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Section 1. The interpretation of the Constitution, Bylaws, and faculty legislation shall in the first instance be entrusted to the Governance Committee. The membership of the Governance Committee shall consist of three members elected from the faculty for three-year overlapping terms. The president of the university shall be an advisory member of the committee. Cases shall be brought to the Governance Committee when an opinion is necessary to resolve a bona fide dispute. The president of the

The provost and senior vice president for academic affairs is the chief academic officer of the university. The provost serves on the university’s leadership team and works with the president, the vice presidents, the deans of the academic programs, and various university councils and committees to carry out the mission of the university. The provost represents the university to external constituencies in a manner determined by the president. The provost also represents the academic division to

2016 Lemkin Lecturer Dr. Gerhard WeinbergDr. Gerhard Weinberg, Professor Emeritus of University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, will be speaking at PLU on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 7:00 pm in the Regency Room. Dr. Weinberg is a leading world scholar on the topics of Nazi Germany, WWII, foreign policy, and the Holocaust. He was born in Nazi Germany into a family of German Jews, he and his family escaped to London. Later, Dr. Weinberg joined the U.S Military. He earned his Ph.D. in 1951 at the

Effective Date September 25, 2017 I understand that in my Pacific Lutheran University nursing education I will have the opportunity to practice specific invasive procedures on manikins and/or consenting nursing students. The invasive procedures that may be practiced on consenting nursing students are limited to intradermal, intramuscular, subcutaneous injections of normal saline, venipuncture and venipuncture with catheter insertion, and/or fingersticks using sterile equipment and appropriate

A Performance Progression Alert may be issued to students who are not performing at a satisfactory level in the classroom or in clinical, who are at risk for unsatisfactory performance, who are not meeting the Essential Qualifications, or not performing to academic, clinical, lab, or professional standards at any point in the academic term and program of study. The Performance Progression Alert will specify the nature of the performance concern, criteria for satisfactory performance, the

The Pacific Lutheran University School of Nursing believes that clinical experience is instrumental to the training and education of the professional nurse. Student participation in the clinical setting is the opportunity for the student to develop practice competencies and expertise that are essential to professional development. This also provides faculty the opportunity to evaluate if a student is able to think critically, maintain an appropriate demeanor, interact appropriately with

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

Progression to clinical placement is a privilege dependent upon successful completion of previous required classroom, lab, and clinical experiences. All clinical placements are coordinated through Clinical Placement Northwest Consortium and/or independently with non-consortium agencies. At no time is a student to seek out their own preceptor or placement. Failure to abide by this policy may result in loss of clinical placement opportunities. In addition, clinical health requirements and

The School of Nursing at Pacific Lutheran University complies with all Washington Administrative Codes (WAC) rules that relate to nursing education programs. Event reporting and recordkeeping requirements are in accordance with WAC 246-840-513 that states, “The nursing education program shall keep a log of all events reported by a patient, family member, student, faculty or a health care provider resulting in patient harm, an unreasonable risk of patient harm, or allegations of diversion, and

The University maintains general liability insurance that covers students while they are caring for