Safety Guidelines for Students
Standard Precautions
Students will adhere to all guidelines for Standard Precautions within the clinical agencies.
Students and clinical faculty are expected to take measures to maintain their personal health so as not to jeopardize themselves or any patient with whom they come in contact. Students who are accepted into the program must show evidence of the USU required immunizations and diagnostic procedures as required by the clinical agencies utilized. At any time, a student may be required to receive a medical examination if deemed necessary by the clinical faculty for the wellbeing of the student and/or the patients. If this is required of the student, the Office of Field Experience will be notified and a new Medical Clearance Form will be required by the student. Until the document is received the student will be placed on a clinical pause and will not complete hours with their preceptor or log any hours into Project Concert.
As students are in contact with patients in a variety of health situations, it is imperative that students maintain protection against communicable illnesses. In addition, students must meet agency health requirements to enter field experience course work. Students are responsible for updating BLS, personal health insurance, immunizations when needed. Students will not be allowed to participate in field experiences unless all agency and USU requirements are current. Any student that falls out of compliance due to expired documentation will immediately be placed on a field experience pause and will be restricted from field experience participation until renewed documentation is provided, and coinciding faculty will be notified if unresolved in a timely manner. Missing field experiences may jeopardize student success in the program. All students are responsible for the completion of the required documents. The deadline to submit the required documentation is a minimum of 16 weeks prior to the planned field experience course. Documentation submitted late may result in a later registration of the field experience course. Students should submit their documentation early to avoid a delay in their field experience start date. Instructions on completing Complio are included in the appendices (Appendix D). Please note that a student’s site may require additional or different health and safety documents than those in the lists below, as stipulated in an affiliation agreement.
Students that refuse to provide appropriate health and safety documentation or request medical waivers (subject to approval), by the appropriate deadline will be responsible for finding and securing their own placement that meet the appropriate standards. Students must communicate with the Office of Field Experience prior to reaching out to any site, as there may be pre-established procedures to be followed for that facility. Students must provide documentation from the site (owner, director, CEO) stating that they approve the student to do hours within their facility without documentation of these health and safety requirements. Documentation will be verified by the Office of Field Experience prior to each rotation.