1 Articulate the role of generalist registered nurse and begin to assume responsibility for professional practice within the discipline of nursing.
2 Develop a working knowledge of emotional intelligence, incorporate self-care and the use of feedback and reflection for improvement.
3 Begin applying frameworks for critical thinking and decision making in nursing, demonstrate accountability for decisions and actions.
4 Work to improve flexibility, organizational skills, and resiliency.
5 Integrates assessment skills into and uses findings as a basis for nursing care plans which reflect the unique needs and goals for each patient.
6 Articulate responsibilities of the members of the multidisciplinary health care team, respect contributions of all team members, and demonstrate the ability to develop working relationships.
7 Demonstrate clinical reasoning and intellectual curiosity by incorporating knowledge from nursing, previous learning and personal knowledge. Utilize EBP.
8 Begin applying frameworks for critical thinking and decision making in nursing, demonstrate accountability for decisions and actions. Work to improve flexibility, organizational skills, and resiliency.
9 Practice within legal and ethical frameworks; demonstrate personal and professional values when addressing common clinical problems presenting typical legal and ethical challenges.
10 Demonstrate a basic knowledge of professional communication (in its various forms) and utilize effective skills with colleagues and clients.

Professionalism/Attendance/Participation(class) | 15%
CompetencyAssessments/Scenarios | 10%
Ticketstoclass,ClinicWorksheets,andvSims | 10%
ClinicalPerformance | 35%
CarePlan | 30%
TOTAL | 100%

Grades are determined in accordance with the policy of the Department of Nursing. The grading scale is as follows:

94-100%=A 87-89%=B+ 77-79%=C+

90-93%=A- 84-86%=B 74-76%=C

80-83%=B- <74=F

A cumulative score of 74% or higher is needed to successfully complete nursing courses with a passing grade.
For policies regarding incomplete or withdrawal, please refer to the current University catalog. The final course grade will
NOT be rounded up to a whole number (e.g., 93.99 = A- not 94 = A).

Each assignment in Canvas will have directions on the page of the assignment. If the assignment is not clear, please clarify
with the instructor.
I. INITIAL DOCUMENTATION NEEDED FOR CLINICAL ROTATIONS
Expected Outcome
Students practice within legal and ethical frameworks. Students are responsible and accountable for their own
actions.
Clinical Documentation
Nurses are responsible for complying with industry standards to ensure safety of both the worker and the client. It
is up to the nurse to follow the policies and procedures of SUU Nursing Program and of the clinical agency by
taking responsibility for the documentation of all clinical requirements as addressed in the student handbook.
Clinical documents will be handed out the first week and are expected to be completed and submitted to Teresa
Higbee no later than the date on the assignment. If the required documentation is not submitted by the deadline
posted in Canvas, it will result in a clinic point. If you have ANY questions about documentation, please see
Teresa.
A checklist of compliance data is maintained in the Nursing Office file. Non-compliance with these Department of
Nursing requirements will prevent you from participating in clinical components of your course work.

All immunizations must be turned in promptly. All drug screens must be taken the day the student is slated to take
the screen, if a student misses that date they were assigned to take the drug screen they will receive a clinical point
and need to reschedule another date with Teresa. If a student is on a medication that they know will come up
positive in a drug screen, wait until the drug screen comes back, then bring the prescribed medication into the
office when asked to do so. The DON reserves the right to do random drug screens throughout the semester.
BLS certification cards need to be turned into Teresa ASAP. Do not email Teresa the email you receive stating
your card is ready, she cannot open that because it is locked with your password. Download and print a copy and
hand in the hard copy. It is your responsibility to make sure this is done before the deadline!!! If it takes more than
a few days to receive your BLS results, check your spam file. If you need to, have it resent. Do not wait and risk
getting a clinical point.
Intermountain Documentation
Each student will be a sign-on for Intermountain to complete their clinic documentation online. The completion of
this is included in the clinic documentation above. There will be an in-person orientation at Cedar City Hospital.
At this orientation each student will be given an orientation checklist for Cedar City Hospital. This document is for
the entire semester and each unit you go on will have to be documented on that form. The student is responsible
for having the form filled out and turning in the completed orientation into the instructor present at the orientation.
If the form is not turned in, or is not correctly completed, the student’s grades will be held until the form is
completed and is correct.
II. NURSING PRACTICE LAB
Expected Outcome
Students will gain factual knowledge of the fundamentals of nursing. Students will develop fundamental nursing
skills and learn to apply these skills to patients in the nursing lab. Students will safely perform fundamental nursing
skills and modify techniques as needed according to individual patient characteristics and needs.
General Description
Students gain mastery in the performance of new skills through demonstrating competence in all learning activities.
As self-motivated, active learners, students take initiative for their own learning by organizing time and resources
to complete all lab skill learning according to specified criteria.
Learning in the practice in the nursing lab allows flexibility, within guidelines, to accommodate individual learner
styles, preferences, and timeframes. Clear criteria, adequate preparation, and skills practice, followed by faculty
validation of competence ensures that students learn not only technical skills but also the role of the RN in the
performance, delegation, and supervision of skills.
● Please be sure that phones are on silent/vibrate while in class or in clinical, and please refrain from using your
phone for other than academic purposes during this time. Students will be asked to turn off phones if it is found that
the behavior is disruptive, and risk losing participation points.
● It is mandatory to bring the skills book to class. This book helps students to understand the step of each skill and
why each step needs to be done. There are other available resources such as Canvas and materials listed in each
module for each day. Lippincott has many resources that can be used as well. It is expected that students will learn
to utilize the resources available to them.
● Lab policy indicates open toe shoes are not acceptable and clothing too loose or with dangling decorations may
present a safety risk. If shoes are inappropriate, a student will be asked to go home and don the proper shoes. Hair
should be contained, if the student is asked more than once in a day to control hair, the student will receive a
clinical point. Students may wear comfortable clothing in the lab but must be modest and appropriate. The less skin
showing the better for the comfort of the mannequins and the students. If students do not adhere to these rules, they
risk losing performance points for the day and/or obtaining a clinical point and/or being asked to leave the lab.
● Students consistently apply safety and asepsis principles. Students should cleanse their hands prior to any practice
sessions and periodically throughout class. This routine will develop a habit of hand cleansing, help maintain
mannequins and equipment in a cleaner state, and reduce cross-contamination in the lab.
Assignments

Tickets to class- After attending NURS 3130 on Tuesday, prepare for scheduled practice lab by viewing the
videos, completing “Ticket to Class” assignment, and reviewing any suggested references listed in the module.
These tickets must be turned in before class on Wednesday or the student will be asked to leave class until the
tickets are submitted. No exceptions. Students will lose participation points and may have to reschedule lab time
according to the amount of time missed. It is up to the student to be sure the correct assignment is uploaded into
Canvas.
Independent study in the lab- Students will document their independent (non-scheduled) bedside practice on the
sheet in the log book at the front of the lab in the manner of the example given. Students are required to obtain at
least 20 hours of independent lab practice over the course of the semester but may do more if desired. Student
hours will be reviewed by the instructor intermittently throughout the semester. Not completing the required hours
may result in failing 3135, or an incomplete grade, as this is a pass/fail assignment.
There will be posted scheduled hours on the door of the lab so that students may plan their week. Only hands-on
skills practice is acceptable to fulfill the required hours as this is the only venue where this can be done. Studying
for other classes, reading ATI, etc. are not acceptable use of lab time as this can be done in the library. If the
student is not using lab time appropriately, they may be asked to leave and to forfeit their time to date. The student
must document (see example in lab book) use of lab time for credit, if the documentation is not done properly, the
hours will be forfeited, and the student will start from zero. Acceptable skills to practice are those learned in 3135
and 3120.
Study day during finals week is not possible as the lab will be closed for final validations. The last possible time to
get open lab hours for the semester is the Friday before finals week, so plan accordingly.
Skills book note: This semester and this semester only we will use the skills in Taylor’s Clinical Nursing Skills,
this is because it gives students the basic steps on how to perform the skills and rationales. It is mandatory that this
book be brought to each class. Starting with level 2 the Lippincott Nursing Procedures, will be the skills book the
student will utilize and there is access to this book through the SUU library or the Current Student Resources page.
Skills pass offs- are individual pass offs that students need to perform for an instructor. They are pass/fail and
must be completed in a timely manner by a specified date. If the pass offs are not performed by the due date a
clinical point will be awarded for failure to complete clinical preparation assignments.
Skills will be learned in lab class, instruction will be provided, resources will be provided on how to properly
perform the skill and it is expected that students will practice the skills before attempting to pass them off for an
instructor. If there is no documentation that the student has practiced the skill, or if a student cannot perform the
skill as per the supplied rubric, they will be asked to remediate and will have an hour added to their 20 hours of lab
time for the remediation. The student may reschedule after the remediation is complete.
Students should not sign up to do pass offs when they are scheduled to be in a class or a clinical rotation, this is to
be done during the students’ free time. . If you sign up for a pass off and do not show, you will receive a clinic
point. Only sign up if you are prepared and are able to show up on time. Students should plan to do pass offs on the
days that they do not have clinicals in order to get them completed. Pass offs will be from 0830-1130. This allows
the instructors to be at the clinic sites in the mornings and then to return to check on students. Student issues at
clinical will take precedence over pass offs.
Pass off sign-ups are in a Google doc that students will be able to edit. There will be a new pass-off sign up for
each week and will be released each Monday in an announcement. The announcement will contain the link for
students to sign up.
III. COMPETENCY ASSESSMENTS/SCENARIOS
● Competency assessment is defined as a demonstration of competence of a student in meeting standards
and criteria for performance of safe and effective skills which is performed in a controlled environment.
Feedback will be given at the end of the assessment by an assessor and all participants will be required to
give feedback on their feelings with regard to the success of the assessment.
● A scenario is considered a simulated life-like experience that is replicated with a live person or a manikin.
● The person who observes, assesses and evaluates a competency assessment is generally an instructor.
A rubric provides instructions and the criteria for grading, and post-validation self-assessment. This will
be available for the students to view before each comp assess, so they understand what the expectations
are of the assessment.
● Debriefing is a post-assessment activity where feedback is provided, and guided reflection is encouraged
regarding the performance of the simulation participant(s). Students will be given their grade on the
competency assessment at this time.
● If the assessor believes that the student is unsafe in performing the skills, it is the assessor's decision as to
whether or not the student should remediate and/or be reassessed.
Specific remediation will be discussed with the student and extra lab hours will be assigned. These
must be completed before the end of the semester.
● There will be various competency assessments and scenarios throughout the semester and the dates &
times will be posted in the clinic schedule.
● Mentors may run the scenarios instead of instructors. A mentor may be a student from another class and
or a community member. The mentor should command the same respect as if they were an instructor. If
that is an issue, please notify the instructor of the class.
1. STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES:
● Students consistently apply safety and asepsis principles. Students should cleanse their hands prior to any
practice sessions and periodically throughout class. This routine will develop a habit of hand cleansing,
help maintain mannequins and equipment in a cleaner state, and reduce cross-contamination in the lab.
● Students will be required to wear the SUU nursing uniform in a professional manner, and come prepared
for all competency assessments and scenarios as if they were going to an outside clinical. Readiness and
appearance will be graded based on the Professionalism & Participation rubric if no other rubric is in
place.
● No fraternizing in the hall or lab after competency assessments. This is considered cheating and all
participants may receive a failing grade for the day.
● Students are responsible to complete the 20 required hours of mandatory self-study in the lab and to keep
track of their hours in the book provided in the lab. These are part of the required hours to pass this class.
The hours will be checked periodically by the instructors to ensure compliance.
● Ask questions.
2. EXPECTATIONS OF STUDENT COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT PERFORMANCE:
● Students are expected to “talk to” mannequin/model/live person, utilizing communication techniques,
questions and teaching appropriate to the scenario and procedure.
● Students are expected to THINK OUT LOUD while performing the assessment. Thinking out loud helps
to clarify your actions to the assessor. For example, when donning PPE, state why you are doing so.
● Students are expected to “take action”. This means that they will show the steps in performing skills. The
assessor/mentor is expecting to see the skill performed. The student should avoid statements like “I
would normally put gloves on”. The student needs to don the gloves.
● A debriefing will occur immediately following the assessment, the student’s performance will be
critiqued, and the student’s grade will be revealed. If it is a group situation, the students may be graded as
a group or individually depending on the circumstances.
● Competency assessments are timed. A five-minute warning may be given to the students to make them
aware of their time. Once the allotted time is up the competency assessment is over. Students are
expected to perform the validation within the stipulated time, or they will lose points for all skills not yet
performed.
● There may be an associated assignment after the competency assessment..
● Competency assessment times will be scheduled on the clinic spreadsheet. Students will be expected to be
fluid on these days and come 15 minutes before their scheduled time and be prepared. Not being prepared
or not arriving on time may result in a reduction of points.
● Competency assessments will build on the skills the students have learned in the lab. All skills/drugs will
be listed on the practice scenarios they have had in class and the students will be expected to be familiar
with them.
● Scenarios may use the element of surprise, as it is in “real life”. Students may walk into a scenario with
no pre-briefing on certain aspects and will be expected to engage in critical thinking.

CLINICAL PERFORMANCE
Expected Outcome:
As novice nursing professionals, students provide quality, patient-centered care for clients with common health
problems. They will demonstrate professionalism, communication, and integrity in the clinical settings and the DON
Learning Lab.
General Description:
Nursing is a practice discipline and cannot be learned solely in the classroom. Through supervised clinical practice,
students apply their nursing knowledge base, gain further competence in skills, and utilize problem-solving abilities to
plan, deliver, and evaluate care to individual clients. As novice nurses, students demonstrate expected professional
behavior in clinical practice sites, proper communication with the interdisciplinary team and patients and maintain
confidentiality.
Professionalism in a nursing student:
Students are responsible for understanding and following the professional expectations of being a SUU nursing student
as found in the following document: Clinic Expectations Link
Clinic Spreadsheet:
~A clinic schedule has been devised that contains all the student clinicals for the semester. The assignment of the
clinical schedule will be on the first day of class and will be randomly selected by each student. The clinic spreadsheet
is fluid and changes may be made during the semester due to changes in availability. Only instructors may change the
spreadsheet, but students are able to request changes via the instructor.
~Each student will have one horizontal line that contains the clinic rotations for the entire semester. Each space will
denote the specific clinic site to attend. If a space is blank, there has been no clinical assigned on that day and is free
time for the student.
~ Students may switch a clinical day for another clinical day of another classmate with permission of Donna D. The
student who wishes to swap their day will send an email stating the day of the desired switch and the date they wish to
switch to, and who they are switching with, and the other student will be included on the same email. Students must
adhere to the clinic schedule unless given permission to do otherwise. All changes need to be approved by Donna D
and it should be in writing via email or the very least by text. Any student not getting approval for clinic day changes
will lose participation points and risk getting a point.
~Students will text into a clinical site indicating they have arrived and will then text out of the clinic site once they are
done for the day. The instructors phone numbers are on the clinic spreadsheet. The key in the clinic spreadsheet will
indicate which instructor should be texted for each site. If a student does not text the appropriate instructor they will
lose points for the day.
Clinic Assignments:
~Attend all scheduled clinical experiences. See above for policy on missed clinical days. Bring all equipment and
forms needed. Points will be deducted as per the clinic rubric.
~Complete Clinical Worksheet or Care Plan as directed in Canvas depending upon clinic site. Each clinic experience
will have some sort of assignment attached to it. All the assignments are due the Sunday after the clinic experience.
There will be no due date in Canvas so it is up to the individual students to know when they are to turn in the
assignment. The only assignment that is not due on the Sunday after the clinic is the care plan-that does have a due
date towards the end of the semester. If a student chooses to do their care plan at a clinic site then they will not turn in
anything the Sunday after that chosen clinic. If a student swaps a clinic day with another student it is their
responsibility to be sure they can complete all their clinic assignments.
~Most assignments can be submitted into Canvas more than once before the due date, (for corrections or
improvements) but after the due date, or after the assignment has been graded the students cannot make revisions.
~ It is up to the student to verify that the correct assignment is being submitted into Canvas. Blank documents or
incorrect assignments will not receive any points.
~ Failure to follow the assignment directions in Canvas may result in a loss of points for the assignment.
~Skills pass offs. These do not have a grade, but are pass/fail and must be completed satisfactorily in order to pass
3135
~Complete the required hours of clinical experiences to pass this course or receive an incomplete for 3135 until the
hours are completed.
~ Understand how to perform the COVID test Binaxnow. Videos available in Canvas.
~Complete the required 20 hours of practice in the DON lab.e
Incomplete clinic/lab hours:
If the required lab hours, skills pass offs, or any part of the required clinical hours for 3135 are not completed in the
course of one semester, the student may receive an incomplete grade. Makeups will be at the discretion of the
instructor based on time and availability.

 Patient Coaching 
Clinical Assignment 
Orientation
Orient /c Erin PAPR 
VS/asepsis 
VS/02/pain/PPE 
VS/bed/live assess/trach 
med adm/glucose  
med adm/SBAR 
scenario/med adm/labs 
act/safe/hyg 
elec/spike&prime
skin/wound 
Inject 
blood/periop 
GI
GU 
Death
simulations
scenarios
assessments 

Papers/assignments are due at the time designated. There will be no late assignments accepted and there will be no
extensions. You are embarking upon a career where you are expected to be timely, those expectations start here. Please plan
accordingly! Computer systems are great when they work-they invariably fail the day the assignment is due, so turn your
work in early!
Tickets to class are due before the first Wednesday class begins, if the assignment is missing from Canvas the student will be
asked to leave lab class until the ticket is turned in and will incur all penalties associated with not being in class such as a
loss of points.
It is the student’s responsibility to check if the correct assignment is uploaded into Canvas. No points will be awarded for
incorrect or incomplete submissions.
Most assignments will have due dates in Canvas, but some clinical assignments will not and are due after a clinic rotation is
done. It will be stated in the clinic assignment what day the assignment is due after the clinic rotation (usually Sunday). It is
the student’s responsibility to check the instructions for the assignments and know when they are due.

Make-up work for extra credit or in place of missed assignments for classes will not be provided.

This class provides many hands-on learning opportunities that cannot be simulated in anything other than a live
environment. Therefore, live class attendance is mandatory. Students must attend all nursing lab activities and clinical
assignments. There are no makeup opportunities available. Approximately 180 hours of clinic time are required to pass
3135 and all class and clinic time is included in those hours.You are welcome to cancel a clinical, due to driving in
inclement weather, with the understanding that you need to notify your professor 90 minutes prior to the scheduled clinical.
That clinical will be rescheduled at the discretion of the instructor based on availability, if that clinical cannot be
rescheduled, you will receive an incomplete for the class and have to finish this class at a later time. If you miss a lab class
(sports or sick, etc.), it is up to you to schedule with Donna D, or Erin to make up those hours. That makeup time will be
dependent upon their schedule and availability. If a makeup day is missed the student will receive a 0 for that assignment
and may risk failing the class due to lack of hours or getting an incomplete for the semester.
There may be extenuating circumstances that arise and students may request to Zoom a lab class. Prior instructor approval
is required to Zoom class. Examples of approved reasons might include contagious diseases, family death, or other based on
the instructor’s discretion.
Being tardy is not acceptable. Tardy is one minute past the start time. This may result in a professional point as this
demonstrates an issue with planning. A “no call no show” is defined as not calling/texting the instructor prior to the start of
class/clinical and being 15 minutes late to lab/clinic. The instructor may call/text student to make sure they are ok, but this
still constitutes a no call no show on the student’s part. It is up to the clinical instructor to determine if the clinic needs to be
rescheduled or if the student can continue, and if the result of the student’s actions should result in a professional point and
the resulting loss of professional points for the day. All lab experiences (such as competency assessments), lab assignments
and clinicals experiences count for clinical hours if they are not done you will fail the course. Each unexcused clinical will
drop clinical grade by one whole grade (A to B to C), in addition to receiving at least one clinical point. Two (2) unexcused
clinical days may result in failure of NURS 3135.
At no time are students to complete a clinical experience without the knowledge and supervision of clinical faculty.
Faculty maintain the final determination in situations related to missed clinical hours and the option for making up the
missed time. At no time are students to attend a clinical experience without the knowledge and supervision of clinical
faculty. Missed clinicals, or leaving early, or going on an unassigned day, regardless of the reason, may result in the loss of
participation points for the class or a professional point.
Please make attendance at practice lab and clinical your first priority. If something comes up on a previously scheduled
clinic day, you may swap that day with another student, and both students must email Donna D on the same email, for prior
approval, and it will be changed in the schedule.