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Our partners in clinical rotationsAll PLU pre-licensure and advanced-practice nursing programs are clinically-intensive, to provide the high level of direct patient contact time necessary for superior clinical preparation.  PLU arranges all student clinical rotations and preceptorships.  The PLU School of Nursing contracts with over 100 local hospitals and agencies, thus providing its students a broad exposure to the many nursing care settings that employ graduate-prepared nurses, including

Clinical SupervisorsOur department faculty also serve as supervisors for Therapists-In-Training. Additional professionals from community agencies are employed at PLU to serve as supervisors. All supervisors are considered to be experts in their fields and work closely with our students to ensure a high standard of education for them as well as a quality service for our clients. Supervisors are Approved Supervisors of the American Association for Marriage & Family Therapists (AAMFT) or the

Clinical Evaluations 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

The student’s first time performing ANY skill in clinical must be observed by the PLU Clinical Faculty member.* Students can Independently Students can with RN Direct Supervision* ●     Therapeutic communication ●     Motivational interviewing ●     Initial shift assessment & charting ●     Focused assessment & charting ●     Risk Assessments (Fall, skin, etc.) ●     8hr I&O: oral/IV/Urine/BM/Drains ●     Patient teaching & Teach-back ●     Bedside Report & Handoff  to RN Partner ●     Vital

Retention of Pastoral Care FilesDescription of Records When the pastor or other authorized staff member provides pastoral care to parishioners, such as marriage counseling or personal spiritual direction, the pastor may create a file containing: Date and time of consultation Persons present Observation notes Tests, such as personality inventories Correspondence Care of Records The pastor or other authorized staff member must use good judgment in establishing the nature of each relationship and

Campus Ministry is Here for YouCampus Ministry exists to be a “Space for Grace” on the campus of PLU. Outside of The University Congregation, University Chapel and our Small Groups, we can help connect students to faith-based clubs, studies, lectures, literature, local congregations and pastoral care and counseling. Pastoral CarePastor Jen is available to the entire PLU community for one-on-one pastoral care. Contact Pastor Jen at rudejl@plu.edu or book an appointment online. Every minister has

Campus Life Mission StatementThe vision of Campus Life is to create opportunities and environments that: Inspire and cultivate joy Champion equity and justice Enrich authentic growth Care for Well being Campus Life fulfills our vision through our mission: Campus Life seeks to engage students in co-creating and sustaining radically inclusive communities of belonging, learning, and leadership – for the students and the intersecting communities in which we are rootedResidential Life Statement of

media such as Facebook or Twitter) client information or anything occurring in the clinical setting having to do with patients, even if names/clinical sites/treating practitioners, etc. are omitted. Students should refrain from leaving the clinical site with identifying information such as patient stickers, census sheets, etc. Students should monitor with the utmost care any written statements about patients, whether in a personal journal or in the context of classroom assignments such as clinical

clinical, thus 84 hours of clinical, may have those hours distributed as one 6 hour day per week for 14 weeks (no clinical during finals week) or 12 hours a week for 7 weeks if the clinical course is taught for half the semester. Clinical experiences are expected to provide active engagement in patient/client care at the appropriate clinical level for students’ practice development. Observation experiences are to be minimized. If insufficient active client care experiences are available at the