2020 - 2021 Student Handbook Associate Degree Nursing Program 2019 - 2020 Student Handbook; updated 8/20/2020 Page 2 | 163 Table of Contents 1 WELCOME TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NURSING ............................................................................... 9 2 HISTORY OF THE EL CAMINO COLLEGE ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING PROGRAM ...........................10 3 BOARD OF REGISTERED NURSING .................................................................................................12 3.1 WHAT IS THE BOARD OF REGISTERED NURSING? ................................................................................. 12 3.2 THE NURSE PRACTICE ACT ..................................................................................................................... 12 4 ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS ...........................................................................................................13 5 NURSING DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL ............................................................................................14 6 PHILOSOPHY & UNIFYING THEME .................................................................................................15 6.1 MISSION STATEMENT ............................................................................................................................ 15 6.2 PHILOSOPHY ........................................................................................................................................... 15 6.3 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK .................................................................................................................. 16 6.4 THE NURSING PROCESS ......................................................................................................................... 17 6.5 MAJOR THREADS OF THE PROGRAM ..................................................................................................... 18 6.6 DOMAINS CONCEPTS ............................................................................................................................. 18 6.7 CONCEPTS .............................................................................................................................................. 19 6.7.1 PATIENT .................................................................................................................................................. 19 6.7.2 HEALTH AND ILLNESS ............................................................................................................................. 19 6.7.3 PROFESSIONAL NURSING ....................................................................................................................... 21 6.7.4 HEALTH CARE ENVIROMENT .................................................................................................................. 21 6.8 TERMINAL OUTCOMES .......................................................................................................................... 22 6.9 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES (PLOs) ............................................................................................. 22 6.10 TERMINAL OBJECTIVES .......................................................................................................................... 24 7 OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................................................25 7.1 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY ....................................................................................................................... 25 7.2 ATI NURSE LOGIC ................................................................................................................................... 26 7.3 BENEFIT OF COMPLETING THE NURSE LOGIC MODULES ...................................................................... 26 2020 - 2021 Student Handbook; updated 7-29-2020 Page 3 | 163 7.4 PROMOTES STUDENT SUCCESS ON THE NCLEX ..................................................................................... 27 7.5 CRITICAL THINKING ASSESSMENT .......................................................................................................... 27 7.6 PREREQUISITES TO THE NURSING PROGRAM ....................................................................................... 27 7.7 COREQUISITES FROM THE GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS ...................................................... 27 7.8 SEQUENCE OF NURSING COURSES FOR GENERIC PROGRAM ............................................................... 28 7.9 SEQUENCE OF NURSING COURSES FOR UPWARD MOBILITY COHORT ................................................. 28 7.10 SEQUENCE OF NURSING COURSES FOR 30 UNIT OPTION ..................................................................... 28 7.11 QUALITY AND SAFETY EDUCATION FOR NURSES (QSEN) COMPETENCIES............................................ 28 7.11.1 QSEN Competencies: Knowledge, skills, and Attitude (KSA) ................................................................ 28 7.11.2 QSEN DEFINITIONS AND PRE-LICENSURE KSAS .................................................................................... 29 7.11.31 QUALITY AND SAFETY EDUCATION FOR NURSES (QSEN) COMPETENCIES ........................................... 30 8 POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ..........................................................................................................39 8.1 ACADEMIC HONESTY.............................................................................................................................. 39 8.2 CONSEQUENCES FOR DISHONESTY........................................................................................................ 39 8.3 APPEALS PROCESS .................................................................................................................................. 40 8.4 ASSESSMENT TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE (ATI) ..................................................................................... 41 8.5 ATI POLICY .............................................................................................................................................. 41 8.5.1 ATI CAPSTONE CONTENT REVIEW ......................................................................................................... 50 8.5.2 ATI COMPREHENSIVE PREDICATOR EXAMINATION .............................................................................. 50 8.5.3 VIRTUAL ATI ........................................................................................................................................... 51 8.6 ATTENDANCE POLICY ............................................................................................................................. 51 8.7 BACKGROUND CHECK POLICY ................................................................................................................ 52 8.8 CLINICAL EVALUATION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ............................................................................ 54 8.9 CLINICAL WARNING, PROBATION, AND FAILURE POLICY AND PROCEDURE......................................... 56 8.10 CRITERIA FOR UNSAFE CLINICAL PERFORMANCE .................................................................................. 58 8.11 CLINICAL EVALUATION TOOL (CET) ........................................................................................................ 62 8.12 CLINICAL PLACEMENT POLICY ................................................................................................................ 64 8.13 CLINICAL PREPARATION ......................................................................................................................... 65 8.14 CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION .................................................................................................... 65 2020 - 2021 Student Handbook; updated 7-29-2020 Page 4 | 163 8.15 COURSE EVALUATION ............................................................................................................................ 66 8.16 DISABILITY POLICY .................................................................................................................................. 66 8.17 DRUG SCRENING | TESTING POLICY ...................................................................................................... 68 8.18 EXAMINATION POLICY ........................................................................................................................... 68 8.19 FACULTY | STUDENT RATIOS [CCR 1424(k)] .......................................................................................... 70 8.20 GRADING CRITERIA ................................................................................................................................ 70 8.21 HEALTH & IMMUNIZATIONS .................................................................................................................. 72 8.22 PHYSICAL EXAMINATION REQUREMENTS ............................................................................................. 73 8.22.1 CARDIO- PULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR) CERTIFICATION ............................................................. 74 8.22.2 FIT TEST .................................................................................................................................................. 75 8.22.3 INFLUENZA VACCINE .............................................................................................................................. 76 8.23 INTRAVENOUS (IV) PUSH POLICY AND PROCEDURE.............................................................................