Transcript Student Guidelines Powerpoint

Student Guidelines
Welcome, both students and
instructors to our facility for your
clinical experience. The following
guidelines are intended to facilitate
your experience here at
Presence St. Mary's Hospital
Parking
Students are encouraged to park behind St. Rose Rectory.
Parking is available east of the telephone poles.
Your car MAY BE TOWED if parked in the lots that are reserved
for visitors and patients
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Dress Code
The uniforms adopted by your respective schools must be worn
while on duty.
Students and instructors who come into the hospital in the
evening prior to assigned duty to study charts are asked to be in
uniform or business attire with lab coat and name pin so that
hospital staff can identify you
A professional image is expected
No perfumes, artificial nails or other body piercings other than
earrings of modest size
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Meals
Students are welcome to eat in the hospital cafeteria
Food is available in the cafeteria from 0700-1800
Food may not be taken into work areas
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Smoking
Smoking is NOT permitted on the hospital campus, this include
inside as well as outside the property
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Personal valuables
Space is limited in the nursing/ staff lounges
Do not bring large sums of money or valuable into the hospital
setting
Coats and books can be left in the break rooms or a designated
area per your instructor
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Injuries
In the event of exposure to blood/body fluids or a sharps injury
– The instructor/ student notifies the charge nurse immediately who
in turn will contact house operation manager (HOM)
– The instructor should follow up with HOM at the time of injury.
– HOM will have for the injured party to fill out
– The instructor should also follow their school policy
Instructors need to report any other injury (i.e., Fall) in the
MIDAS variance reporting system and contact HOM as well
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Incidents involving a
patient
The student needs to report the incident to their instructor
immediately (i.e., medication error, injury to patient, fall)
The instructor along with the assistance of the student need to
report the incident in the MIDAS variance reporting system
Prior to leaving the unit a description of the incident and
follow-up needs to be discussed with the charge nurse
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Calling Off
Students should follow school policy
Students should also call the department and leave a message
for their instructor giving their name and school
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Nursing Stations
Space in the nursing stations is limited
Please be sensitive to others needs regarding seating area and
charting responsibilities
When physicians are present be respectful of their time. You
may have to give up the chart or your computer and wait until
the physician has finished
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Reviewing patient charts
Minimal information is kept in patients charts, however when
removing a chart, a staff member should be aware of it’s
location so a physician doesn’t have to search for it
Place a piece of paper in the rack indicating where the chart can
be located
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Giving Medications
With the supervision of their instructor and the level of
preparedness in the nursing / respiratory programs and
following hospital policy, students can administer medications
This may include monitoring IV’s, discontinuing IV’s and giving
IV medications if the content is covered in the school’s
curriculum
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Comments/ Concerns
during clinical rotation
Comment/ concerns can be directed to the manager of the
clinical unit
Safety and quality clinical issues can be directed to Amy Whitis,
clinical educaotr, x 2495 of the Presence St. Mary’s Hospital
Clinical Education Department
Safety and quality concerns can also be reported to the Joint
Commission (contact information posted throughout the facility)
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Pastoral Care
The Chaplin will take communion to the patients on a daily basis
per request of the patient
Students should stay in the room when a Chaplin comes to visit,
but need to stand aside so he/ she can approach the patient
easily
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Confidentiality
All information gathered by the student in oral/ written/ printed
form is confidential and needs to be treated as such
Access codes are only valid with the semesters clinical
There shall be no patient documentation leaving the hospital
If a student chooses to print something from the medical record
it should be placed in the recycle bin prior to leaving the
unit/area
EXCEPTION: a comprehensive radiology or lab report, or GPP
may be printed if all patient identifiers are cut off the document
and placed in the recycle bin
This exception does NOT include History & Physicals,
consultations, or any other documentation that would have
personally recognizable information with the will be honored by
document
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Confidentiality continued
It is an expectation that the above rules will be honored by all
students
If a student is found in breach of the above rules the use of
Presence St. Mary’s Hospital as a clinical site for that student
will be revoked
Students are treated as staff, all staff are subject to random
audits by Risk Management
A student may only view a patient’s record that he/ she is
assigned, if it is found that a student is viewing records outside
the assignment, the use of Presence St. Mary’s Hospital as a
clinical site for that student will be revoked
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Hospital Emergencies
Dial “71” on any phone to report :
– FIRE
– Rapid Response
– Code Blue
– Security Emergency
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