Nursing Faculty Handbook

Lab Policies

  • Each lab procedure must be passed satisfactorily completing 100% of the critical elements.  
  • The student will have two opportunities to pass each procedure. An additional opportunity can be earned if the student attends the scheduled live demo.
    • On the second testing of an essential procedure, the student will have the option of selecting and scheduling an additional nursing faculty member to be present.
    • Any student who does not meet the criteria for passing an essential procedure within the two opportunities will be considered to have failed the lab.  
  • Students must pass the skill in Lab before going to clinical and performing the skill on a patient. 
  • The time limits set for the lab procedures testing will be enforced. Any student failing to complete the procedure(s) in the set time limit will receive a failure for any procedure(s) not completed.  
  • Failure to attend a scheduled testing time for any reason will count as a testing failure. 
  • All scheduling or changes must be made through the Nursing Lab Coordinator. Keep an email copy of this communication.
  • All appointments for the retest must be made at the time of the failure. Retesting may not be done the same day.  
  • Written work must be satisfactorily completed and on time.  Late assignments will not be accepted and will result in a ZERO. 
  • All lab competencies and practicums are treated as clinicals. Uniforms and name tags are required. 
  • There are to be no extra credit assignments.