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<td width="60%">Section 5.0 - | <td width="60%">Section 5.0 - Student Policies</td> | ||
<td width="40%">Originating Date: May | <td width="40%">Originating Date: May 1982</td> | ||
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<td valign="top" width="60%">Responsible Reviewing Agency:<br /><div style="margin-left:3em; line-height:1.2;">Professional Graduate Nursing | <td valign="top" width="60%">Responsible Reviewing Agency:<br /><div style="margin-left:3em; line-height:1.2;">Professional Graduate Nursing Affairs Committee</div><br />Final Approving Agency:<br /><div style="margin-left:3em; line-height:1.2;">General Faculty Organization (Graduate status faculty only)</div></td> | ||
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<td>Revised: February | <td>Revised: February 1987<br />Reviewed: December 1998<br />Reviewed: October 2008<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/7753|July 2012]]<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/8652|May 2016]]<br />Reviewed: [[Special:PermanentLink/14614|January 2017]]<br />Revised: November 2023 ([[Special:Diff/14614/{{REVISIONID}}|changes]]) | ||
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<td | <td>Related Documents:<br /><div style="margin-left:3em; line-height:1.2;">[[CON Student Responsibility to Provide Information Policy|5.1.3 Student Responsibility to Provide Information Policy]]<br />Board of Regents Policy RP 3.1.2</div></td> | ||
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<p style="margin-bottom:15px;"> | <p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Establishes technical standards criteria for application to and continuation in the professional graduate nursing program.</p> | ||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;">All | ===Scope=== | ||
<ol> | <p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">This policy applies to professional graduate applicants and students.</p> | ||
===Policy=== | |||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">All students in the professional graduate nursing program must hold an unencumbered license to practice nursing. In addition, the general abilities listed below have been identified as necessary to meet the technical standards with or without reasonable accommodations for admission and progression in the program. These general abilities will be evaluated throughout the program:</p> | |||
====Intellect/Conceptual==== | |||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">The educational goals are focused on the recall or recognition of knowledge and the development of intellectual abilities and skills. The nursing student participating in these educational goals must have the ability to reason, problem solve, conceptualize, analyze, synthesize and evaluate. </p> | |||
====Psychomotor==== | |||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">The student must possess sufficient manipulative and motor skills, or functional equivalent, for assessment and therapeutic procedures such as inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation, and other diagnostic maneuvers and procedures., These actions includes purposeful, precise movements of the individual, which are needed to perform more complex nursing skills required in certain aspects of the professional graduate nursing program. </p> | |||
====Assessment/Observation==== | |||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">In order to independently and accurately assess a client, the student must possess the ability toability to observe, discern, interpret, comprehend, detect, and recognize. </p> | |||
====Communication==== | |||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">The student must be able to clearly and accurately record information and interpret verbal and nonverbal communication in order to assess, plan, and deliver effective and therapeutic care to clients and theirfamilies. The student must be able to communicate effectively to members of the health care team. </p> | |||
====Behavioral/Emotional Attributes==== | |||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">The student must be able to demonstrate coping skills and good judgment, adapt to change, be flexible and learn to function in stressful situations. The student must show empathy, integrity, compassion and concern for others and themselves. The student must be able to recognize differing values and know how their own values, attitudes, beliefs, emotions, and experiences affect their perceptions and relationships with others.</p> | |||
====Professional Conduct==== | |||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">To be qualified for College of Nursing Professional Graduate Program, individuals must be able to meet both our academic standards and the technical standards, with or without reasonable accommodations. These standards should not be a deterrent to any candidate with disabilities who desires to pursue education in this program. Candidates with disabilities bring unique perspectives which contribute to the diversity of the student population and will create a diverse healthcare workforce of culturally competent practitioners who can meet the needs of their patients. For further information regarding services and resources for students with disabilities and/or candidates with disabilities who would like to start the accommodation request process, please contact the Accessibility Services Center at UNMCASC@unmc.edu or find more information at www.unmc.edu/accessibility. </p> | |||
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<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Intellect. The educational goals are focused on the recall or recognition of knowledge and the development of intellectual abilities and skills. The nursing student participating in these educational goals must have the ability to reason, problem solve, conceptualize, analyze, synthesize and evaluate.</li> | <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Intellect. The educational goals are focused on the recall or recognition of knowledge and the development of intellectual abilities and skills. The nursing student participating in these educational goals must have the ability to reason, problem solve, conceptualize, analyze, synthesize and evaluate.</li> | ||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Psychomotor. The student must possess sufficient manipulative and motor skills to carry out the usual technical skills customarily considered when describing nursing functions, but also includes purposeful, precise movements of the individual. Furthermore, precise movements are needed to perform more complex nursing skills required in certain aspects of the | <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Psychomotor. The student must possess sufficient manipulative and motor skills to carry out the usual technical skills customarily considered when describing nursing functions, but also includes purposeful, precise movements of the individual. Furthermore, precise movements are needed to perform more complex nursing skills required in certain aspects of the professional graduate nursing program. Since the program emphasizes clinical nursing specialties, complex nursing skills are an integral part of the program.</li> | ||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Assessment. In order to independently and accurately assess a client, the student must possess the functional use of the senses of sight, smell, hearing and touch.</li> | <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Assessment. In order to independently and accurately assess a client, the student must possess the functional use of the senses of sight, smell, hearing and touch.</li> | ||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Communication. The student must possess communication skills in order to assess, plan, and deliver effective and therapeutic care to clients/families. The student must be able to communicate effectively to members of the health care team.</li> | <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Communication. The student must possess communication skills in order to assess, plan, and deliver effective and therapeutic care to clients/families. The student must be able to communicate effectively to members of the health care team.</li> | ||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Behavioral and social attributes. The educational goals include changes in interest, attitudes, values and the development of appreciations and adequate adjustment. The student must be able to demonstrate stability and good judgment, adapt to change, be flexible and learn to function in stressful situations. | <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Behavioral and social attributes. The educational goals include changes in interest, attitudes, values and the development of appreciations and adequate adjustment. The student must be able to demonstrate stability and good judgment, adapt to change, be flexible and learn to function in stressful situations. The student should show empathy, integrity, compassion and concern for others. This program requires the student to examine differing values and to formulate more clearly personal values. The applicant to this program must be able to weigh the rights of the individual against the rights of society for a safe and competent nurse practitioner.</li> | ||
</ol> | </ol> | ||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;">Students with disabilities must follow the procedures for special accommodations.</p> | <p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Students with disabilities must follow the procedures for special accommodations.</p> | ||
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<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The student will be evaluated by the Counseling and Student Development Center at UNMC, or | <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The student will be evaluated by the Counseling and Student Development Center at UNMC, or | ||
UNMC’s designee, for official declaration of the specific accommodations required.</li> | UNMC’s designee, for official declaration of the specific accommodations required.</li> | ||
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The faculty may not grant accommodations to students without this official declaration.</li> | <li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The faculty may not grant accommodations to students without this official declaration.</li> | ||
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<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">The College of Nursing is in compliance with the Policy for Americans with Disabilities as stipulated by the Board of Regents in [http://www.nebraska.edu/docs/board/RegentPolicies.pdf RP 3.1.2.]</p> |
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Technical Standards for Professional Graduate Nursing Program | Subsection: 5.3.1 | |
Section 5.0 - Student Policies | Originating Date: May 1982 | |
Responsible Reviewing Agency: Professional Graduate Nursing Affairs Committee Final Approving Agency: General Faculty Organization (Graduate status faculty only) |
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Related Documents: 5.1.3 Student Responsibility to Provide Information Policy Board of Regents Policy RP 3.1.2 |
Purpose
Establishes technical standards criteria for application to and continuation in the professional graduate nursing program.
Scope
This policy applies to professional graduate applicants and students.
Policy
All students in the professional graduate nursing program must hold an unencumbered license to practice nursing. In addition, the general abilities listed below have been identified as necessary to meet the technical standards with or without reasonable accommodations for admission and progression in the program. These general abilities will be evaluated throughout the program:
Intellect/Conceptual
The educational goals are focused on the recall or recognition of knowledge and the development of intellectual abilities and skills. The nursing student participating in these educational goals must have the ability to reason, problem solve, conceptualize, analyze, synthesize and evaluate.
Psychomotor
The student must possess sufficient manipulative and motor skills, or functional equivalent, for assessment and therapeutic procedures such as inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation, and other diagnostic maneuvers and procedures., These actions includes purposeful, precise movements of the individual, which are needed to perform more complex nursing skills required in certain aspects of the professional graduate nursing program.
Assessment/Observation
In order to independently and accurately assess a client, the student must possess the ability toability to observe, discern, interpret, comprehend, detect, and recognize.
Communication
The student must be able to clearly and accurately record information and interpret verbal and nonverbal communication in order to assess, plan, and deliver effective and therapeutic care to clients and theirfamilies. The student must be able to communicate effectively to members of the health care team.
Behavioral/Emotional Attributes
The student must be able to demonstrate coping skills and good judgment, adapt to change, be flexible and learn to function in stressful situations. The student must show empathy, integrity, compassion and concern for others and themselves. The student must be able to recognize differing values and know how their own values, attitudes, beliefs, emotions, and experiences affect their perceptions and relationships with others.
Professional Conduct
To be qualified for College of Nursing Professional Graduate Program, individuals must be able to meet both our academic standards and the technical standards, with or without reasonable accommodations. These standards should not be a deterrent to any candidate with disabilities who desires to pursue education in this program. Candidates with disabilities bring unique perspectives which contribute to the diversity of the student population and will create a diverse healthcare workforce of culturally competent practitioners who can meet the needs of their patients. For further information regarding services and resources for students with disabilities and/or candidates with disabilities who would like to start the accommodation request process, please contact the Accessibility Services Center at UNMCASC@unmc.edu or find more information at www.unmc.edu/accessibility.
The College of Nursing is in compliance with the Policy for Americans with Disabilities as stipulated by the Board of Regents in RP 3.1.2.