Title: Clinical Laboratory Experience and Attendance
Course: NUR 2811C Role Transformation > Section: Module 1 - Preceptor Experience

Clinical Laboratory Experience

1. CPR Certification must remain current throughout enrollment in the nursing program, as well as PPD and other health records, as required by facilities.
2. The student will work independently as a team member with hospital staff under the supervision of a Registered Nurse Preceptor and/or faculty member.
3. Students must have satisfactory clinical performance to complete the course. Should a student receive an unsatisfactory evaluation for two clinical criteria, the performance will be considered unsafe practice and will constitute a clinical failure. For each unsatisfactory item, the date the student demonstrated the undesired behavior will be indicated. A clinical failure results in a course failure.
  - *The student will complete 75 hours of clinical experience, which will primarily include assignments on selected medical, surgical, and telemetry units. This will include shifts which may consist of 7A-3P, 7A-7P, 7P-7A 3P-11P and/or 11P-7A. This variation of time frames will allow the student to view and participate in delivery of care on all shifts. The shifts will be scheduled based on hospital availability. The shifts will be at the discretion of the hospital, clinical coordinator and/or clinical instructor.
4. All written work submitted for a nursing course (including exit prescriptions) must follow the rules of writing. All written work must be the work of the student stated in the student’s own words. Any sources used must be cited using APA format in text and in the reference list. Plagiarism is a form of cheating (see college policies).

Clinical Attendance

Students are required to attend all scheduled clinical hours. Students are to report all absences to the faculty member for approval prior to the scheduled clinical experience. Documentation validating the reason for the approved absence must be provided if requested. Students will be allowed to make up an approved absence at the discretion of the faculty member and only during those times designated by the faculty member. Clinical absence must be made up and may not exceed one clinical day.

An incomplete grade or failing grade may result from absences. Due to the time constraints of this course, clinical make up days may need to be scheduled at a time after the completion of the course, resulting in an incomplete grade. (Reminder: Students with an incomplete grade are not permitted to participate in the pinning ceremony.)

As this course is a role transformation into professional nursing, clinical tardiness will not be tolerated. Clinical tardiness (such as arriving late for the start of clinical and leaving clinical early, etc…) is determined by the instructor and may result in dismissal for the day. Two episodes of tardiness will equal one clinical absence.
If the student is tardy more than one day, the student will be sent home and will have an absence for the day.

If the student is tardy on more than one occasion, a course failure may result.