Attendance

Class and clinical attendance is required at Mount Carmel College of Nursing. Each course syllabus includes faculty requirements for specific class and clinical attendance. Attendance is subject to requirements in the Administrative Withdrawal policy.

Illness during class or clinical: A student who becomes ill or injured during class or clinical time will notify the instructor who will initiate an appropriate plan of action based on the circumstances and in accordance with related College policies. Students in onsite classes who have been admitted as a hospital inpatient or seen for treatment in a hospital Emergency Department must submit a signed release in order to return to class and/or clinical. This signed release must be submitted to the Director of Compliance and Community Affairs prior to the student’s return to class and/or clinical. The release must clearly identify all restrictions and the length of time the restrictions apply. See Medical Release policy for full information.

General Information

• Any student actively participating in a face to face course who has not attended class or clinical by the second class or clinical day and has not been excused will be administratively withdrawn from the class.

• Due to the accelerated nature of the program, a Second Degree Accelerated Program student who is absent without excuse from any class may be withdrawn from the class and from the Program.

• An online student listed on the class roster who has not attended class, or participated in the online class within 7 calendar days of class start and has not been excused will be administratively withdrawn from the class.

• After 14 calendar days of inactivity in any given course or lab, students may be subject to full withdrawal from MCCN.

Absences in Clinical or Lab-Based Courses

Nursing Clinical or Lab

• A student missing more than 1 day (for courses with 99 or fewer scheduled clinical or lab hours) or 2 days (for courses with 100 or more scheduled clinical or lab hours) of clinical or lab, may be withdrawn from the course. Students that are withdrawn from a course are subject to the Academic Progression Policy.  Students who have not met clinical compliance requirements will not be permitted to attend clinical/lab experiences.  Clinical/lab make ups are subject to makeup fees.

• When students are tardy more than 15 minutes to a lab or clinical, they will be sent home and will not be permitted to attend clinical/lab experiences. Clinical/lab make ups are subject to make up fees.

Nursing and Science Labs

• • • Students hold the accountability and responsibility for content associated with missed labs. 

Clinical or Lab Make-up Requirements

Students are required to make up all missed lab or clinical experiences and are responsible for the payment of any clinical or lab make-up fees (minimum of $55/hour for the total number of missed hours).  

The College reserves the right to administratively withdraw students from clinical nursing courses based on clinical absences and/or failure to attend a clinical or lab orientation. By the approval of the Faculty Program Leader a student will be dropped from a nursing clinical course if patient/client safety is at risk, and a grade of “W” will be posted to the student’s academic transcript

Reporting Absence for Clinical or Lab 

Students who are unable to be present for clinical or lab experiences must notify the Course Coordinator and/or the clinical facility and clinical faculty member as indicated, at least two hours prior to the scheduled start time for the experience. Students should refer to their clinical syllabi for individual agency or faculty instructions regarding absences reporting.

As absence reporting processes are in place to establish student conduct that is in concert with behaviors expected of working professionals, if notification is not given, the student may be subject to disciplinary action in accordance with the Academic and Professional Conduct Committee.

Any graduate student who is ill or injured and cannot attend class or attend the scheduled practicum experience MAY be asked to submit to the appropriate course faculty a note on letterhead or prescription pad that is dated and signed by hand with a nurse practitioner or physician’s assistant signature.

Completion if the Lab & Clinical Absence Reporting form is required for any and all missed lab & clinical hours.

Graduate and Doctoral Programs: Unexcused Absence

Although all graduate and doctoral programs are online, two consecutive unexcused absences will result in the student being administratively withdrawn from the course. 

Convention, Seminar, and Workshop Attendance

Students in good academic standing are encouraged to participate in professional and educational activities. Written permission to miss classes for the purpose of attending conventions, seminars, or workshops must be obtained from faculty who are teaching courses in which the student is currently enrolled. Consent forms are available from the Student Nurses Association (SNAM) faculty advisor or from the Office of Records and Registration. The student, if granted permission to attend, is responsible for all make-up work.