Fall 2018 Course Syllabi

Bismarck State College • Dakota College at Bottineau • Lake Region State College • Williston State College 5 problem-solving, movement, case studies, role-playing, etc. These activities promote analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of class content in order to improve student learning outcomes. Assignments/Quizzes/Clinical Paperwork: All assignments must be completed and submitted on time in the manner specified by the faculty. Students may fail the course if all assignments are not completed. Late/makeup work will not be accepted (student will receive a 0%) unless previously arranged with the instructor. Exams: Students will notify the program nursing director/site faculty AND the lead course instructor 1 hour prior to missing the scheduled exam for the day and schedule a time to makeup that exam. Failure to notify these individuals or missing more than 1 exam day may result in a conference with faculty recommendations for improvement or unsafe occurrence report with a performance improvement plan. Any exams that are not made up in one week may receive a 0% for a grade on that exam. Students must make up the exam before or on the next date they are scheduled to be on campus. In the cases of extenuating circumstances, the lead instructor and program nursing director may extend the deadline for exams. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the nursing program nursing director to arrange a makeup exam. “Notification” means that the student sends an email with the appropriate information to the lead nursing instructor and program nursing director prior to one hour before the exam is scheduled. Records of Grades: The faculty strongly endorses the idea that each student is responsible for knowing his/her own academic status based on grades from learning activities. Grades are recorded in the Blackboard gradebook. All gradebook questions must be addressed by the student to the lead instructor at midterm and then again during the week before finals. There will be no changes accepted to the gradebook regarding absent or late/missed assignments or late/missed exams during finals week. It is the student’s responsibility to know what their grades are and contact the instructors or their Nursing Program Director for a plan to improve. Clinical Exclusions: Students may not: a. Administer medications without appropriate licensed oversight b. Take verbal provider orders or transcribe provider orders c. Administer blood or blood products d. Administer chemotherapy e. Care for patients requiring airborne isolation where a N95 respirator mask is required f. Witness consents g. Titrate drugs h. Perform skills or procedures that the student does NOT have the educational foundation to perform safely i. Perform any skill that is excluded by the clinical facility in regard to nursing students Clinical Restrictions: Students are not to bring children to the clinical site or laboratory. These experiences require full attention and participation. Hazardous equipment and supplies may be accessible to children during laboratory experiences. Clinical site policies restrict children for safety reasons. Students may not leave the clinical site anytime (including during breaks) during the scheduled clinical hours; this includes visiting their car unless approved by the clinical instructor. Students may not smoke on breaks during clinical hours. Students will follow clinical facility policy on access to cell phones during clinical rotations. There are no cameras allowed in a clinical facility unless used for a clinical purpose Skills Practice and Skills Check-off : All students are required to practice their skills in the laboratory before they complete their skills re-demonstration. Practice time will be determined individually with the expectation that the student must be proficient in the skill before re-demonstrating it. Students must successfully demonstrate competence in performing specific skills in the laboratory before they are able to perform them in clinical. Please