Academic Policies & Procedures

Undergraduate Policies

Practicum/Clinical Absence Policy

It is required that students participate in all required (regularly scheduled or substituted) practicum/clinical experiences (including orientation). Failure to complete all regularly scheduled or substituted experiences places students at risk for not meeting course objectives. Students absent from more than 20 percent of scheduled practicum/clinical experience (10 percent in some courses) will receive a failing grade, or be allowed to withdraw according to IU School of Nursing Core Campus Policy, or take an Incomplete according to university policy dictated by the timing of and the circumstances surrounding the absences.

Last updated February 17, 2012