Student Skills and Simulation Lab Responsibilities

The skills lab is an extension of your clinical and academic programs. Therefore, all the same requirements for maintaining professional behaviors in both clinical and academic settings apply (i.e. dress and behavior, etc).
No food or drink – it may cause damage to equipment
No children – potential risk of injury from equipment
No cell phones during testing or in student work areas – Can be very distracting to students when testing & practicing. Please turn phones off.
Students are required to wear always their student ID while in the lab and follow the recommended dress code.
Respect lab personnel and equipment.
Review and check lab schedules for open and closed times
Review the course syllabus for due dates and late assignment policies.
Failure to meet deadlines may result in failure to meet course objectives.
Review all skills guidelines for each check-off.
Practice/Testing areas: Follow directions/signs for use of lab space and equipment. Ask for directions and for location of practice or testing equipment.
Students may be assigned equipment for their own use during the semester for certain classes. If you are assigned equipment from the skills lab, it is your responsibility to keep this equipment (i.e. Cath kit or IV tubing) intact and to bring it with you to practice. When you are finished with the supplies for the semester, return them to the lab.
If at any time your equipment becomes faulty, please return it to the lab for disposal and for replacement.
Do not move manikins or manikin parts without the help of lab personnel.
Do not use betadine on manikins.
Use beds for practice and testing purposes only.
Report any malfunctioning, unsafe, or damaged equipment to lab personnel.
If you are aware that you have a latex allergy, or suspect that you do, it is your responsibility to notify skills lab personnel. Non-latex gloves and equipment is available upon request.
If your check-off is unsatisfactory, remediation will be required prior to retesting.

Dosage Calculation Tests

Accurate computation of medication dosages and solutions is an essential competency for safe nursing practice. To establish the achievement of this competency, students will be required to obtain a passing score of 100% on a medication calculation test. Students will have three attempts to obtain a score of 100%. Remediation will be required after each unsuccessful attempt on the medication calculation test. If a student does not earn a passing grade of 100% by the third attempt, the student will earn a grade of “U” for this course.