SECTION III: Facilities, Resources, and Services

Experiential Learning Site Coordination

URSON faculty, administration, and staff collaborate closely with community stakeholders to ensure that clinical and experiential learning sites are sufficient and appropriate for achieving URSONs mission, goals, and expected outcomes. As part of an academic health center, program leaders collaborate with multiple partners within URMC and the community to ensure high-quality clinical, educational, and leadership learning experiences. URSON faculty evaluate the appropriateness of all experiential learning sites through on-site visits or clinical instructor feedback during each clinical and experiential learning course.

All clinical and experiential learning placements (e.g., student teaching, leadership project work, etc.) are coordinated through the SON Preceptor and Clinical Site Coordinators in the MS programs in Leadership, Education, and Nurse Practitioner Specialties. Individualized student placements meet course and program learning outcomes under the direction of supervising SON faculty and experienced, discipline-specific preceptors. All arrangements for preceptors are made in conjunction with relevant academic course coordinators, NP Clinical Coordinators, NP Specialty Directors, and Program Directors. All preceptors are educationally and experientially prepared with credentialing and documentation through SON experiential learning processes. Preceptors' contact and communication are done through SON faculty and not through individual students to ensure optimum student learning experiences.

Students are expected to enter required experiential learning hours, information, and evaluations in the SON’s integrated clinical education database (SONNET) at critical milestones during a semester. This School of Nursing Experiential Learning Tracking System includes clinical hour tracking by population/setting, preceptor feedback, and faculty evaluations for each clinical course. Students can self-monitor the alignment of individual experiences with national and role-specific competencies. Student documentation in. SONNET is program-specific and includes embedded developmental competency-based rubrics across multiple learning modalities (clinical, virtual, and simulation). An introduction to SONNET is provided in new student orientation at program entry, and prior to relevant courses.

NP Clinical Site Coordination Link to section

All clinical placements are coordinated through the SON Clinical Site and Preceptor Administrator (CSPA). All preceptor arrangements are made in collaboration with the NP Program/Specialty Directors and Clinical/Course Coordinators. Students should not directly contact any clinical site or preceptor to request a clinical placement but may identify interested preceptors and sites to the CSPA and Clinical/Course Coordinators. If the student has a special request or specific need for a graduate clinical placement, this should be discussed with the CSPA and Clinical/Course Coordinators prior to the semester begins. Every effort will be made to secure a clinical placement for the student based on the specialty program requirements.

MS Leadership and MNE Experiential Learning Site Coordination Link to section

Experiential learning placements for Leadership in Health Care Systems, Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL), and Nursing Education (MNE) programs are coordinated through Educational Learning Coordinators, in collaboration with course faculty and program directors. Students should not directly contact any site or preceptor to request a clinical placement but should identify potential preceptors and sites to their Experiential Learning Coordinator (ELC).