General Information

ATTENDANCE AND PROMPTNESS

Students are expected to attend all scheduled classes and experiences. Your instructors will discuss the implications of failure to be prompt or attend any planned experience.

If you are unable to meet a scheduled clinical experience or you will be late, you are to contact the agency and your instructor prior to the experience. Failure to do so will result in a penalty.

INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY

On occasion the College may close for poor weather conditions. On days when you have classes, lab or clinical and the College closes, those classes will not meet.

BULLETIN BOARDS

Bulletin boards are located in Room 507. Students are responsible for checking their respective board for announcements, schedules, assignments, and communications from faculty.

MAILBOXES

Student mailboxes are located in Room 507 and are used by faculty to return papers, as well as communicate messages to students. Students should check frequently.

CCC E-MAIL

Students are expected to utilize their CCC e-mail. Faculty will communicate with students only through the Clinton Community College e-mail site for dissemination of routine and urgent or emergency information.

TELEPHONE MESSAGES

The policy for telephone messages while on campus is as follows:

All cell phones and pagers must be either off or on vibrate during class.

The College recognizes that there are important messages from home or work that students need to receive. We will do our best to get these messages to the appropriate students. Unless a message is of an emergency nature, we will not interrupt classes. Messages normally will be given to the instructors or delivered directly to students just before or just after class. We cannot be responsible for getting messages to students who are not in class when the messages are received. Students should make every attempt to leave an alternative number for messages; we frequently cannot locate them at the College. We reserve the right not to deliver messages that seem trivial or not urgent. The types of messages that we will deliver include those concerning sick children and changes in transportation plans, work hours, or medical appointments. Please keep in mind that the College can not guarantee that it will be able to deliver messages, so alternate arrangements for taking care of these matters often will be necessary. People with emergency messages for students should call the Vice President of Student Services Office at 562-4120.

However, when a student is in clinical, he/she should have prior arrangements made to handle situations such as sick/child care, employment, and family business. The policy for emergency messages to the hospital is as follows. Call the CVPH Nursing Office. The caller will identify the student and the hospital unit he/she is on. The Nursing Office will notify the student of the emergency.

CATALOG

Students are responsible for all information which appears in the official College catalog. Please read the catalog carefully. It contains many important policies and procedures. Keep your College catalog. Someday you may want course descriptions or other information which will be found in it. If you do not have a copy, please pick one up from the Admissions Office. The current catalog is available on line at Clinton.edu.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE CONTACT

Students whose address and/or telephone # at home changes after registration are required to notify the Director of Nursing and Allied Health and the Registrar. All students must have a telephone contact available.

CLASSROOM GUIDELINES

All students are expected to observe the following guidelines for classroom behavior.

· Children and pets may not be brought to classes/lab.

· Guests may be brought to class if permission is received from the faculty member in charge of the class.

· Permission to tape/record must be obtained from each person being recorded.

· Attendance, promptness, and participation are expected.

COLLEGE BOOKSTORE

College emblems, caps, orange and black stripes for caps, and chevrons, lab coats, stethoscopes and reference books can be made at the College Bookstore.

CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

At the start of the fall semester, the first, second, and third year classes are requested to elect one member each to act as the student representative to the faculty. First and second year student representatives attend Nursing Faculty Meetings and act as the spokespersons for their peers in departmental matters.

COURSE SYLLABUS

Course syllabi are distributed at the start of each nursing course. Carefully read the syllabus, and maintain for future reference. Students applying for admission to other nursing programs will frequently be asked to supply course descriptions and outlines for advanced placement evaluation.

MALPRACTICE INSURANCE

Although instances are extremely rare, cases have occurred when nursing students have been held liable for professional malpractice/negligence. Students will not be allowed to participate in clinical experiences until they have a malpractice and liability insurance policy for students in professional nursing in effect. This insurance is available through the College, and students will be billed on an annual basis.

TRANSPORTATION

Students must provide their own transportation to and from campus, as well as to the various agencies for clinical experience and field trips.

NLNAC CONTACT INFORMATION

61 Broadway – 33^rd Floor, New York, New York 100006 (1-800-669-1656)