ATTENDANCE POLICY Students who miss more than 20% of the total hours of non-clinical course will be withdrawn from that course. Example: A 40-hour course is offered 4 hours per week: a student cannot miss more than 8 hours of the course, or they will be withdrawn. Please refer to the tables. If a student is withdrawn from a course due to attendance, they are allowed to retake the course one time. If a student is withdrawn from a course for attendance, or fails a course on the second attempt, they are withdrawn from the program.
The Attendance Policy Requires the Following: 1. Attendance is required at all classes, skills lab, and clinical experiences. 2. Students are responsible for understanding the attendance requirements to be in good standing for each course, and attendance will be monitored by the college. 3. Tardiness is deemed unprofessional behavior. See Tardy Policy 4. There is no provision to make up missed courses. Completing hours for missed clinical or lab is determined on a case-by-case basis by the department chair. It is the students’ responsibility to contact the department chair when hours are missed. 5. Students in a clinical nursing course or clinical practicum must complete 100% of the course hours. Any absence from a scheduled clinical nursing course may lead to withdrawal from the course. 6. Bereavement: This is determined on a case-by case basis. Excessive leave may jeopardize the student’s eligibility to remain in the program. 7. Jury/Military Duty: Students chosen for jury/military duty will be required to submit official documentation. If long term service is required, the student must notify the Department Chair of Nursing to discuss options for meeting all program requirements to complete the program. 8. Students who exceed the max attendance limit may complete the Absence Appeal Form. The form should be submitted to the following e-mail address: absenceappeal@ sumnercollege.edu. Appropriate documentation must be attached to the Absence Appeal Form for military, jury duty, medical. Attendance and Participation for Asynchronous Courses Attendance for online courses is posted every Monday and Thursday. To receive attendance students must participate in the course during the time frames being posted. For Monday attendance the student must participate in the course on either (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday). To receive attendance on
the Thursday posting the student must participate in the course on (Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday) of the week being posted. Students must have actively participated to receive attendance, this requires either posting to a discussion thread, taking a quiz or examination, or turning in or participating in an assignment. A minimum required word count of 100 words for the initial post and 20 words for the follow-up post has been added to the rubric for the 20-point Discussion Threads in all RN-BSN courses. Reading in the course or viewing pages does not count towards attendance. Lecture and Skills Lab Tardy Policy Sumner College expects students to attend all scheduled classes and arrive to class on time. If a student arrives 15 minutes after the scheduled start time for any class offered on campus, they are recorded as tardy for the class. Additionally, if a student leaves up to 15 minutes before the instructor dismisses class, a tardy will be recorded for that student. Three (3) incidents of tardiness will result in the equivalent of one class absence. If a student is late to any class by an hour or more, or leaves an hour or more before the end, it will be considered an absence, as the student will not be in a position to fully meet the day’s objectives. If a student misses 20% or more of the total hours of any course, the student will be withdrawn or fail the course (determined by weeks in the term). Any missed lab time may require to be made up during open lab. Clinical Tardy Policy Punctual attendance is required at all scheduled clinical experiences. Failure to be prompt or leaving early from scheduled assigned clinical and lab experiences may result in failure to meet course outcomes leading to failure of lab or clinical experiences. Tardy for clinical or lab is arriving between 5 - 15 minutes late for a scheduled clinical or lab experience. The third tardy occurrence will result in an absence. Arriving more than 15 minutes after the designated start time for any clinical experience will result in an absence. Arriving more than 15 minutes late at a clinical experience will result in the student being sent home. In the lab a student arriving more than 15 minutes late will receive an absence that must be made up during an open lab but will be given the option to remain in the lab to benefit from the experience. Failure to complete all clinical and lab experiences will result in failure of the course.
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