Work Load and Grades

CEI Nursing Faculty Work Load Policy

Full Load is 11-12 load hours. Each load hour equates to about 3 hours per week of work

• Lead Faculty for Clinical oversight 0.25 load hour
  • Work with clinical coordinator and simulation coordinator to complete clinical schedule for group
  • Update paperwork with the team
  • Work with clinical coordinator to make sure clinical paperwork for course is turned in and sent to facility
  • Oversee adjunct assigned to course
  • Communicate with clinical coordinator to ensure compliance with hospital clinical site, faculty, and adjunct faculty
  • Work with clinical coordinator and lab coordinator to arrange orientation/skills day for course with lab coordinator
• Lead Faculty for a course 0.25 load hours
  • Lead faculty will work with other faculty in different sections of the course
  • Lead faculty may be assigned to oversee an instructor who does not currently have their MSN.
• Lab & Simulation is 0.75 Load hours per hour in lab/simulation if course lead
• Clinical is 0.5 load hours per hour in clinical
• Lab & Simulation 0.5 load hours per hour in the lab if helping (not course lead)
• 1 load hour per credit taught
  • Additional 0.5 load hours for classes with 25 or more students
  • Additional 0.75 load hours for classes with 35 or more students
  • Additional 1 load hour for classes with 45 or more students
• Faculty Mentor 1 load hour first semester and 0.5 load hour second semester
• 0.5 load hour for each credit if teaching a new course (first semester)
• 0.25 load hour for each credit when updating course with new edition of book or new book (1 semester)
• 0.25-0.5 load hour for each credit of the course if creating an online course
• Faculty may be assigned workload to tutor students
  • Faculty may not tutor students for their individual courses
• Faculty may be assigned workload for advising student leadership opportunities/clubs
• Pre-student advising 1.5 load hours
• Simulation Coordinator 4 load hours
• Skills Lab Coordinator 4 load hours
• Assistant Clinical Coordinator 4 load hours
• ATI/Bookstore coordinator 0.5 load hour
• 1 load hour for Accreditation committee chair.

Changes to the workload policy must be approved by the Dean of Health and Human Services.

Grade Requirements:

There are Three Different Requirements which the student must achieve in order to pass nursing courses:
1. First – an overall percentage of 77% or above is required in each of the nursing courses.
2. Second – students must earn a 77% average on the test component of each nursing course.
3. **Third – students must pass the clinical/skills component of each course, regardless of grade in the theory component. Some courses are Pass or Fail, others require a 77% or higher average. A failure of the clinical component will result in a failure in the course.

Grade expectations for letter grades assigned:

An “A” student demonstrates the following:

• Attends all clinical assignments
• Attendance at all classes
• Always prepared for class including reading assignments/adaptive quizzing
• Demonstrates interest by asking questions
• Finds out what they do not understand
• Possesses determination and self-discipline
• Demonstrates intelligence, insight, and creativity
• Utilizes critical thinking in processing nursing problems
• Consistently functions with little or no guidance, except in very complex situations
• Demonstrates outstanding performance of nursing care
• Is consistently self-directed in their approach to learning
• Achieves high test scores
• Always displays professionalism

A “B” student demonstrates the following:

• Rarely absent from class or clinical
• Prepared for class including having assignments done
• Willingness to participate and demonstrate interest
• Positive attitude and generally completes assignments on time.
• Generally functions satisfactorily with minimum guidance in the usual clinical situation
• Demonstrates above average performance of nursing care
• Usually displays professionalism

A “C” student demonstrates the following:

• Meets minimum requirements for the nursing program
• Functions safely with a moderate amount of guidance in the usual clinical situation.
• Demonstrates average performance of nursing care

Nursing Department Grading Scale

Grade Points Percentage

A 100-93%

A- 92-90%

B+ 89-87%

B 86-83%

B- 82-80%

C+ 79-77%

C 76-73%

C- 72-70%

D+ 69-67%

D 63-66%

D- 62-60%

F 59-0%

A grade below 77% is not a passing grade in any nursing course. There is no rounding up of grades.

Section II: Student Standards and Procedures

See Nursing Student Handbook. All faculty are required to be aware of and hold students to those standards.