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PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center Faculty Checklist
(Updated 3/18/2013)
  1. Read and follow the policy as it relates to your students:
  2. Send a list of student and clinical instructor names with start/end dates and department/nursing class assigned a minimum of two weeks prior to the clinical start date to: Becky Larson at blarson@swmedicalcenter.org or fax to 360.514.2170
     
  3. Obtain a clinical instructor badge from our Human Resources Department within one week prior to beginning your clinical rotation. See clinical instructor badge access letter for more information. All students/instructors should have door access. The students in Surgery, PACU, FBC, CVAD, and CVO will be given scrub access via their badge.
     
  4. Complete the online general orientation program available through StudentMax Connection at http://tcps-ocn.org/ once a year. Your school should have your password to access the nursing quiz.
     
  5. Complete the LifeScan online tutorial at https://hospitaltraining.lifescan.com/ (if you plan on checking blood sugars). The same directions apply to your students:
    • Hospital login is sou272.
    • Click on SureStep Flexx Meter
    • When prompted for your ID enter 's' for student, then your first name initial, followed by the last 4 digits of your SS#
    • Now you can do the online training
    • Take the review test and print out results. A minimum of 90% is required for passing. You can repeat the test if necessary
    • Please send a copy of the printed test results for both you and your students to: Becky Larson at blarson@swmedicalcenter.org or fax to 360.514.2170
       
  6. Complete the PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center facility specific forms, collect all the forms, and send to Becky Larson at blarson@swmedicalcenter.org or fax to 360.514.2170
  7. Contact Stephanie Meyer at 360.514.2977 or sebennet@swmedicalcenter.org to arrange/register for computer training for yourself and/or your students. This training is approximately 3 hours. 
    • If you are bringing a cohort of students or group of students from your school in a senior experience, it is your responsibility to arrange the computer training and notify your students.
    • If you are placing just one student in a senior practicum experience, the student may call Stephanie Meyer themselves. Classes will be scheduled based on availability and training needs of the clinical instructors and students.
    • All students/clinical instructors need the computer training except those placed in the following areas:
      • Cancer Center
      • Cardiac Rehab
      • Cardiovascular Angiography Department (CVAD)
      • Cardiovascular Observation (CVO)
      • Emergency Department
      • Family Medicine Southwest
      • HomeCare
      • Hospice
      • Memorial Urgent Care Clinic
      • PeriOperative Services
        • Fill out the Student HCI User Password Verification Statement for computer access and check the 'need HSM' box.
        • This includes Surgery, PACU, Short Stay Unit (SSU), and Same Day Services-Medical (SDS). Those departments will do their own computer training.
      • Ray Hickey Hospice House
        • Fill out the Student HCI User Password Verification Statement for computer access but students do NOT need computer training class. The Hospice House staff will do their own computer training.
      • Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Oxygen Center
    • Computer training is held in the Medical Center's Physician's Building, Building B in the basement room LL 20 and must occur prior to the start of you/your student's clinical experience.
      • Please do not attempt to access computers onsite for your students until computer training is completed.
      • Please remind students that if they have future rotations at this facility, they must retain their username/password information.

      For students who have done previous rotations at this facility:
       
  8. Carry your clinical faculty passport at all times at all clinical sites.
     
  9. Click on this link for your PeaceHealth Southwest Department Contact Information for Nursing Students in precepting/ capstone/senior experiences
If you have any questions, contact the clinical placement coordinators:
Cheryl Snodgrass: 360.514.2023 or csnodgra@swmedicalcenter.org
Larizza Limjuco: 360.514.6888 or llimjuco@swmedicalcenter.org