The Skills Adjunct Laboratory is maintained to provide students with an opportunity to gain mastery of required skills. The Skills Lab is open to students for unassisted practice week-days during the hours Building C is open. Assisted practice and testing is available during scheduled hours. On Saturdays, the laboratory is open only during hours when an instructor is present.

SIGN IN PROCEDURE

Students are required to sign-in (in attendance book) each time they use the laboratory. The following information is to be entered by students on each laboratory visit; name; semester; date and time. The attendance book contains a section for each instructor supervised time period and a separate section for unsupervised times.

SUPERVISED PRACTICE

Part-time lab assistants and/or part-time faculty are available to assist students during the hours posted on the door of Room C 200. Part-time lab assistants are well versed regarding skills being taught in the nursing program and are able to reinforce the critical elements associated with each skill. Each lab assistant maintains a sign-in sheet on the door for students who need individual assistance. The sign-in sheets are divided into fifteen (15) minute increments. A maximum of two students may sign up for each available fifteen minute interval. Students who have a scheduled appointment in the laboratory have priority over drop-ins for assistance. Students may not sign up for more than one consecutive fifteen minute block of time. Additional time may be allowed at the discretion of the instructor.

TESTING PROCEDURE

Skills are routinely tested for the first time by a clinical instructor. If an exception is to be made, the student must bring written permission from the clinical instructor. Retesting requires an appointment and is to be scheduled according to the guidelines in the course syllabus (see 4.12.2) Retesting is not permitted on the same day a skill test was failed unless the clinical instructor gives written permission of the retesting. Assisted practice and testing of the same skill will not be allowed on the same day.

SKILL ADJUNCT LABORATORY RULES

1. After practice, all equipment is to be put away in its assigned location. Replace items in the kits in the proper order.
2. All mannequins must be covered when not is use.
3. Gloves are to be powdered lightly after use
4. It is the student's responsibility to bring a partner for testing requiring a patient (e.g.. physical assessment, vital signs).
5. Retests requiring extended time cannot be scheduled in the last fifteen (15) minute time interval of an instructor's assigned shift.
6. Any personal belongings left in the laboratory will be turned in to the Building C office on the first floor