Common use of COURSE EXPECTATIONS Clause in Contracts

COURSE EXPECTATIONS. It is the expectation that you arrive to the classroom and clinical locations on time, prepared, and willing to learn. This means: ▪ Students are responsible for their own transportation to class and clinical sites o students will arrive to class on time (must factor in travel time and traffic conditions) o students will be assigned to their clinical sites (instructors will do their best to make accommodations, but the sites will be assigned) and students will arrive at least 10 minutes prior to the start of their assigned clinical rotation (students must factor in travel time and traffic conditions) ▪ All course assignments must be completed prior to the class to facilitate better comprehension of content and the ability to engage in a deep level of understanding o students may need to dedicate additional time outside the classroom to study, access supplemental resources such as ATI, and/or practice skills ▪ Students will be participating in laboratory activities that require the use of human subjects as part of the training procedures and students may be asked to perform specific skills or be asked to be the subject of specific skill practice by otherstudents ▪ Students at clinical health facilities must not leave their assigned facility during the clinical day and must notify their FCTC instructor and resource nurse if leaving the assigned unit o students have the option of bringing their lunch to their clinical site or buying their lunch at their clinical site, if applicable o students participating at clinical health facilities are practicing under the license of their FCTC clinical instructor, therefore students are held to the highest standard working with their FCTC clinical instructor at all times Practical Nursing students will strictly follow the standards regarding nursing practices: • No verbal or telephone orders are to be taken by students from physicians or physician designees. • Students will be supervised by instructor in dispensing medications during all courses; independent performance may only occur with preceptor, if applicable. • At all times during a clinical experience, Insulin, Digoxin, and Anticoagulants are to be checked by the instructor (or by preceptor with permission of instructor) before administration by a student. • No I.V. medications will be administered nor I.V. starts are to be performed by the practical nursing student. Practical nursing students will be responsible for checking solution order, amount rate of infusion, I.V. site, hanging hydrating drips, calculating hydrating drip rates, and discontinuing I.V.’s as ordered. • No blood hanging or co-signing for blood may be done by a student. • No student may participate in controlled substance count without the presence of a licensed professional nurse (the instructor or preceptor if designated by facility) who must cosign the audit sheet. • No practical nursing student can perform any invasive procedure without FCTC clinical instructor; independent performance may only occur with preceptor, if applicable. Nursing is a practice discipline with cognitive, sensory, affective and psychomotor performance requirements. It is expected that all students are able to perform the following core performance standards independently: Critical Thinking • Ability to perform effective clinical reasoning and judgment consistent with level of educational preparation • Identify cause/effect relationships in clinical situations • Use of the scientific method in the development of a plan of care • Evaluation of the effectiveness of nursing interventions Analytical Thinking • Cognitive skills sufficient to perform deductive/inductive reasoning when formulating nursing decisions • Analytical thinking, which allows for the transfer of knowledge from one situation to another • The ability to: • Process information • Evaluate outcomes • Problem solve • Prioritize tasks • Use long- and short-term memory • Evaluate different sources of diagnostic information to help arrive at a nursing diagnosis for a patient • Evaluate priorities in order to provide the most appropriate care • Evaluate data to notify nursing, physicians and other healthcare team members when necessary Reading • Ability to sufficiently read and comprehend the written word at a eleventh grade level or above • Read and understand provider’s orders • Read and understand medical information in patient records and care plans • Read and comprehend information presented in textbooks/online Arithmetic • Ability to sufficiently perform arithmetic at a eleventh grade level or above. Including: • Counting: the act of enumerating or determining the number of items in a group • Able to calculate drug dosages requiring fractions and decimals • Able to calculate IV drip rates • Use formulas for calculations • Convert to metric measurements FCTC students are expected to conduct themselves in a professional adult manner. When a student’s conduct seriously affects the college’s operation or property in a negative way, the student will be disciplined according to FCTC regulations up to and including dismissal from the college and/or payment for damaged property. The primary goal of FCTC is to provide an educational opportunity for all students. In order for this to be accomplished, it is necessary that the school environment be free from disruptions that interfere with the student’s right to learn and the instructor’s responsibility to teach. To maintain order in the school, rules are established for the good of all. FCTC expects all students to uphold the six pillars of character as outlined in Character Counts! of St. Johns County (▇▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/)