2020-2021 Undergraduate BSN Student Handbook Department of Nursing Division of Applied Health Sciences Created: July 10, 2011 Updated: August 16, 2013, August 14, 2014, May 12, 2015, August 5, 2016, December 14, 2016, August 11, 2017, August 28, 2018, May 29, 2019, August 3, 2020 Page 1 "Nursing is an art, and if it is to be made an art, it requires as exclusive a devotion, as hard a preparation, as any painter's or sculptor's work. For what is having to do with dead canvas or cold marble compared with having to do with the living body, the temple of God's spirit" Florence Nightingale 1867 Page 2 Table of Contents CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INFORMATION ........................................................... 5 GENERAL INFORMATION FOR BSN STUDENTS .......................................................... 6 HISTORY ............................................................................................................................... 6 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ...................................................................................................... 6 CONTACT INFORMATION ................................................................................................. 7 PROGRAM OVERVIEW ...................................................................................................... 8 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS .......................................................................................... 8 CAMPUS RESOURCES ...................................................................................................... 10 FEES POLICY ...................................................................................................................... 11 FINANCIAL AID ................................................................................................................. 11 TRANSPORTATION AND CHILDCARE POLICY .......................................................... 12 CAMPUS PARKING ........................................................................................................... 12 STUDENT REPRESENTATION ........................................................................................ 12 STUDENT RECOGNITION/AWARDS.............................................................................. 12 PFEIFFER UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ....................................................... 13 DISABILITY POLICY ......................................................................................................... 13 STUDENT RECORDS ......................................................................................................... 14 EMPLOYMENT ................................................................................................................... 14 ADVISEMENT..................................................................................................................... 15 PROFESSIONAL RISK ....................................................................................................... 15 CHAPTER II ............................................................................................................................... 16 MISSION, OUTCOMES, CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK, GUIDING PRINCIPLES, AND CONCEPTS ....................................................................................................................... 16 PURPOSE ............................................................................................................................. 16 PHILOSOPHY ...................................................................................................................... 17 CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK ......................................................................................... 17 CHAPTER III ............................................................................................................................. 22 BSN PLAN OF STUDY AND COURSE DESCRIPTIONS ................................................... 22 NURSING PLAN OF STUDY ............................................................................................. 22 MASTER CURRICULUM PLAN ....................................................................................... 22 LOWER DIVISION COURSE DESCRIPTIONS................................................................ 25 UPPER DIVISION COURSE DESCRIPTIONS ................................................................. 26 CHAPTER IV.............................................................................................................................. 30 DEPARTMENT OF NURSING ACADEMIC, BEHAVIOR, AND PERFORMANCE POLICIES AND STANDARDS ................................................................................................ 30 GRADING SYSTEM ........................................................................................................... 30 ACADEMIC STANDARDS FOR PROGRESSION ........................................................... 31 READMISSION POLICY .................................................................................................... 32 ACADEMIC GRIEVANCE PROCESS ............................................................................... 32 GRADE APPEAL PROCESS .............................................................................................. 32 NON-ACADEMIC COMPLAINT PROCESS..................................................................... 32 CORE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR ADMISSION AND PROGRESSION ...... 32 PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR AND THE CODE OF ETHICS ........................................ 34 Page 3 PROFESSIONAL NURSING AND PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE ............... 34 CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT .................................................................................. 36 SOCIAL NETWORKING .................................................................................................... 36 ACADEMIC CREDIBILITY ............................................................................................... 37 GUIDELINES FOR SCHOLARLY PAPERS AND COURSE-RELATED WRITTEN WORK .................................................................................................................................. 38 POLICY ON MAKE-UP EXAMINATIONS ...................................................................... 38 ATTENDANCE POLICIES ................................................................................................. 39 INCLEMENT WEATHER ................................................................................................... 39 PINNING CEREMONY ....................................................................................................... 40 WHITE COAT CEREMONY .............................................................................................. 40 GRADUATION .................................................................................................................... 40 GRADUATION WITH HONORS ....................................................................................... 40 ACADEMIC CALENDAR .................................................................................................. 40 CHAPTER V ............................................................................................................................... 41 CLINICAL COURSE POLICIES ............................................................................................. 41 ATTENDANCE .................................................................................................................... 41 INCIDENT REPORT POLICY AND PROCEDURE ......................................................... 41 CLINICAL EVALUATION ................................................................................................. 42 CLINICAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION GUIDELINES.......................................... 43 BSN PRE-LICENSURE STUDENT UNIFORM POLICY ................................................. 44 CHAPTER VI.............................................................................................................................. 46 HIPPA AND OSHA INFORMATION ..................................................................................... 46 HEALTH INFORMATION PRIVACY ............................................................................... 46 BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN EXPOSURE CONTROL PLAN ........................................ 46 POST-EXPOSURE POLICY ............................................................................................... 54 CHAPTER VII ............................................................................................................................ 55 CURRICULUM ASSESSMENT PLAN ................................................................................... 55 Kaplan Integrated Testing Program ...................................................................................... 55 APPENDIX A-1: Department of Nursing Incident Report Policy and Procedure .............. 57 APPENDIX A-2: Department of Nursing Incident Report Form ......................................... 58 APPENDIX B-1: Confidentiality Commitment for Nursing Students ................................. 59 APPENDIX B-2: Department of Nursing Confidentiality Agreement................................. 60 APPENDIX C: Department of Nursing Criminal Background Check and Drug Screening Acknowledgement and Agreement ....................................................................................... 61 APPENDIX D: Department of Nursing Complaint Form ...................................................