A satisfactory clinical grade and C (75) or above theory grade MUST be obtained to complete the course successfully. The student cannot pass the course if unsuccessful in either theory or clinical. Furthermore, it is understood that your role is as a student: (1) enrolled in a clinical course requiring your presence at the health care facility; (2) not an employee of the institution or of the health care facility; (3) not expecting nor receiving compensation for participation in the clinical course from either the institution or the health care facility; and (4) not promised nor offered a job at the health care facility as a result of participation in the clinical course. Learning Resources Center The Department of Health Professions has established a Learning Resources Center. The Center is stocked with easily accessible resources to help you reach these objectives. There is a specialized area The Nursing NCLEX Resource Center devoted to NCLEX preparation. These resources include audio visuals and computer software, additional reference materials for review or remediation assessment examinations and study guides. These audio visuals and computer software are supportive of the concepts discussed and objectives of the course. Tutors are available by appointment for student requiring remediation. Tutors schedules are posted each semester. The Instructional Center is open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both campuses. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certification All students are required to become certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation at the basic level for health professionals prior to being permitted to engage in any clinical experience. Health Form Each student must have on file a current health status form. An annual health examination including TB skin test and/or chest x-ray is required of students whose course of study extends past a twelve-month period. Additional immunizations may be required based on Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommendations. Background/Drug Screen Policy Any student who enrolls in a Lawson State Community College nursing program and desires to participate in courses which have a clinical component is required to have an initial pre- clinical drug and alcohol screening. The student must abide by the College’s Drug and Alcohol Screen Policy and Clinical agency policy for which the student is assigned clinical practice. This policy includes random drug and alcohol screening and reasonable suspicious screening. Students will be required to submit to a criminal background screening prior to being allowed to begin clinical experiences. Many of our clinical affiliates require the background screening as part of the clinical contractual agreements with the nursing programs. Any student who is denied access to a clinical experience by a clinical affiliate due to adverse findings on the background screening may be subject to dismissal from the nursing programs. Additionally, students who refuse to submit to a criminal background screening may be subject to dismissal from the nursing program. Students are responsible for the payment of the background check.
Professional Behavior
Students must abide by both the Department of Health Professions and the clinical agency policies.
It is the responsibility of the student to notify the clinical facility and instructor in advance if the student will be either tardy or absent for the scheduled clinical experience. Failure to notify the instructor and clinical facility in advance will result in a clinical absence for the day. Any missed clinical days are required to be made-up. Students must maintain patient information confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA requirements. Failure to do so will result in a clinical absence for the day. Students are to remain in their assigned clinical area. Leaving the clinical area without permission of the clinical instructor will result in a clinical absence for the day. Displaying poor professional behavior during Clinicals can lead to dismissal from the program. This includes, but is NOT limited to, receiving complaints from physicians, nurses, hospital or clinical personnel, instructors and patients. Altercations at Clinical sites will NEVER be tolerated (either verbal or physical) and can lead to immediate removal from the program following a due process hearing. Clinical Procedures Performance All students must be able to satisfactorily perform clinical skills required in previous prerequisite nursing courses. A student who performs unsatisfactorily on a nursing procedure in the clinical area will be given an unsatisfactory for the procedure and must return to the college practice laboratory and satisfactorily demonstrate the skill within the time frame determined by the instructor. Unsatisfactory performance of the skill in the college practice laboratory means that the student is unable to meet the objectives for the nursing course and must withdraw from the course. Clinical Experience Policy The clinical evaluation tool is written in accordance with the program and course outcomes and includes expected behaviors and characteristics for clinical participation as well as for written assignments. The clinical evaluation tool will be shared with and explained to the student prior to the clinical rotation. Written assignments will be an inherent aspect of the clinical experiences. All written assignments must be turned in on date due in the acceptable form (type or ink written neatly on lineless paper). Written work received after the due date will be considered late (unless the dates have been extended by the instructor). IF ALL WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS ARE NOT RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE END OF THE SEMESTER, THE STUDENT WILL RECEIVE A COURSE GRADE OF “I”. All requirements to remove an “I” must be completed within six weeks of the following semester in which the grade was given. If requirements are not completed within the six weeks period, the grade of “F” will be assigned.
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