BSN Attendance Policies
Class Hours
Students should refer to their schedule for the actual class dates. BSN theory and clinical coursework may occur any day of the week (Monday through Sunday) during mornings, afternoons, or evenings.
Theory Class Attendance
Regular and timely attendance in the classroom is necessary for students to meet the stated objectives of each course. Regular attendance demonstrates professional and responsible behavior. Patterns of tardiness, early outs, and absences are not consistent with the professional standards expected of BSN students and will result in disciplinary action.
Students may be absent one (1) day from each theory course in a 10-week term. Students who accumulate greater than one (1) day of absence from each theory course in a 10-week course will be placed on attendance probation by the Office of Student Services. Students who violate the stipulations of their attendance probation will be dismissed from the program. Students may request to re-enroll in the program, repeat the course from which they were dismissed, and continue with the sequence of other courses in the program provided space is available.
Theory Leaving Early and Tardiness
It is required that students attend all classroom hours. Early leave is when a student leaves class prior to the instructor dismissing the class. Tardiness is when a student arrives after the start of class or after a scheduled return from a break. Students must notify the instructor in advance when leaving early or arriving late at the start of class. Failure to provide advanced notification will result in a Notice of Deficiency.
Students who miss more than 5% of total class time for the course or have more than two (2) occurrences of leaving early or tardiness will meet with the Program Director, or designee, for disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal.
Make-up of Course Examinations Due to Absence
If the absence occurs on an exam day, a student must notify the instructor prior to the scheduled exam time that they will not be present for the exam. If the student does not notify the instructor, the exam grade will be a zero. Only one make-up exam per course, per term, will be allowed. The alternate make-up exam will be administered through the Office of Student Services. Regardless of the score achieved on the make-up exam, the maximum grade that will be entered into the student’s grade record for any make-up exam in a theory class will be 77%.
Clinical Attendance
Students are required to attend and complete all clinical hours. Clinical hours refer to skills or simulation laboratory classes, clinical rotations, or required community rotations.
Students who are unable to attend clinical must do the following:
- Call the clinical instructor at least one (1) hour before the scheduled clinical rotation. Failure to provide advanced notification may result in a Notice of Deficiancy.
- Provide the clinical instructor with a physician’s release note before returning to the clinical area if the absence was due to a contagious illness or injury. Boots, slings or other support devices are not allowed in the clinical area.
Non-Specialty Clinical Course Absence
Students may be absent one (1) day from each non-specialty clinical course in a 10-week term.
Students who accumulate a second (2) absence within the term will be placed on attendance probation by the Office of Student Services. Students who violate the stipulations of their attendance probation by incurring a third (3) absence will be dismissed from the program.
All clinical absences must be made up to progress in the program. The make up day may occur during the non-instructional week. A missed scheduled clinical make-up day will count as an absence. Failure to make up for the clinical absence or missed time will result in dismissal from the program.
Students who are dismissed may request to re-enroll in the program, repeat the course from which they were dismissed, and continue with the sequence of other courses in the program provided space is available.
Specialty Clinical Course Absence
Students may not miss any hours in specialty clinical courses. The specialty courses include Behavioral Health, Maternal Newborn, and Nursing Care of Children. Clincial site rotations, skills and simulation laboratory classes and required community rotations are all counted as clinical hours. Students who accrue any absences from a specialty clinical course in a 10-week term will be dismissed from the program. Students may request to re-enroll in the program, repeat the course from which they were dismissed, and continue with the sequence of other courses in the program provided space is available.
Clinical Leaving Early and Tardiness
Students are required to attend all clinical hours. Early leave is when a student leaves before the instructor dismisses the laboratory class or clinical rotation. Advanced notification of the instructor is required. Students who leave a laboratory class or clinical early will be marked absent for the day.
Students are required to be on time. Tardiness is when a student arrives more than 5 minutes late to the start of a laboratory class or clinical rotation or returns more than 5 minutes late after a break. Students who are tardy to any laboratory class or any clinical rotation will be sent home. All attendance policies apply.
Blended and Online Courses
Blended and online distance education courses are delivered through the university’s learning management system, Edverum, which provides students access to course instructions, syllabi, discussion forums, slides, and videos as well as exams and assignments for each course. Students participating in the university’s hybrid or online distance education courses are expected to be in attendance, and complete all course activities, in accordance with the syllabus.