identifiable information out.
Built on the NMC standards
Hours, proficiencies and skills all follow the NMC Standards of proficiency for registered nurses, so what you track is what your programme assesses.
One place, not five apps
Hours, shifts, proficiencies, skills, medications, reflections and revision, all connected, so evidence flows between them.
Private by design
No patient-identifiable data, cookieless analytics, and a demo mode that keeps everything on your device.
Common questions
How many placement hours do you need for a nursing degree in the UK?
UK pre-registration nursing students must complete at least 2,300 hours of supervised clinical practice. This sits within a minimum 4,600-hour programme (2,300 practice plus 2,300 theory) set by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Up to 600 of the practice hours may be simulated learning. PlaceMate tracks your progress toward the 2,300-hour practice target.
How do I track my placement hours as a student nurse?
Log the hours for each shift as you complete it and count them toward your 2,300-hour NMC practice target. PlaceMate does this automatically: add a shift, mark it counted, and it keeps a running total per placement and overall, flags simulated hours against the 600-hour cap, and shows how many hours you have left.
What are the NMC proficiencies?
The NMC proficiencies are the standards every UK registered nurse must meet, published in the NMC Standards of proficiency for registered nurses (2024). They are organised into 7 platforms plus Annexe A (communication skills) and Annexe B (11 nursing procedures). PlaceMate tracks all 219 individual proficiency statements so you can see, and evidence, exactly what you have achieved.
How do you write a nursing reflection?
A structured model helps. The Gibbs reflective cycle walks through six stages: description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion and action plan. PlaceMate gives you a guided Gibbs template with a prompt for each stage and a standing reminder to keep patient-identifiable information out, so you can link the reflection to a shift or proficiency as evidence.
Is PlaceMate free?
Yes. PlaceMate is free for student nurses. You can start straight away in demo mode on your device with no account needed, or create a free account to sync your data. There is no cost and no card required.
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