| Mobility | Physical abilities sufficient for movement from room to room and in small spaces | • Movement about patient's room, work spaces and treatment areas • Practice in a safe manner and appropriately provide care in emergencies and life support procedures, such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation • Perform universal precautions against contamination |
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| Motor Skills | Gross and fine motor abilities sufficient for providing safe, effective nursing care | • Sufficient gross and fine motor coordination to respond promptly and to implement the skills required to meet patient health needs. • Possess psychomotor skills necessary to provide holistic nursing care and perform or assist with procedures, treatments, and medication administration. • Calibration and use of equipment • Therapeutic positioning of patients |
| Hearing | Auditory ability sufficient for monitoring and assessing health needs | • Sufficient auditory perception to receive verbal communication from patients and members of the health care team • Ability to hear monitoring device alarms, cries for help, fire alarms, and other emergency signals • Ability to assess health needs of people through use of monitoring devices, such as cardiac monitors, stethoscopes, IV infusion pumps, etc. and discern auscultatory sounds |
| Visual | Visual ability sufficient for observation and assessment necessary in-patient care | • Ability to observe patient's condition and responses to treatments • Sufficient visual acuity to safely prepare and administer medications |
| Tactile Sense | Tactile ability sufficient for physical assessment | • Ability to palpate in physical examinations and various therapeutic interventions |
Students who, after review of the core performance standards determine that they require accommodation to fully engage in the program, should contact the Program Administrator and the Office of Disability Services to confidentially discuss their accommodations needs. The University provides reasonable accommodation to students on a nondiscriminatory basis consistent with legal requirements. A reasonable accommodation is an adjustment to an instructional activity, facility, program or service that enables a qualified student with a disability to have an equal opportunity to participate in all student activities. Decisions regarding reasonable accommodation are determined on a case-by-case basis taking into consideration each student's disability-related needs, disability documentation, and program requirements. While the SON will make every effort to work with students with disabilities to accommodate their disability-related needs, the SON is not required to