illness or emergency may be required . Make-up options for examinations, including denial for exam make-up, are provided at the discretion of the faculty . • One make-up exam/quiz will be permitted and must be scheduled within 24 hours . The instructor reserves the right to use a diff erent format for make-up exam . • Student has three attempts to pass the medication calculation quiz and laboratory skills competencies to pass the course . Students must achieve a “P” (Pass) on clinical evaluation tool to successful pass the course . Standardized Testing Students are required to take ATI assessments, both Practice and Proctored, as part of their courses . These ATI assessments provide a certain percentage (%) of the final grade in the course . Points for the Practice assessments are based on taking the assessment and remediation; points for the Standardized Proctored Assessments are based on the student score/level and remediation . In the final nursing course, NUR4948, Transition to Professional Practice; Seminar & Practicum, an ATI NCLEX Predictor Assessment is given . All students must pass the predictor tests as outlined in the syllabus . All of the proctored assessments will be administered using a secure, proctored environment . Throughout the BSN Nursing Program, students use the ATI Complete package . The purpose of this package is to prepare students for nursing practice and the NCLEX exam . By participating in this testing service, students will be able to measure their achievement against national norms that have been researched by the company . The complete package includes: 1) a combination of proctored, secure, web examinations; 2) “unsecured, web tests” for practice; 3) review module booklets for each course . Students have access to their own test results while faculty and administrators have access to the test results of all of the students .
with the numerical grade they have achieved in the course . The theory work is not rounded . For example, an 89 . 56 is an 89 . 56 and the student would receive a B in the course . Students can monitor their grades throughout the semester in the learning management system (LMS) . When students have a concern with an academic issue or action during the nursing program, students have the opportunity to express their concern(s) through the proper channels . Every eff ort should be made to resolve the matter at the instructor level . If the concern is not resolved at that level, students may schedule an appointment to discuss the issue with the Director of Nursing . Issues not resolved within the Department may then be discussed with the Executive Vice President . The assessment methods for theory portions of nursing courses include examinations, standardized testing, written assignments, online discussions, and presentations . Examinations The number and weighting (% of total grade) of examinations for each nursing course are specified in the course syllabus . This has been determined by the faculty teaching the course and is based on the type of content and complexity of the student learning outcomes (SLO) . • Examination Policies are as follows: Testing accommodations may be made for those students who have an education accommodation plan on fil . It is the student’s responsibility to inform the faculty of this accommodation . All quizzes, examinations, and proctored ATIs will be administered in person on campus . • Examination grades will be available within a week of the exam unless otherwise noted . • All examinations are to be taken at the scheduled times . Students unable to attend an examination due to illness or an emergency are responsible for notifying the course instructor prior to the examination time . Documentation substantiating the
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