All student and faculty required documents must be submitted prior to any students beginning their clinical experience.
No student will be allowed to start clinicals until all requirements set forth in the affiliation agreement are met.
All approved My Clinical Exchange slots must have a student and instructor assigned no less than 2 week prior to the first clinical date.
Contact information for instructors in the Clinical Exchange must contain the phone number the instructor will be using during clinical hours (not an office number).
All unassigned slots will be "non-compliant" and made available for other programs to utilize.
Instructors must contact the nurse managers prior to any students beginning their clinical experience to arrange unit specific orientation and provide the following information:
Number and level of students
Faculty contact information
Dates and shifts on unit
Specific clinical objectives including
Limitations and what patient care will be done by students
Number of patient’s each student will be assigned
Person responsible for making assignments
What staff can expect from faculty (how often will rounds be made, what skills will be supervised by faculty, etc.)
All student-patient assignments should be posted in a designated area on the unit.
When making assignments, instructors should be aware of the type of isolation a patient is prescribed. A student may not take care of a patient with TB unless the student has been fit tested with the appropriate mask.
Students and/or instructors should ask patients' permission to care for them before the assignment is finalized
