Capture your learning
Press record on the way home and talk your shift through. SoliWard transcribes it and tidies the wording into professional, anonymous language — the words stay yours.
SoliWardYour placement journey, in one place
The digital placement companion for student nurses.
SoliWard works alongside you throughout placement, not just at the end of it. Track your progress, capture your learning, reflect on your experiences, see how you're developing and build a professional portfolio that grows with you.
My placement journey
Your placement dates, shifts, hours, learning experiences, reflections, check-ins, wins, supervision and portfolio evidence all belong to the same story. SoliWard keeps them together as a living record of your development.
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Experience
Your shifts, your placement, your day as it actually happened.
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Capture
Log it by voice or in writing while it's still fresh.
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Reflect
Work through it with Gibbs, Rolfe or Driscoll, in your own words.
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Learn
Notice the themes, patterns and questions coming out of your practice.
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Develop
See confidence, hours and skills moving over weeks and placements.
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Evidence
Turn what you did into evidence you can point to.
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Portfolio
Bring it together as a professional portfolio you own.
Everything placement asks of you, organised
SoliWard helps you record, organise and understand your own placement experience — wellbeing included, in the context of the placement you're actually on. It is not a therapy or mental health service.
Reflect on your experiences
Choose Gibbs, Rolfe or Driscoll. SoliWard asks useful reflective questions, helps structure your thinking and suggests learning themes you may want to explore. You decide what it means.
Build your professional portfolio
Everything you record becomes part of your record of development — ready to export for supervision, your assessor or your first job application.
Tools that support your placement
Placement check-ins
Four quick scales — demand, support, confidence and mood — so you can notice patterns in how this placement is going for you.
Five-minute reset
Breathing, grounding and a short gratitude note to help you switch off after a demanding shift.
Your wins
Skills signed off, feedback from your supervisor and the moments you handled well — recorded as they happen.
Hours and placement progress
Set your required hours and watch your progress and milestones move with every shift you log.
Mentor and supervision learning
Record agendas, objectives agreed and the actions you're taking away, so supervision feeds your development.
Portfolio and evidence
One PDF drawing together your statement, hours, reflections, wins and supervision record.
Interactive reflection, in your own words
SoliWard asks useful reflective questions, helps you structure your thoughts, points out possible learning themes and helps you organise the evidence. Your experience, your judgement and your words stay central — it never reflects for you, and it never replaces your mentor or your professional judgement.
Three reflective models, properly supported
Gibbs' Reflective Cycle
Six stages
The most widely taught model on UK nursing programmes. Good when you want to work through an experience thoroughly.
Rolfe et al.
What? So what? Now what?
Short and direct. Ideal for a quick reflection at the end of a shift.
Driscoll's Model
What? So what? Now what?
A gentle, question-led structure often used for supervision discussions.
Built to keep patients anonymous
We never ask for patient names, NHS numbers, addresses or diagnoses. Before you save, the app flags anything that looks identifiable and offers a de-identified rewrite. Your reflections are private to your account, encrypted at rest, and yours to export or delete at any time.
Wellbeing
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Your sister wellbeing app
Need a little support beyond placement? Solisure offers practical wellbeing tools and self-reflection for looking after yourself outside the placement workflow.
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