Nursing Student Handbook - Wayne County Community College

CLINICAL PLACEMENT
The clinical placement experience is a significant learning component within the nursing
curriculum. It provides nursing students with the opportunity to use the theory and skills learned
in the classroom and laboratory settings. It is also the place in which nursing students see the art
of nursing applied and begin to develop their unique style. The clinical placement experience is
the synthesizer for nursing education, affording students the opportunity to develop nursing
skills, time management skills and become socialized into the role of the professional nurse.
CLINICAL SITE GENERAL STATEMENT
Nursing students are guests at clinical sites and safety of our community is of the upmost
importance. No student shall engage in conduct detrimental to the College community. The
conduct of every student should reflect well on the institution and in no case should that conduct
include behavior prohibited by policy, regulation or law. Conduct shall be deemed detrimental to
the College community if:
• It results in injury, damage, or loss to students, faculty, or administrative personnel of the
District, or to buildings, structures, or other property under College control, or
• It hinders the District in the discharge of its basic responsibilities to maintain an orderly
educational atmosphere and to function without interruption as an institution of higher
learning, or
• It consists of any act or acts prohibited under Municipal, State, or Federal regulations
and law, committed on the premises controlled or owned by the District.
Institutions have the authority to refuse or dismiss any student or the Wayne County Community
College nursing program for any action deemed detrimental to the clinical placement.
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