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.
