Student Handbook

New Mexico State University Alamogordo

Nursing Program

Table of Contents

Nursing Student Handbook (PDF)

• New Mexico State University Alamogordo
  • Mission and Core Values
• New Mexico State University Alamogordo – Nursing Program
  • • Vision, and Mission
    • Core Values, and Philosophy
    • Nursing Program Expectations
    • Nursing Program Utilizes Core Competencies
    • The Practice of the Associate Degree in Nursing – Graduate
    • Program Student Learning Outcomes
    • Graduate Nurse

• Nursing Program – Associate Degree in Nursing
  • • Goals of the Nursing Program
    • Organizational Framework for the Curriculum
    • Content Threads
    • Steps of Transformation
    • Glossary of Terms in the Curriculum

• Nursing Instructor/Student Role

• Associate Degree Plan for Nursing

• Advance Placement Students
• Associate Degree Plan for Nursing – LPN to RN Transition
• Estimated of Student Cost for ADN Program

• General Nursing Student Information

• University Policies
• Essential Job Functions as Eligibility Requirements
• Student with Disabilities
• Campus Facilities, Services, and Student Support Services
• Bulletin Boards
• Change of Major
• Course Syllabus and Calendar
• E-Mail
• Family Educational Rights Privacy Act (FERPA)
• Guidelines
• Non-Disclosure
• Non-Discrimination
• Orientation
• Publications
• Rights and Responsibilities of Students
• Schedule Modification
• Security
• Smoking
• Social Media
• Teaching/Leaning Methods
• Technologic Requirements for all Nursing Courses
• Textbooks
• Admissions, Progression, and Graduation Committee

• General Nursing Student Responsibilities
  • • Admission to the Nursing Program
    • Procedures for progression in the Nursing Program
    • Withdrawals
    • Procedure for Readmission
• Nursing Practice Guidelines
• Professional Conduct as a Nursing Student
• Code of Professional Conduct
• Professional Boundaries
• Unprofessional Behavior of Nursing Students
• Academic or Behavioral Misconduct Guidelines
• Violation of Substance Abuse/Sexual Misconduct Policies

• Students Suspected of Impairment
  • • Purpose
    • Definitions
    • Legal Use of Substance under Direction of Physician
    • Factors Suggesting Impairment
    • Substance Use Testing Procedures
    • Consequences
    • Clinical Probation/Dismissal Guidelines
    • Guidelines for Determining Unsafe Clinical Practice
    • Dismissal Guidelines
• Academic Expectations of Nursing Students
  • • Academic Advising
    • Channels of Communication
    • Children in the Nursing Facility
    • Classroom Attendance
    • Electronic Devices
    • Emergency Messages
    • Inclement Weather
    • Student Portfolio
    • Grievances and Suggestions

• Nursing Student Dress Code and Supplies

• Uniform Specifications
• Other Specifications and Required Supplies

• Student Organization: NMSUA’s Student Nursing Association
• Student Representation
• Requirements to Remain a Nursing Student
  • • Adequate Preparation
    • Testing Guidelines
    • Assessments Technology Institute (ATI)
    • NCLEX Readiness
    • Assignments (Class and Lab/Clinical)
    • Calculations for Safe Medication Administration
    • Class and Lab/Clinical Attendance
    • Lab/Clinical Absence Make-Up
    • Class Participation Activities
    • Laboratory Rules

• Clinical Activities (Includes Laboratory Experiences)

• Nursing Skills Lab

• Clinical Activities (Community Partnerships)
  • • Clinical Expectations
    • Clinical Clearance Guidelines (Basic Health Requirements)
    • Background Checks
    • Clinical Health Requirements
    • Blood Borne Pathogens – Universal Precautions
    • Other Potentially Infectious Materials
    • Lab/Clinical Attendance
    • Experiences Off Campus
    • Clinical Site Expectations
    • Clinical Assignments Guidelines
    • Student Scope of Practice in all Clinical Faculties
    • Student Clinical Objectives and Evaluation
    • Clinical Preparation
    • Limitations of Clinical Practice
    • Clinical Experiences Guidelines
    • Pre and Post Conferences
    • Medication in the Clinical Setting Guidelines
    • Medication Error Clinical Incident Report 89
    • Disciplinary Associated with a Medication Administration Error
    • Student Probation
    • Needle Stick Injury Guidelines

• Student Outcomes
  • • On-Line Examination – Testing Procedures
    • Grading
    • Grading Scale
    • Incomplete Grades
    • Progression
    • Evaluation
    • Clinical Evaluation
    • Program Evaluation
    • Leveled Educational Outcomes

• Guideline for Transition from a Nursing Student to a Graduate
  • • Apply for Nursing Degree
    • Degree Application
    • Commencement
    • Pinning and Capping Ceremony

• Transition from a Graduate Nurse to a Registered Nurse

• Appendix (A – V)
• Appendix Forms
• Appendix Handouts
• Appendix Clinical Agency Orientation Forms

• Ben Archer Health Center
• Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center
• Memorial Medical Center
• New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired