All features are free. Compare patient-case pump details, keep telehealth notes close, and review debrief transcript evidence with optional retained-audio replay.
Practice the decisions and conversations that matter at the bedside.
Bedside Coach helps nursing students, educators, and simulation teams practice patient care, clinical judgment, and communication. All features are free, including the full case library, study activities, and custom case creation.
WORK THROUGH PATIENT SCENARIOS
Monitor simulated vital signs, review patient records, assessments, orders, and medication information, and practice your next steps. Connect what you see in the chart to the decisions you make at the bedside.
PRACTICE THE CONVERSATION
Rehearse therapeutic communication, including de-escalation, grief, and difficult conversations. Practice simulated telehealth visits with voice or typed responses and optional communication challenges. Choose Notes, Teaching Material, or Transcript in the companion workspace. Keep private notes, drafts, and sharing state while changing panes or available space; sharing starts only when you choose it. Review feedback with excerpts from your responses.
PRACTICE IV PUMP DECISIONS
Practice simulated programming, stop and resume controls, and alarm response. Within a patient case, compare the explicitly linked order and committed pump settings while distinguishing simulated delivery from charted entries. Missing links and order changes stay visible; comparison does not verify medication or document administration.
MAKE A STUDY PLAN
Tell Study Buddy what you want to work on and build a guided session. Explore all Trivia modes and follow a patient through six clinical judgment steps in Case Studies, without a daily Case Studies quota.
BUILD AND SHARE TEACHING CASES
Create custom cases, import supported cases from ChartSlate, and share instructor or student case files. Create a separate QR-locked copy to distribute before class, then share its matching unlock QR or encoded text when you are ready to release it. Imported cases stay available after unlocking.
TEACH, OBSERVE, AND ASSESS
Use Skills & Competency Assessment for standalone checkoffs and proctored scenarios. Apply faculty rubrics, record observations and prompting, review explicit scores, and preserve signed assessments when creating a reassessment. Save and share local PDF reports. On iPhone and iPad, Debrief Coaching links findings to saved transcript evidence when available, with explicit replay of retained audio and recovery controls for interrupted analysis.
PRACTICE ACROSS APPLE DEVICES
Use the Apple Watch companion to provide cues to simulated participants and receive case-specific learner alerts. On Apple Vision Pro, arrange spatial monitoring, patient records, and simulated infusion controls around your practice workspace.
PRIVATE, ON-DEVICE PRACTICE
Supported simulation conversations, speech processing, and coaching run on device. The developer does not receive your cases, recordings, transcripts, or reports. You choose what to export or share; selected external services may have their own network and account requirements. Use fictional or properly deidentified information only.
Apple Intelligence features require compatible hardware, Apple Intelligence enabled, and an available on-device model. Availability varies by language and region. iPhone requires iOS 27 or later; iPad requires iPadOS 27 or later; Apple Vision Pro requires visionOS 27 or later. Apple Watch cues and learner alerts require a compatible connected iPhone and watchOS 26 or later.
Existing subscribers: free feature access does not cancel an existing subscription or renewal. Review your Apple Account subscriptions through Profile > Existing Subscription Support.
For education and simulation only. Not intended for diagnosis, treatment, or real-patient clinical decisions. AI feedback is formative and requires educator review.
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I just started my first clinical rotation in nursing school about 2 months ago. I was terrified about talking to patients, other nurses, and drs. I was afraid that I was going to sound incompetent, so I just kind of hid in the shadows hoping my clinical instructor wouldn’t notice. Well, thankfully she did. She recommended this app to help me practice professional communication and my assessment skills. I used the app pretty much every day for about a month. I started off with the free account, and went through all available scenarios. So I upgraded to Pro after about 2 weeks. My clinical instructor has already said that she can tell a big difference in how I am organizing my thoughts and that I sound much more confident. I love the practice questions and therapeutic communication cases as well. Overall, I think it great and I can see myself using this app even beyond graduation. As for feedback, can you please add the ability to see multiple patients at once? I don’t want to get too ahead of myself, but I know that in my later terms and once I start working, I will have to work with multiple patients at once.
Useful At Home
JazNRN
I have been a nurse for a few years now. I tried this app after a friend told me about it. I did one of the practice simulations and got 70%. I was shocked that it graded me on how I introduced myself to the patient down to if I asked if they had any allergies. I thought it was really cool that the family members and charge nurse can call you in the middle of the scenario. I called the Dr for orders and the app called me out on a less than ideal SBAR Ha Ha, I didn’t think it would be so thorough! I tried the therapeutic communication scenario for grief and I actually got some very good feedback I can use in practice. I saw that you can actually make your own wristbands and mediation barcodes for practice. Seems cool, but I haven’t tried it yet. Overall, I really like it so far. I’m going to keep using the free scenarios and I’ll report back if I feel like the Pro account is worth it. Definitely recommend!
Developer Response
Haha, I love this review so much I might frame it! 😂Welcome to the app, Nurse Rockstar! First off, 70% on your very first sim? That’s actually solid. Most new users get humbled way harder by that picky introduction and allergy check. The app doesn’t play around!So glad the grief/therapeutic communication scenario gave you feedback you can actually use on the floor. That one hits different.And yes… the custom wristband + medication barcode builder is low-key one of my favorite hidden gems. It’s weirdly satisfying when you scan your own fake meds and it actually works.Super happy you’re enjoying it so far! Keep crushing those free scenarios, and when you’re ready to go Pro, I’ll be here cheering you on.Oh yes, btw, try our new update. I added a ton of new stuff requested by users.Thanks for the awesome feedback. You just made my whole day! 💉❤️
Interesting
Bigred6153
I had the chance to see a demonstration at my hospital. I downloaded it and tried all of the free intro and intermediate med surg cases. I really enjoy the notification system. We got a new AI alert system in our charts and it’s not always right. I feel like this feature will help nurses learn to think for themselves and not over rely on AI. My initial scores were low, but once I realized that I am graded on more than my assessment, down to how I call the Dr, I got much higher scores. I can see this really helping the whole nursing process from initial shift handoff, to programming IV pumps, and even your progress note. Great job overall. I am going to get the pro account to check out the other cases.
Developer Response
Thank you Bigred6153 for your review! I have already seen my fair share of sketchy AI alerts in recent EHRs. My hope is that this feature sparks critical thinking in nurses and minimizes over reliance on AI alerts. Please do let me know if there are other pro features you would like to see! 🙏
Impressed
NoelSm62
I really like the app overall. I just finished my residency. Having an app that really looks at everything is great. From your communication to your assessments. I see a lot of value in the end of life care communication too. Can’t wait for future updates.
Developer Response
Thank you for the review. I am glad to hear that you found value in the end-of-life care modules. Please do let me know if there are any other features you would like to see. 😃
Bedside Coach 2.3 improves patient conversations in practice scenarios and telehealth.
• Better handling of questions with several parts, including medication discussions and care-plan review.
• Improved consistency with case information and clearer patient, caregiver, and nurse responsibilities.
• Reduced repetition and better focus when the conversation changes topics.
Patient responses continue to run on device using Apple Intelligence on compatible devices.
For education and simulation only. AI feedback supports practice and educator review.
Version 2.3
The developer, Brandon Dominguez, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Supported Features
Voice Control
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Information
Seller
Brandon Dominguez
Size
699.4 MB
Category
Education
Compatibility
Requires iOS 27.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 27.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 27.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 27.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.