Clinical Probation Policy
Clinical probation status is conferred at the discretion of the course/clinical faculty in collaboration with the Clinical Practice Manager and Program Director for any unsafe, unacceptable or unprofessional behaviors or performance. Clinical probation can affect the overall clinical grade and may result in the student being administratively withdrawn from the course.
The following are examples of behaviors that lead to probation:
- Pre-clinical requirements must be completed and maintained
- Exercising poor clinical judgment
- Exercising poor ethical judgement
- Practicing skills without faculty or assigned preceptor oversight
- Sleeping during the clinical/lab/seminar
- Participating in a setting with expired or outstanding immunizations or documentation or delay in items by the due date
- Unexcused absences
- Tardiness, failure to notify faculty/staff of tardiness or absences in clinical
- Insufficient preparation for the field experience
- Failure to follow clinical faculty or clinical nurse guidance
- Unsafe practice in the clinical area
- Causing a client unnecessary suffering or harm
- Failure to report abnormal data in a timely manner to the appropriate persons
- Conduct inappropriate to the role of the student as outlined in this manual
- Failure to dress in approved program attire
- HIPAA violations
- Leaving the clinical site without permission at any time during clinical hours
- Administering medications unsupervised by an RN or clinical faculty
- Performing skills/interventions which have not been signed off by the clinical faculty
- Acting outside of a student scope of practice
Clinical Probation Procedure
- A discussion with Clinical Faculty, Clinical Practice Manager and Program Director and a letter of probation will be provided to you by the Clinical Coordination Office.
- A copy of the letter will be placed in your permanent file.
- Code of Conduct processes will be initiated, if warranted.
Clinical Restriction
Clinical restriction is the official means of restricting the student from any clinical experience when students have missing, expired, or insufficient immunizations or documentation requirements on file with the Clinical Coordination Office. You will be notified by the CCO four weeks before documentation is set to expire. Once documentation has expired, the CCO will notify your course faculty of your restriction status. At all times, it is your responsibility to ensure that your health and safety documentation is up to date and current, and that all other program requirements have been met. Health and safety requirements are mandatory for all students where indicated in this manual.