Integrated Clinical Practicum

The program’s clinical practicum is delivered under supervision of home hospital educators. Learning outcomes and assessments are supplied by Mohawk College. Participants must successfully complete the clinical practicum to achieve the competencies required for recognition of the ACCN program.

All students will be required to attend a clinical practicum at their place of employment under the supervision of staff educators. Clinical shifts are at the discretion of each hospital. The clinical practicum is mandatory and learners are required to complete the shifts in full at the times they are scheduled. Students are responsible for arranging their own travel to and from assigned placements and are responsible for covering any costs incurred. Students requiring accommodation related to these protected rights are encouraged to self identify to their direct manager of their site of employment.

Attendance Requirement for Clinical

Students are required to attend two clinical experience shifts per week from week 1 to 8, and three shifts in week 9, at their home hospital location as scheduled by their clinical facility. During the practicum, students are to complete with full attendance, the minimum number of required weeks. This attendance requirement exists to ensure that students have sufficient experience to develop their clinical skills to the required level.

Missed time needs to be made up within 2 additional weeks beyond the minimum number of weeks required, however in bereavement circumstances 3 or more days of absence are provided at the discretion of the Coordinator on the death of one’s spouse, parent, step-parent, child, stepchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent or grandchild.

If you are feeling ill, please seek medical advice. We also ask that you notify your clinical coordinator of your absence via email to determine next steps. Your clinical placement is tied to competency completion. Please do not schedule anything (travel, appointments, surgeries etc.) over your clinical time as there will be no extensions.

In order to meet the minimum 228 hour clinical requirement, during each of the 9 weeks of online learning, learners will attend two 8-hour clinical shifts per week at their place of employment, and three additional 8-hour clinical shifts in the final week of the ACCN program. Clinical shifts are scheduled at the discretion of the employer.