Medications must always be prepared and administered only under the direct supervision and presence of the A-B Tech nursing instructor in a faculty-supervised clinical experience. Students are expected to follow each of the five rights of medication administration. Students evaluated as "unsafe" in medication preparation and administration by the A-B Tech nursing faculty will be removed from the clinical environment for the protection of the public. The student may continue to attend class and/ or labs. A final course grade of "F" is earned for the course.
Clinical skills must be under the direct supervision and presence of the A-B Tech nursing instructor in a faculty-supervised clinical experience. Students are expected to follow clinical skill procedure guidelines in accordance with the clinical affiliate procedures. Students evaluated as "unsafe" in clinical skills by the A-B Tech nursing faculty may be removed from the clinical environment for the protection of the public. The student may continue to attend class and/or labs. A final course grade of "F" is earned for the course.
According to the North Carolina Board of Nursing, a nursing student who is in a clinical area as part of an approved nursing education program is working as an “unlicensed provider”. A student is held to the same standard of care as any licensed nurse. Only the person named on the nursing license has the authority to practice nursing. The faculty member and/or preceptor is responsible for “appropriate supervision and delegation.” The law allows a licensed nurse to delegate certain nursing responsibilities to individuals who are competent to perform the assignment.
Persons caring for the patient are responsible for knowing the boundaries of their role and for knowing if they have the knowledge/skills/abilities to provide for the client’s needs. It is up to each nurse to decide what activities can safely be assigned or delegated to another individual based upon the agency policies/procedures, the education/training of the individual, and the validated competency of the individual. When the nurse has delegated appropriately, he/she is not accountable for the actions/errors of the individual assigned the task.