There are occasions where a student may be late/tardy to a scheduled class, laboratory, or a scheduled clinical learning experience. A tardy is defined as one (1) to seven (7) minutes late for a scheduled skills laboratory, simulation laboratory, or clinical learning experience. Only one tardy is permitted during the quarter in each of these areas. If a student is tardy more than once, the student must meet with the assigned lab, simulation, or clinical faculty and will receive a written coaching form. If a student is tardy a third time, the student will not be permitted to attend that session of the scheduled skills laboratory, simulation laboratory, or clinical learning experience and will receive a final written warning. Any further tardiness or unexcused absences in skills laboratory, simulation laboratory, or clinical during that term will result in course failure.
A “late arrival” is arriving between 8-15 minutes late to a scheduled lab, simulation, or clinical class time and will immediately result in a coaching form. A student will be able to participate in the scheduled and assigned activities of that session for their first late arrival. A second late arrival (8-15 minutes late) will result in a written coaching form with a final warning . The student will not be able to participate in the scheduled lab, simulation, or clinical experience for that day. A student with a second late arrival will not be able to reschedule or attend future lab, simulation, or clinical experiences until approved by the Experiential Learning Department (ELD) managers or Associate Dean of Nursing. A third late arrival will be considered an unexcused absence and will result in the student being excused from that session and a course failure will be assigned.
Any arrival to a simulation, lab, or clinical setting after 15 minutes will result in the student not being able to participate in that session or experience that day, and a meeting with the ELD managers or Associate Dean is required before being able to reschedule or attend future lab, simulation, or clinical experiences. Any subsequent arrivals more than 15 minutes late to scheduled lab, simulation, or clinical sessions will be considered an unexcused absence and will result in a course failure.
All missed minutes in scheduled laboratory, simulation, and clinical settings due to tardy or lateness must made up and pre-arranged within the skills lab, simulation, or clinical areas and their managers.
For didactic classes, students must arrive within seven (7) minutes from the beginning of class time on exam days. If students arrive past seven (7) minutes they will not be permitted to attend that exam during that session. This will be considered an unexcused absence and the student may make up the exam within 48 hours with a 10% deduction.
An excused absence may be granted for emergencies and extreme extenuating circumstances that contributed to the tardiness or absence for a didactic exam with the appropriate documentation. See “Excused and Unexcused Absences” above for more information.