• Students are expected to progress toward competence in clinical nursing skills in an orderly fashion. The skills checklist is to be used throughout the program to document skills performance competency.
• It is the student's responsibility to be prepared to demonstrate performance of specified skills.
• Students' return demonstrations of skills are recorded as Pass/Fail. A student who fails the same skill on the second check-off must have practice supervised by the course faculty member prior to the third check-off. Failure of a third check-off of the same skill will result in failure of the course.
• Formative (following each clinical learning experience) and summative (end-of-course) clinical evaluations are completed and disseminated by the faculty for each clinical course using the clinical course objectives as guidelines and recorded on the program's clinical evaluation instrument. At least two (2) practicum evaluation conferences will be scheduled each semester. Additional practicum evaluation conferences may be scheduled at the discretion of the clinical Faculty.
• If a student fails the formative evaluation, he/she will be required to document compliance with prescribed remedial actions.
• The final evaluation will be summative and is completed at the end of the clinical rotation. Students must achieve a rating of “MEETS EXPECTATIONS” or higher for all clinical behaviors on the final evaluation to earn a passing course grade. If the student fails the summative evaluation, the student will fail both the theory and clinical components of the course.

Post-licensure RN-BSN Program

A student must achieve a rating of "meets expectations" or higher on the final evaluation to earn a passing course grade within practicum courses (equivalent to >80%). Students must pass both the didactic and practicum components of a nursing (NUR) course in order to pass the course.

Practicum Preparation Requirements

Pre- and/or post-conferences may be integrated within the practicum period. Students are expected to attend pre-conferences prepared to discuss client care activities with all required documents for each assigned client. A post-conference may be scheduled at the end of the clinical day. Attendance at pre- and post-conferences is mandatory. The faculty have ultimate responsibility for decisions relative to students as part of the practicum experience. Faculty may require additional preparation as necessary to meet the student learning outcomes. Students should prepare for the clinical experience by:

• Obtaining their client assignment and relevant information on designated day and time.
• Completing all documents required for participation in the designated experience as outlined in the course syllabus and/or communicated by the course faculty.