American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2021). The Essentials: core competencies for professional
nursing education. Washington DC: AACN available through   https://www.aacnnursing.org/AACN-
Essentials

Face to Face (Pre-Licensure or HP)             

Grades will be determined in the undergraduate programs using the following grading scale. To progress in the undergraduate program, students must pass each course with a C (74%) minimum.

Clinical hours:  Total 180 hours includes: Clinical Experiences, Lab experiences, competence assessment and pass/fail elements that must be passed.

Uniform and Appearance:

• SUU uniform scrubs are MANDATORY on clinic days, lab days, simulations, and validation days. Shoes should be no more than 2 colors and should be in the realm of black, white, or gray. Subtle accent colors are allowed.

• 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 put on the proper shoes. Hair should be contained. If the student is asked more than once in a day to control their hair, the student will receive a 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 obtaining a clinical point and being asked to leave the lab.

• Students should cleanse their hands prior to any practice sessions and periodically throughout lab. 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.  

• In addition to Policy 5.6.1-Uniform and Appearance, the following guidelines will be strictly adhered to in this class:

• Hands must be clean with short nails (so they are not seen above the nail when looking at the palms of the hands).  No polish of any kind may be worn.

• Hair must be pulled back or contained in some manner.

Clinical Assignments:  20%

The paperwork requirement for N3187 clinical experiences are as follows:  1 care plans and 4 worksheets.  These forms are located on Canvas.  Clinical paperwork is due to the faculty by 2359 on Monday; canvas submission, following your clinical experience.

Clinical Experience  35%

The clinical experiences will be at St. George Regional Hospital, Cedar City Hospital, volunteer sites, and various other sites. (Check the schedule for site information.)  The student is expected to show up for clinicals on time, be professional, have a good attitude, and attend all clinicals (refer to rubric in Canvas for specifics).  You will need to complete 10 volunteer medical hours. These will be hours you find based on the need in the community. You will complete the 3187 volunteer form for each volunteer experience and submit it into the assignment listed in canvas.  Medical Volunteer: assisting at-risk populations, assisting with therapeutic communication, participating in sporting events where you are the medical support staff, and utilizing medical/nursing/medic training whether that be education or hands-on skills. No jewelry should be worn, no cell phones or texting should occur in patient care areas.  All Intermountain policies and SUUDON policies concerning jewelry, piercings, and tattoos are strictly followed. Clinical name badge must be worn at all times while attending clinical, but not during volunteer hours.  All clinical badges must be turned after your last clinical experience. You will not receive a grade until your badge is turned in.  At no time are students to complete a clinical experience without the knowledge and supervision of clinical faculty.  If you don’t complete all your clinical hours you will fail the course

STUDENTS MAY NOT:

• Students may not leave the facility without permission from their SUU clinical instructor.
• Students may not take verbal or telephone orders.
• Leave clinical before the scheduled completion time without the permission of the clinical instructor.
• Students MAY NOT intubate patients or perform surgery.  Occasionally you might be put in a situation where a physician, nurse, or other caregiver asks you to perform a skill that you have not learned or practiced, or is outside the nursing scope of practice. While such things may be interesting or exciting, you need to be aware of your position as a student nurse. It is appropriate to say that you are unable to do that at your level of training or defer until you check with your clinical instructor.
• Interview for jobs during clinical times.
• Use hospital computers for personal business.
• Initiate or receive personal phone calls during clinical experience unless it is an emergency.  Personal calls may be conducted during meal or break times. Cell phones must be on silent or turned off while in clinical unless cleared with a clinical instructor. 
• Bring electronic devices to the clinical area (laptop computers). 
• Administer medications to patients without the RN present.
• Do any invasive procedure without the RN present.

Clinical Evaluation

The student will have clinical evaluations performed mid-semester and at the end of the semester.  The student will have the opportunity to review the instructor’s comments and suggestions. The student’s progress will be discussed and the student will have an opportunity to discuss any concerns with the instructor.  Clinical faculty will schedule the necessary evaluation times.  

Lab Experiences 20%

In the first few weeks, we will review skills, practice skills, and do individual pass-offs. Along with numerous other videos and 4 lab experiences. 

Competence Assessment (CA) 25%

• Arrive 10 minutes early, wear uniforms, SUU badge and turn in IH badge and orientation forms.
• Review the scenario in Canvas and look at the rubric.
• 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 CA. Thinking out loud helps to clarify your actions to the validator. 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 student should avoid statements like “I would normally put gloves on”. The student needs to don the gloves. 
• A short debriefing will occur immediately following the CA, the student’s performance will be critiqued, and the student’s grade will be revealed..
• There will be “critical elements” in each CA and if those elements are not met, the CA will be over, and the student will be expected to remediate.  It will be up to each validator as to whether he/she feels that the student has successfully demonstrated the skills.
• CA are timed.  A five-minute warning may be given to students to make them aware of their time.  Once the allotted time is up the CA is over.  Students are expected to perform the CA within the stipulated time or they will lose points for all skills not yet performed.
• Students will be expected to document after the CA.  This documentation, together with the CA rubric will be combined for the total score.  
• CA times will be scheduled so that all students don’t have to wait all day. You will be expected to be fluid on these days and come 15 minutes before your scheduled time and be ready to do your validation exam.  Not being prepared or not arriving on time may result in a deduction of points. CA may run late, and you may be forced to wait past your time, so plan accordingly.
• A scenario will be given to the students approximately 2 weeks before the scheduled CA date, so they may have adequate time to practice the skills on the practice scenario.  All skills/drugs will be listed in the practice scenario and the students will be expected to be familiar with them.  Critical thinking questions about the skills/meds will be asked during each CA.
• These competence assessments (CA) are performance examinations in testing situations. Talking with other students once CA testing begins is considered cheating. You may not discuss the concepts with other students.

Pass/Fail

• These are elements that have to be passed to continue in the program. These elements pull from your prior education and show that you have a good foundational base.
• The ATI Fundamentals test will be given twice this semester, in order to progress in the program you will have to pass this test with a level 1 or higher. You have the chance to take it twice if you pass the first time you will not be required to take it again. 
• You will take the 2023 A practice test in the second week of school; you only get one try and 65 minutes total. This is to get you into ATI and to see where you need to do some studying before the ATI test in June. 
• You must submit a ticket (2023 B practice test) for each test with a 90% score. The test can only be taken every 24 hours; you will receive a 0 on the Proctored exam if your ticket is not submitted before the test.
• Skills pass off are pass/fail if you do not pass off all the skills you will not pass this course. These must be done before you can start hospital clinicals. If you do not start clinicals on time you will have a hard time completing the required 180 hours if these are not completed you do not pass this course.

Supplemental Resources

Click on Nursing student handbooks--Student Handbook Face to Face

Statement of Safety or Risk Assumption

Students are expected to manage their own transportation and assume their own risks when traveling to and from classes, labs, or clinical experiences and when performing duties in class, lab, or clinical experiences. There are inherent risks involved in travel and in lab and clinical experiences. The most obvious risks are accidents, contracting infections or other communicable diseases, or workplace violence. Please take common precautions to prevent accidents, infections and violence.

AI Policy

When students use generative artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process for this course, students should only use these technologies to improve readability and language, or to generate a basic skeleton of ideas for assignment content. Applying these technologies should be done with careful oversight, and students should carefully review and edit the result, as AI can generate good-sounding output that can be incorrect, incomplete or biased. SUU Policy#6.33 on academic integrity should be followed when using AI. If you are unsure to what extent to use AI as part of an assignment, please reach out to me before the assignment is due. If a student uses AI-assisted technologies, the student should disclose in their assignment the use of AI and AI-assisted technologies in the assignment by following the instructions below. This declaration does not apply to the use of basic tools for checking grammar, spelling, references etc. If there is nothing to disclose, there is no need to add a statement. Any assignment which has been determined by the professor (using the tools provided by SUU to monitor academic integrity) to have been created using these technologies which were not disclosed by the student is subject to failure.

Disclosure Instructions:
Students must disclose the use of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process by adding this statement at the end of their assignment:

Statement: During the preparation of this work [THE STUDENT(S)] used [NAME TOOL /SERVICE] in order to [REASON].

Canvas Information

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Financial Security Statement

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