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  • Pacific Lutheran University operates on a semester calendar with 15-week fall and spring semesters, a 4-week January term, and summer sessions ranging from 4 to 12 weeks.

    classes are offered three times per week in 65-minute time blocks or twice per week in 105-minute time blocks. Other academic experiences such as labs, clinicals, discussions, independent study, field work, internships, and hybrid/online courses are largely held outside of the standard schedule, but all adhere to the credit hour policy (see Periodic Review below). One unit of credit represents three hours of learning per week where each hour spent with direct faculty instruction requires at least two

  • Jessie Klauder finds a swimming regimen that treats the whole student By Nick Dawson Jessie Klauder ’11 made the decision a year ago. During J-Term of her senior year, Klauder would participate in the School of Nursing’s first study away program in China, where she…

    number of team practices over the years. For instance, during her sophomore year, Klauder would miss Tuesday and Thursday workouts because of clinicals. She has worked cooperatively with the PLU coaching staff in making up missed practice time. “If I wouldn’t be able to do both,” Klauder said, “I wouldn’t function as well as an individual.” So when it came to choosing China over a month of competitive swimming, Klauder was committed to her nursing studies. She spoke to Matt Sellman, himself a former

  • On a chilly February morning, cars packed the parking lot of the Pacific Lutheran University Olson Fieldhouse. There was no basketball game or volleyball match enticing the visitors, but rather a historic event that brought visitors in that day. It was the first of many…

    gain valuable, hands-on experience. PLU nursing professor Lorena Guerrero noted the importance of the event in providing that platform for students.  “Students have been wanting to become more involved in the pandemic,” she said while also volunteering her time at the clinic. “A lot of their clinicals have been affected, in one way or another, by the logistics and the surge in patients that a lot of hospitals have had. Things like this where a student can spend seven hours giving shots and learning

  • Greetings and Happy Spring!  Welcome to the inaugural edition of the PLU School of Nursing newsletter.

    for your second half of the semester clinicals! CastleBranch – Please make sure ALL of your requirements are up to date on the site. I only review if I see a rejection. If something is overdue, I will not send you reminders. CastleBranch automatically does that. Any overdue items will delay your ability to be processed by your clinical site! Site-specific requirements – Agencies request new paperwork for each rotation. Ensure you have submitted the required paperwork within the deadline for each

  • Revised, S. Smith, SoN Dean, Aug 2016

    receive feedback (written and oral; formative and summative) from faculty regarding their performance during the clinical rotation (Pre-licensure Clinical Evaluation Tool). The length of a clinical rotation will dictate the frequency of formal evaluation sessions. In all clinicals, students are evaluated at least twice – at the middle and end of the course. Students should be aware that evaluation of clinical performance is ongoing. Students who are not meeting minimum standards of performance are

  • The School of Nursing Dean serves as the Chief Nurse Administrator for the School of Nursing with responsibility for all aspects of SoN administration, operations, budget, personnel, and academic

    identify appropriate community based clinical opportunities including but not limited to skilled nursing facilities, homecare/hospice, outpatient clinics, senior communities and other community based clinicals. Following consultation with the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, the COS is responsible for negotiating and arranging clinical experiences through CPNW which meet the educational requirements for students in the nursing program, interpreting and matching the needs of students and instructors

  • Nursing students are expected to attend all classes, to be in the clinical areas as assigned, and to be on time. Faculty will set other attendance requirements for particular classes, labs and/or clinicals. It is at the faculty’s discretion to determine what constitutes excused and unexcused absences. Failure to attend the first two in-person class, labs, or clinicals, and failure to log in to online courses within the first week will result in removing the student from the course and affects

  • NP Certificate Information SessionsRegister for a live online information session (hosted on Zoom) to learn more about our Post-Graduate Nurse Practitioner Certificate programs. You will learn about the class schedule, clinicals, tuition, and scholarships. You will also have an opportunity to ask specific questions at the end of the session. Please note that the NP Certificate information sessions are combined with the Doctor of Nursing Practice program. During the session, we will cover

  • All students will receive feedback (written and oral; formative and summative) from faculty regarding their performance during the clinical rotation (Clinical Evaluation Tool and Criteria for Satisfactory Performance) found in your Learning Management System. The length of a clinical rotation will dictate the frequency of formal evaluation sessions. In all clinicals, students are evaluated at least twice – at the middle and end of the course. Students should be aware that evaluation of clinical

  • Emergency Nurse Practitioner Certificate CurriculumProgram length: 9 months (3 terms) Program start: Depends on gap analysis Total credit hours: 14 Class schedule: This program is offered using a hybrid format. Classes are held online or in-person (full day, 1-week intensive). Clinicals can be arranged at your current work location.  The Post Graduate Certificate curriculum consists of the specialty track coursework for the Emergency Nurse Practitioner. This rigorous program provides the