Welcome to BSN Pre-Licensure Nursing Clinical Experience

The purpose of this handbook is to assist students and faculty members in the tasks of clinical instruction and assessment for the Aspen University (AU) School of Nursing & Health Sciences (SONHS) BSN Pre-licensure program and serves as a guide for the Clinical Coordination Office (CCO). All students and clinical faculty must sign, and student must upload the acknowledgment form in this handbook to Project Concert. Student is responsible for collecting all signatures. Students and clinicians are required to read this handbook.

It is the intent of the SONHS to assist in developing a more consistent clinical experience for all undergraduate students independent of their field assignment. This consistency revolves around appropriate supervision, regular formal and informal feedback, and consistent assessment of students’ clinical proficiencies among other topics and skills. This is an ongoing process, and we look to each of you and your respective professional and life experiences to aid us in shaping the undergraduate field experience so that it reflects our mission and goal of developing outstanding future nurse professionals. While advisors and faculty are available to guide students with respect to the requirements, students ultimately bear the responsibility of following the requirements.

Policies and/or processes pertaining to the following are located in the Academic Catalog.

Admission Requirements
Dismissal policy
Progression policy
Graduation policy
Program Specific Requirements
Student Services
Financial Aid
Appeals
Non-Discrimination
Grievance
Course Failure and/or Progression Grading Scale, Pre-licensure Program
Withdrawal Grading