Student Handbook

College of the Sequoias Associate Degree

Registered Nursing Program

Student Handbook

1970-2021 51 Years of Nursing Excellence

Revised 6/2021

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College of the Sequoias Associate Degree Registered Nursing Program

Jonna Schengel, PT, MA, EdD Associate Dean/Director, Allied Health Programs

Belen Kersten, MSN, RN, CNOR Director of Nursing

Anne Morris MSN, RN Assistant Director & Division Chair, Nursing and Allied Health

Amelia Sweeney, MA Nursing & Allied Health Counselor

Faculty and Staff

Lorie Campbell, MSN, RN

Instructor

Carolyn Childers, MSN, RN

Instructor

Keri Cochran, MSN, RN, MSCRN _______________________________ Instructor

Elizabeth Dilbeck, MSN, RN ____________________________________Instructor

LaDonna Droney, MSN, RN, MA, CS

Instructor

Cathy Glasgow, MSN, FNP-BC _________________________________ Instructor

Anne Morris, MSN, RN

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Instructor

Rob Morris, MSN, RN. _____________________________________ Instructor

Karen Roberts, MSN, CNS, RN

Instructor

Amy Smith, MSN, RN _________________________________________Instructor

Tina Toth, MSN, BA, RNC-O

Instructor

Heather Vails, MSN, RN _______________________________________Instructor

Tina See ___

__ __________ ________Senior Secretary

Jenae Prator _____

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Administrative Assistant

Angela Iniquez _________________________________ Administrative Assistant

College of the Sequoias Registered Nursing Department Hospital Rock Building, Room 101

915 South Mooney Blvd. Visalia, CA 93277

559-730-3732 cos.edu/nursing

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

WELCOME ........................................................................................................... 5 GENERAL INFORMATION ..................................................................................9 THE NURSING PROGRAM ............................................................................... 21 STUDENT CONDUCT AND PERFORMANCE .................................................. 43 SAFE PRACTICE GUIDELINES AND POLICIES..............................................79 STUDENT EVALUATION AND GRADING ........................................................ 99 WITHDRAWAL AND READMISSION..............................................................155 STUDENT ACTIVITIES .................................................................................... 165 STUDENT SUCCESS....................................................................................... 175 UNDERSTANDING THE NCLEX-RN...............................................................183 GENERAL ASSESSMENT INFORMATION .................................................... 191 BOARD OF REGISTERED NURSING DOCUMENTS ..................................... 203

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Division of Nursing and Allied Health Associate Degree Registered Nursing Program

Welcome

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Division of Nursing and Allied Health Associate Degree Registered Nursing Program

Dear Students, Welcome to the COS Registered Nursing Program! This handbook is a

supplement to the college catalog and the general COS student handbook. The purpose of this handbook is to provide you with information, which is specific to the nursing program. It is important that you keep and refer to this handbook throughout your program of studies. As policies, procedures, and guidelines change, you will be notified and the handbook will be revised.

If at any time throughout your program of studies, you have any questions or problems or you need any assistance; please do not hesitate to contact any of the nursing faculty, the nursing Director, and/or the program Administrative Assistant. Our primary goal is your success, both during nursing school and eventually as a member of the nursing profession.

Sincerely,

Belen Kersten Director of Nursing

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History of College of the Sequoias Nursing Program

The College of the Sequoias Associate Degree Registered Nursing Program was established in January of 1970 as the culmination of long term planning among community leaders, college administrators, and members of the health care community to solve an acute nursing shortage. Since the first class was admitted in 1970, over 3,389 associate degree registered nurses have graduated from the College of the Sequoias. Since its inception, the nursing faculty, the college, and the health care community have worked together to provide educational opportunities for students which would enable them, as graduates, to meet the standards of excellence established by a long and proud history of nursing.

Florence Nightingale Pledge

Florence Nightingale is the founder of modern professional nursing. She was called "The Lady with the Lamp" because she believed that a nurse's care was never ceasing, night or day. Even though she was born almost two hundred years ago, her ideas about, sanitation and environmental health hold true today. At each pinning ceremony, the International Nurses Pledge is recited. The International Nurses Pledge is based on the Original Florence Nightingale Pledge that was written for Miss Nightingale in 1893. The reciting of the pledge is to remember our nursing heritage, to affirm our dedication to our clients, and to celebrate the graduates' entry into professional nursing.

I solemnly pledge myself before God and in the presence of this assembly, to pass my life in purity and to practice my profession faithfully. I will abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous, and will not take or knowingly administer any harmful drug. I will do all in my power to maintain and elevate the standard of my profession, and will hold in confidence all personal matters committed to my keeping and all family affairs coming to my knowledge in the practice of my calling. With loyalty, will I endeavor to aid the physician, in his work, and devote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care?

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