ATTENDANCE

Standard College’s nursing programs are intensive. Academic engagement requires a commitment to class preparation and attendance to ensure a successful learning experience. Students are expected to be present at all classes and clinical practicum at the times indicated on the schedule. The attendance policy is designed to ensure that students have the most effective opportunity to gain command of course concepts and materials to successfully pass all courses. Students at Standard College are expected to attend a minimum of 90% of the total class hours for each course.

All absences are recorded and made a part of the student’s permanent record. The instructor will take attendance electronically each day, and students may track their attendance on Populi. Students are responsible for notifying the instructor via email or by telephoning the school if they are going to be absent or tardy. School holidays, breaks and class cancellations (i.e. due to inclement weather) are not included in calculations for class attendance, and are therefore not considered as hours of absence.

Standard College’s Practical Nursing is a clock-hour program. Each clock hour in the Practical Nursing program consists of 50 to 60-minutes of class, lecture, or recitation in a 60-minute period.

Standard College’s LPN to RN Program is a semester-based credit program.

1. Student attendance is recorded daily in Populi by the Instructor.
2. Students are marked P, A, T, or EA, representing Present, Absent, Tardy, or Excused Absence, respectively.
3. Students may receive an Excused Absence for a scheduled class they missed, based on the following criteria:
   1. An Excused Absences will only be counted if the student is excused from hours that were actually scheduled, were missed, and do not have to be made up for the student to receive the degree or certificate for the program.
   2. An Excused Absence is a day that has been deemed permissible for a student to miss in the course.
   3. The number of Excused Absences may not exceed 10% of the hours in the course.
   4. The number of Excused Absences mirrors the number of permissible absences allowed in the course.
   5. Students may receive an Excused Absence only for a day that is followed by some regular class attendance.
   6. Students do not have to make up the class in order to receive an Excused Absence.
   7. Students do not have to provide documentation to receive an Excused Absence.
   8. Students need to inform their instructor that they will be absent prior to missing a class.

Student will be subject to an immediate withdrawal-failure from the program if they fall into one of the following categories:

• After receiving the full amount of permissible Excused Absences in the course, the student misses an additional class, and the student is not permitted to engage in a make-up day.
• The student misses (7) seven or more consecutive days of class without providing notice to the school.

The student’s last day of attendance is the last day the student had engaged in an academically related activity.

Failure to report to class on time or leaving the class early (even if the student returns) results in a tardy.  Any student attending class or clinical and spending less than 50% of total hours scheduled for the day shall be considered absent.

Clinical attendance is a mandatory component of the Practical Nursing Program. The Clinical Attendance Policy requires students to attend 100% of all scheduled clinical sessions.

Communication of an absence is the student’s responsibility. The student who ow running late or will be absent due to an illness or emergency must notify the clinical instructor at least one hour before the expected clinical start time. A student arriving more than 30 minutes late for clinical shall be dismissed for the shift and marked absent.

 An absence from clinicals will only be excused for the following reasons: court appearance, documented illness, family emergency, religious observation, or military service. In such a case, a make-up day must be completed NO LATER than two weeks after the end of the Clinical Practicum. Failure to do so will result in an “Unsatisfactory” for the clinical course. Depending on Clinical availability, clinical make-up may be scheduled any shift or day of the week, as well as at a later date at the discretion of the school. The student must be flexible when making-up a clinical day. The student MUST make up the clinical hours missed from the excused absence.

There may be no more than one excused absence in Clinical Practicum I. There may be no more than two excused absences in Clinical Practicum II. There may be no more than one excused absence in Clinical Practicum III. The student MUST make up the clinical hours missed from the excused absence.

Clinical No Call- No Show Policy

In the nursing profession, reliable staff attendance is critical since patients depend on nurses for physical care and nurses depend on each other for collaboration and support. A no call- no show in the Standard College nursing education program occurs when a student does not give prior notice to the clinical instructor that they cannot make it to a scheduled shift and actually does not come in for the shift. Standard College does not tolerate a no-call no-show to a scheduled clinical shift. A student who does not call the instructor in advance and does not show up at the clinical site will automatically be placed on clinical probation. A student incurring more than two clinical probations may be dismissed from the program.

Failure to adhere to the clinical attendance requirements may have serious consequences, including Clinical Probation, Clinical Course Failure, and Program Dismissal.

Students who exceed the number of permissible absences and/or fail to adhere to the clinical attendance requirements shall be placed on clinical probation. A student incurring more than two clinical probations may be dismissed from the program.

 A student experiencing with concerns about the clinical attendance should out to the clinical instructor or the Director of Clinical Education, Ms. Bintha Kabba, at bkabba@standardcollege.edu

IMPORTANT– Specialty clinicals  such as Maternity and Pediatric are offered on a limited basis. Students should make every effort to attend on their scheduled day. Clinical makeup may not be available until the next cohort which may delay students’ program completion.

Clinical attendance is a mandatory component of the LPN to RN Transition Program. The Clinical Attendance Policy requires students to attend 100% of all scheduled clinical sessions.

Communication of an absence is the student’s responsibility. The student who is running late or will be absent due to an illness or emergency must notify the clinical instructor at least one hour before the expected clinical start time. A student arriving more than 30 minutes late for clinical shall be dismissed for the shift and marked absent.

An absence from clinicals will only be excused for the following reasons: court appearance, documented illness, family emergency, religious observation, or military service. In such a case, a make-up day must be completed NO LATER than two weeks after the end of the Clinical Practicum. Failure to do so will result in an “Unsatisfactory” for the clinical course. Depending on Clinical availability, clinical make-up may be scheduled any shift or day of the week, as well as at a later date at the discretion of the school. The student must be flexible when making-up a clinical day. The student MUST make up the clinical hours missed from the excused absence.

There may be no more than one excused absence in Clinical Practicum I. There may be no more than two excused absences in Clinical Practicum II. There may be no more than one excused absence in Clinical Practicum III. There may be no more than one excused absence in Clinical Practicum IV. The student MUST make up the clinical hours missed from the excused absence.

Clinical No Call- No Show Policy

In the nursing profession, reliable staff attendance is critical since patients depend on nurses for physical care and nurses depend on each other for collaboration and support. A no call- no show in the Standard College nursing education program occurs when a student does not give prior notice to the clinical instructor that they cannot make it to a scheduled shift and actually does not come in for the shift. Standard College does not tolerate a no-call no-show to a scheduled clinical shift. A student who does not call the instructor in advance and does not show up at the clinical site will automatically be placed on clinical probation. A student incurring more than two clinical probations may be dismissed from the program.

Failure to adhere to the clinical attendance requirements may have serious consequences, including Clinical Probation, Clinical Course Failure, and Program Dismissal.

Students who exceed the number of permissible absences and/or fail to adhere to the clinical attendance requirements shall be placed on clinical probation. A student incurring more than two clinical probations may be dismissed from the program.

 A student experiencing difficulties regarding the clinical attendance should reach out to the clinical instructor or the Director of Clinical Education, Ms. Bintha Kabba, at bkabba@standardcollege.edu.