Exxat

The Elaine Marieb College of Nursing is transitioning to using Exxat Prism as our comprehensive clinical education management system. Exxat Prism is utilized for health requirements and pre-clinical requirements, student placement at clinical sites, learning activities, course management, and compliance for accreditation.

A note for graduate students: As a course is transitioned into Exxat Prism we will no longer support it in Typhon/CastleBranch. If you have a gap or return for a new track, you will be required to pay the fee for Exxat Prism and utilize that system.

Implementation timeline: 

  • Summer 2026: N621
  • Fall 2026: N698CA, N698E, and N698G

Questions?

  • For specific faculty and student contacts, please use the drop-down menus below.
  • For all other questions, please contact jheim [at] umass [dot] edu (Jennifer Heim), clinical placement service manager and overall Exxat administrator.

Please click on any topic to find further information on the Exxat system

  • Complete and maintain your profiles and compliance.
  • Monitor the compliance with your assigned students.
  • Course coordinators and clinical faculty have access to their courses and may build out other features to enhance student learning.

What should faculty do in Exxat besides compliance?

  • Once faculty is assigned a course in Exxat Prism they will be able to build out course materials. Please shift clinical course items from Canvas into your course in Exxat. 
  • Faculty assigned to a course will have the ability to review/modify certain settings of the learning activities. 
  • Ensure that students have completed their clinical requirements and required course hours. Check your dashboard for student placements, click on by placement, review coursework. You may also run reports.  

Faculty Training Guide

Contact

Faculty Contact

Initiates faculty profiles and compliance.

Graduate preceptors receive an email link to check students’ learning activities and evaluations in the system.

  • Review time and time off activity. 
    Review patient logs or activity/non-clinical activity logs (depends on course).
  • Complete mid-terms and finals.
  • Watch the preceptor training video.

All students are responsible for completing attestations and maintaining compliance in Exxat Prism.

  • All students are responsible for completing their profile with their current phone number, emergency contact, and address information. Graduate students should add as much information as possible to their profiles, to match potential sites and preceptors. 
  • Exxat’s Overall Student Training Guide 
Undergraduate Students

We will be moving much of your clinical information and course materials into Exxat Prism so many of you will be using a blend of Canvas and Exxat until that is fully transitioned.

Graduate Students
  • Read the preparation for your clinical practicum document which is currently in Canvas. This is essential for your success in the program and helps guide you through the clinical process.
  • Graduate Student Profile Overview​
  • How to Request a Site in Exxat
  • If you need assistance with starting your Exxat accounts, please contact Dorian Pariseau.
  • Graduate students must complete their background check within a 60-day window prior to the start of the clinical. If site requires a drug test (Baystate and Mercy in Massachusetts are examples), you should complete within a 60-day window prior to the start of the clinical. Please confirm requirements along with timeline on background checks and drug testing with your site and please contact your program specialist if you have any questions.
Costs for Graduate Students
  • Exxat Prism usage: $210 plus applical taxes (one-time fee). 
  • Background Check: $75 (New York residents have an additional $108 fee).  
  • Drug Testing is an additional fee and based on which test your site requires. 
Graduate Students Can:
  • Explore clinical locations on your dashboard to connect with clinical placement sites. You may request a site for approval along with seeking out preceptors within the Exxat system. 
  • Ensure that you are assigned the correct course and instructor. 
  • When you have a site/preceptor, make sure they are assigned to you in advance of your course starting. 
  • Complete learning activities that are assigned to you. 
  • Complete patient logs. There is a 5-day logging window!
Contact

Student Contact 
Initiates student profiles and compliance.

As of April 2026.


N621 GCNE Forms/Evals  

  • NUR 621 Advanced Direct Care – Mid Term and Final 
  • Final Student Evaluation of Site 
  • Final Student Evaluation of Preceptor 
  • Patient Logs (this is where you log direct care hours along with your Educational Project Hours for preceptor approval)
    Timesheet (must be submitted every two weeks)
  • Time Off 

PMHNP N698AD, N698CA, N798GF, N798X 

  • PMHNP Clinical Evaluation Tool – Mid Term and Final 
  • PMHNP Clinical Evaluation Tool – Student Feedback of Clinical Site 
  • PMHNP Clinical Evaluation Tool – Student Feedback of Preceptor 
  • Patient Logs 
  • Timesheet 
  • Time Off 

PHNL, MS-PHN Forms/Evals N698G, N798LL, N798M 

  • PH - PHNL Practicum Evaluation – Mid Term and Final  
  • PHNL Non-Clinical Site Practicum Activities Log 
  • PHNL – MS/DNP Practicum Site ACTIVITY LOG 
  • Student Feedback of Clinical Site 
  • Student Feedback of Preceptor 

FNP Forms/Evals N698E, N698X, N798Z, N798KA, N898D FNP 

  • FNP Practicum Evaluation Tool – Mid Term and Final 
  • Final DNP FNP Program Practicum Evaluation Tool 
  • Student Feedback of Clinical Site 
  • Student Feedback of Preceptor 
  • Patient Logs 
  • Timesheet 
  • Time Off