How does it work in your school when you have to miss clinical?

[knittingmonster]

I had to stay home from clinicals due to illness. My instructor doesn't know yet how we will make it up.

How do other schools handle this?

[Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN]

We were allowed to miss one clinical day (equal to 6 hours). If we missed more than that, we had to make the time up or risk failing clinical. If you were unlucky enough to be in the clinical section that that had 12 hour days, missing could be disaster.

We were told that if we were sick to show up to clinical anyway, that it was better for us to do that and get sent home early than not show up at all.

[tfleuter, BSN, RN]

We are allowed to miss up to 8 hours in our clinical rotation, but we do 9 hour days, so basically we can't miss a whole clinicial. However, there is a "make up day" at the end of the 7 week rotation for people who missed some time. Of course, not only do you have to make up the actual clinical hours, but you must also do additional work on top of the usual process paper/care plans required for each shift.

Basically, I think my instructor has made it possible to make up 1 day if you absolutely have to, but has made it such time consuming thing with all the additional paper work afterwards that no one would want to use that option unless they really had to. Probably a good thing really.

Not sure what would happen if a student missed 2 clinicals. I'm thinking they would try to work with the student if it was for a good reason...

[SimonJester]

at my wife's school any missed clinical would have to be made up no exceptions or you would fail the clinical and not graduate.

the student would need to coordinate between the clinical site and the instructor for a time when they could do the makeup. the student would also be required to pay the clinical instructor their hourly wage for the makeup. we never missed a clinical...

[lak20019]

My school has a designated "make up" day for clinical at the end of the term. You're only allowed to miss 1, and that's when you make it up.

[snazzy-jazzy, BSN, RN]

Mine is the same, we have one make up day given to us. Last semester I used mine because it was my daughters birthday, I happened to mention it to my instructer as it was an afternoon shift and I wanted to see if I could get a day shift for it, she suggested I take a day off and use the make up day.

[sneakymom2011]

In my program (diploma) we can miss up to 10% of clinical. I think for this semester that's 18 hours (or is it 16) If you miss more than that- I don't know what happens. I guess you don't pass.

Cheryl

[kcochrane]

In LPN school we were allowed to miss 24 hours of either clinical or class. But it had to be made up at the end. It was a clocked program. After the 24 hours, if you missed, you had to pay to make it up. More than 60 hours was an automatic failure.

In RN school, you were allowed to miss one clinical day and you did not have make it up. They did make some exceptions for others that were really ill, but I think even after 2 you had to repeat.

Most likely if it is up to the instructor and she told you to stay home, you should be ok and probably won't have to make it up. I think they are more worried about the repeat offenders and/or those not really sick.

Forgot to add, in my last semester we had the chance to attend extra clinicals if we wanted to bank one.

[CT Pixie, BSN, RN]

We were allowed 2 missed clinical days per mod (13 weeks long..comparable to a semester). If you missed a 3rd day, regardless of why, you failed that mod. We lost a few great students because of that. Come hell or high water, I made it to clinicals. I know there are circumstances beyond our control, it just seemed so unfair that someone could get the flu from a clinical site most likely..and then end up failing the mod because they missed more than 2 days.

[SierraMoon, ADN, BSN, RN]

We have scheduled make up days at the end of the semester. I think we're allowed to make up two days, if needed. My program is very clear and fair about this, IMO.

[HyperSaurus, RN, BSN]

We can miss two clinic days, but if we miss more than that, we have to start making it up, or fail. So, if we have the flu one week and have to miss both clinics that week (a 4 hour and 8 hour) then that's it.