Student Guidelines

Presence St. Mary's Hospital Welcome, both students and instructors to our facility for your clinical experience. The following guidelines are intended to facilitate your experience here at Presence St. Mary's Hospital

Parking Clinical Students are encouraged to park in the MED Center EAST lot behind second row of parking lot lights (North part of Lot) Your car MAY BE TOWED if parked in the lots that are reserved for visitors and patients

Parking Map

Dress Code The uniforms adopted by your respective schools must be worn while on duty. Students and instructors who come into the hospital in the evening prior to assigned duty to study charts are asked to be in uniform or business attire with lab coat and name pin so that hospital staff can identify you A professional image is expected No perfumes, artificial nails or other body piercings other than earrings of modest size

Meals Students are welcome to eat in the hospital cafeteria Food is available in the cafeteria from 0700-1000 and 1100-1400. The Gathering Grounds Gift Shop, 1st floor lobby has a variety of soups, snacks, and drinks 0700-1930 Food or drink may not be taken into work areas

Smoking Smoking is NOT permitted on the hospital campus, this include inside as well as outside the property

Personal valuables Space is limited in the nursing/ staff lounges Do not bring large sums of money or valuable into the hospital setting Coats and books can be left in the break rooms or a designated area per your instructor

Injuries In the event of exposure to blood/body fluids or a sharps injury The instructor/ student notifies the charge nurse immediately who in turn will contact house operation manager (HOM) The instructor should follow up with HOM at the time of injury HOM will have papers for the injured party to fill out The instructor should also follow their school policy Instructors need to report any other injury (i.e., Fall) in the MIDAS variance reporting system and contact HOM as well

Incidents involving a patient The student needs to report the incident to their instructor immediately (i.e., medication error, injury to patient, fall) The instructor along with the assistance of the student need to report the incident in the MIDAS variance reporting system Prior to leaving the unit a description of the incident and follow-up needs to be discussed with the charge nurse

Calling Off Students should follow school policy Students should also call the department and leave a message for their instructor giving their name and school

Nursing Stations Space in the nursing stations is limited Please be sensitive to others needs regarding seating area and charting responsibilities When physicians are present be respectful of their time. You may have to give up the chart or your computer and wait until the physician has finished

Reviewing patient charts Minimal information is kept in patients charts, however when removing a chart, a staff member should be aware of it’s location so a physician doesn’t have to search for it Place a piece of paper in the rack indicating where the chart can be located

Giving Medications With the supervision of their instructor and the level of preparedness in the nursing / respiratory programs and following hospital policy, students can administer medications This may include monitoring IV’s, discontinuing IV’s and giving IV medications if the content is covered in the school’s curriculum

Comments/ Concerns during clinical rotation Comment/ concerns can be directed to the manager of the clinical unit Safety and quality clinical issues can be directed to, Rita Moreno-Shaw Manager of clinical education, x 2495 of the Presence St. Mary’s Hospital Clinical Education Department Safety and quality concerns can also be reported to the Joint Commission (contact information posted throughout the facility)

Pastoral Care The Chaplin will take communion to the patients on a daily basis per request of the patient Students should stay in the room when a Chaplin comes to visit, but need to stand aside so he/ she can approach the patient easily

Confidentiality All information gathered by the student in oral/ written/ printed form is confidential and needs to be treated as such Access codes are only valid with the semesters clinical There shall be no patient documentation leaving the hospital If a student chooses to print something from the medical record it should be placed in the recycle bin prior to leaving the unit/area EXCEPTION: a comprehensive radiology or lab report, or GPP may be printed if all patient identifiers are cut off the document and placed in the recycle bin This exception does NOT include History & Physicals, consultations, or any other documentation that would have personally recognizable information of the patient

Confidentiality continued It is an expectation that the above rules will be honored by all students If a student is found in breach of the above rules the use of Presence St. Mary’s Hospital as a clinical site for that student will be revoked Students are treated as staff, all staff are subject to random audits by Risk Management A student may only view a patient’s record that he/ she is assigned, if it is found that a student is viewing records outside the assignment, the use of Presence St. Mary’s Hospital as a clinical site for that student will be revoked

Hospital Emergencies FIRE Rapid Response Code Blue Security Emergency Dial “71” on any phone to report : FIRE Rapid Response Code Blue Security Emergency