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11.7 Clinical Incidents

11.7 Clinical Incidents

Overview

Policy: Unusual incidents which occur in a lab or clinical experience that involve students or faculty will be appropriately reported. Examples of such incidents include injury to faculty, students, clients, or staff; errors in administration or omission of a medication; or incidents such as automobile accidents while driving to or from clinical. 

Procedure: 

  1. Students will immediately report unusual incidents to the clinical instructor, or staff if the incident involves the clinical instructor. 

  2. The clinical instructor (or agency) will immediately notify appropriate agency personnel. Agency incident report guidelines will be followed including submission of written and verbal reports. Students involved in an incident will complete the proper reports under direct supervision. 

  3. The clinical instructor will notify the Chief Nurse Administrator and the Clinical & Operations Manager of the incident and documentation will be included in the student’s file. 

  4. The student is financially responsible for any cost of their health care related to an incident.

 

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