• All clinical nursing courses will have a "Calculation Competency" Exam.
• The quiz will be 10-20 questions (teacher discretion).
• This calculation exam will be included in examination scores for the courses.
• The student must achieve a 100% on the exam in order to attend the clinical experience.
• The first score achieved will be included in examination scores for the course.
• The student will have two (2) additional attempts after the first try to achieve the 100%.
• The three (3) attempts to achieve the 100% must be completed by the first day of clinical.
• Following three (3) attempts, students who do not achieve a 100% on the calculation Competency Exam will not be able to attend clinical.
• This inability to attend clinical will result in course failure.
• Achievement of the 100% on the Calculation Competency Exam will be listed on the course syllabus as a prerequisite to attendance at clinical. It is a prerequisite clinical competency.

Calculation Competency Policy - NURS 3015

• In Foundations of Nursing Practice (NURS3015), students are required to take multiple Calculation Competency Exams.
• These exams will count toward the exam points in NURS3015.
• The number of questions and the points on the exams are at the discretion of the faculty.

Calculation Competency Policy - NURS 3020

• The Calculation Competency Exams in NURS3015 are utilized in Management of Adult I (NURS3020) to determine the prerequisite competency for attendance at clinical in the hospital setting.
• If a student does not achieve a 100% on the Calculation Competency Exams in NURS3015, the student is not eligible to attend clinical experiences in the hospital setting in NURS3020 which will result in course failure. BR>

Faculty Approved: 5/2007

 Revised 2/2011