RNUR 2228 Nursing--Adult & Child II Syllabus 010 Fall 2026

CPR Certification
Students will be required to obtain CPR (cardio-pulmonary resuscitation) certification from the American Heart Association (BLS Healthcare
Provider Course) or the American Red Cross. It must be current through the end of the semester.

Absence Policy
Students are expected to attend all scheduled class and clinical times, submit written assignments on due dates, and take tests at the
scheduled times. It is the student's responsibility to notify their instructor if and why they are unable to attend any class session. Should a
student be absent from class, it is their responsibility to notify the instructor prior to the scheduled class time and obtain class
announcements, notes, and handouts from another student in the class. (See the Attendance section of the Nursing Student Handbook).

Continuity of Knowledge and Courses
Nursing knowledge is cumulative and builds from one course to the next. Students will be responsible for recalling and applying content
taught in previous nursing and pre-requisite courses. This content is testable at any time.

Nursing- Testing Policy

Professional Conduct

You will be expected to consistently demonstrate the values of honesty and integrity as a KCC Nursing student. Failure to do so will be considered a violation of professional behavior and may result in dismissal from the nursing program as well as any health career programs at KCC. Please note the “Policy for Health Career Programs Student Dismissal” in your handbook. Violations include, but are not limited to:

Cheating

Plagiarism

Fabrication

Intellectual Property Dishonesty

Facilitation of Academic Dishonesty

Providing false information

Inappropriate conduct/Disruption

Most course assignments (tickets to class, homework, care plans, etc.), tests, and/or quizzes are to be an individual’s own work. This includes online activities. These assignments are not to be done in groups unless specified by the faculty.

Students must also understand that plagiarism will not be tolerated at any time.

Test Policy and Environment

All tests and quizzes will be taken on the scheduled day and time. An exception may be made if students require testing accommodations. Tests may not be taken early. If a student is going to miss a test, they must notify the instructor prior to the start of the test. They will have one week to make it up in the Testing Center. It must be completed before the start of class the following week. The student must notify the faculty member when they will be taking the test in the testing center. If this process is not followed, the student may receive a zero for that exam. If a student is tardy to class on a test day, they may be allowed to start the test, but they will not be given extra time to complete it. If the student is more than 10 minutes late, the student will need to make arrangements to take the test in the testing center. Students need to be aware that all tests may be an alternate test if they are not taken on the scheduled day and time.

No more than two tests can be made up in the testing center in the course within a semester. For the health and safety of students and faculty, if a student is not well enough to take the test at the scheduled time, they also should not attend class. A student must communicate a valid reason for missing a test and receive prior approval from the instructor before the test begins in order to be allowed to take an alternate test in the testing center. The time allowed for taking a test is determined by the faculty member who developed the test. As a goal for NCLEX readiness, the student should strive for approximately 1.5 minutes or less per question.

Quizzes may be unannounced. You cannot make up quizzes missed during class or online unless there are the following extenuating circumstances (jury duty, death in family, military duty, personal hospitalization). Documentation of these situations must be provided and approved by faculty.

All nursing knowledge is cumulative, and content may be re-tested at any time throughout the program in any nursing course.

The testing environment is created to ensure fairness to all students. Students will be provided with a scratch paper to use during the test. This paper will be collected and shredded by the faculty. Faculty will randomly assign seats during a test and will try to put one seat in between each student. All desks/tables must be cleared prior to starting the test. All backpacks, purses, phones, computers, drink bottles, hats, watches and hoodies must be placed in the front or back of the classroom. Sweatshirt hoods may not be worn on the head. Phones should be turned off to minimize distraction. Pencils and erasers can be left on the desk to use for the test/quiz. If the student chooses to use ear plugs, they must use the ear plugs provided by the faculty. No Meta glasses or smart devices are allowed.

If a test requires a calculator, one will be provided by the faculty or the student will be guided to use the calculator built into the Canvas exam. If the exam is a HESI exam, the calculator will be built into the exam for the student to use on the computer.

Proctors will not answer questions about the content of questions, but may ask students to read the question again, look for keywords, think critically, etc. During any proctored exam, faculty reserve the right to disrupt the exam for security purposes. Students may be asked to step away from their computers while faculty inspect computer screens. If any evidence of academic dishonesty (e.g. collusion, impersonation, and/or proxy testing) is discovered, the student’s exam will be stopped immediately.

Students should not leave the room once the exam has begun. After completing the exam, students will leave the classroom and not return until instructed by the faculty.

Test Review

Test review will only occur after all students have taken the test. All students are required to be present for the test review. The review will occur in a proctored environment. During test review, the desktop will be cleared. Pens, pencils and phones will not be allowed. Students are not allowed to take notes during the test review. In addition, students are reminded that they are not to discuss tests and quizzes outside of the classroom.

Faculty are available during their student support hours to meet with students individually to discuss test taking strategies. Faculty can also discuss patterns that may be evident on tests that can help a student in future tests. If a student feels that a question was graded incorrectly, the student must notify the instructor who gave the test within 3 weeks from the day the test was given. After that time, the grade will be final.

There will be no review of the course final exam.

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HESI Testing and Remediation Policy

Purpose

The purpose of this policy is to provide guidelines for standardized testing and remediation processes using the HESI examinations. HESI exams are one method to assist in students’ success and are known to be highly predictive of success in passing the NCLEX (Shah et al., 2022). The main purpose of incorporating HESI exams throughout the nursing curriculum is to:

• Allow students to identify their current knowledge on specific content areas and client needs categories
• Provide information for students to engage in that is self-directed and promotes life-long learning
• Identify gaps in knowledge and facilitate a remediation plan to improve deficient areas
• Provide a benchmark and a standardized method for calculating course points
• Identify at-risk students early in the program to offer additional activities that support their success in the program and with passing the NCLEX
• Assist in demonstrating a minimum knowledge level for key nursing competencies involving patient safety (e.g., medication calculations) for clinical rotations and clinical practice
• Provide an opportunity for students to gain experience taking NCLEX-style standardized tests
• Offer insights to faculty about gaps in the curriculum and opportunities to improve teaching practices and integration of content across the curriculum

HESI Testing and Benchmarking

The HESI exam is a proctored computerized nursing test given in-person. Research demonstrates that scores of 850 and higher on the HESI exit exams are highly predictive of passing the NCLEX exam (Shah et al., 2022), making the program’s established benchmark score of 850 for all HESI specialty and exit exams. The program is permitted to change this benchmark score as needed per necessary policy change.

HESI Exam Placement and Timing

HESI benchmark exams are administered as a final exam in all courses except Seminar classes (RNUR 1461 RNUR 2461, PNUR 1491) and Intro to Pharm (RNUR 1152). Second versions of the HESI specialty exams are administered in the final semesters in both the RN and PN programs. Remediation materials are not available until all exams are completed.

HESI Specialty Exams and Course Points

All HESI specialty exams will contribute to 11-18% of overall course points. Each course that uses a HESI exam will state in the corresponding syllabus the points allotted to the HESI exam, the total number of points a student would receive, and the remediation requirements to be completed.

Faculty-Made Exam Data Review

After each faculty-made exam, the faculty will review each test item’s data and statistics. The faculty reserves the right to eliminate or change item scoring based on the data and statistics, which may result in an exam score change.

HESI Exit Exams

HESI Exit Exams contents are distributed to align with the NCLEX Test Plan’s Client Needs Categories. Two attempts of the HESI exit exam are administered during the final semester of the program. A score of 850 will be considered passing for the HESI exit exam; however, passing this exam is not required to meet final course competencies. The first attempt of the Exit Exam is the score that counts towards the final grade. Students who do not score 850 or above are required to take the 2^nd Exit; however, all students are encouraged to take the 2^nd Exit for extra practice. The criteria for course passing and the corresponding HESI exit exams will be outlined in the pertinent course syllabus.

Exam Security and Academic Honesty

HESI test items are secure items and must not be copied or pictures taken of exam items, and exam items must otherwise not be shared. Any notes taken during the exam must be turned in to the proctor at the completion of the exam. Any distribution of exam items or rationales or any academic dishonesty on the HESI exam will be managed in accordance with the college’s code of conduct policies and the health careers and nursing student handbook.

Remediation for all HESI Exams

All students are required to remediate the recommended materials following each HESI exam. The remediation/personalized learning plan (PLP) requirements are dependent on each individual student’s HESI score associated with each exam. The required levels for remediation and the process for demonstrating completion of remediation will be outlined in the syllabus for each course. Research indicates that proper remediation improves students' critical thinking, reasoning, and test-taking skills. Remediation is due by the first day of class the following semester. The student will not be able to take the first exam of the semester until the previous semester’s PLP is complete.

Procedure for Personalized Learning Plan

• After taking a HESI exam, students receive a HESI exam report with their scores.
  • Once all students in a cohort have completed the HESI exam, the exams are uploaded for processing to generate their Personalized Learning Plan.
• In the Personalized Learning Plan, students will receive content, case studies, and quizzing
  • Students are requested to complete the Personalized Learning Plan while logged in to the HESI platform.
  • Do not print and log out of the HESI platform to study. Time spent and work completed in the Personalized Learning Plan is monitored within the HESI platform.
• HESI Exam and Personalized Learning Plan results are available as individual student, cohort and program reports. These reports will be used to help support student academic needs at the end of each semester and throughout the program.

Student support and guidance will take place via in-person or on-line individual student sessions with faculty and student success coaches.

HESI Personalized Learning Plan

After each HESI exam, learners will receive a personalized learning plan (PLP). These plans are specific to each student and the questions missed on the assessment. PLPs will contain content to review in the form of short text excerpts and Osmosis videos, Case studies to apply the content to a relevant patient scenario, and quiz questions to assess learning. The amount of each resource within a PLP will vary based on HESI score, with students scoring higher receiving less and students scoring lower receiving more.

All students are required to complete their HESI PLP as part of post-exam remediation. Progress and completion of all components of the PLP is tracked in HESI for both students and faculty. In order to receive credit, all PLP requirements must be met on or before the due date. Students should complete their Personalized Learning Plan while logged in to the HESI platform.

HESI Remediation Plan

(HESI Implementation Guide, Fall 2025)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, including ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Claude, and other generative AI platforms, may be useful learning resources; however, AI use is strictly prohibited for any care plan or written work submitted for a grade in this course.

Prohibited Use of AI

Students may not use AI to create, generate, rewrite, revise, paraphrase, summarize, or substantially modify any portion of an assignment that will be submitted for a grade. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Care plans and nursing care plans
• Written assignments
• Clinical paperwork submitted for a grade
• Reflection papers
• Discussion posts and responses
• Case studies
• Patient education assignments
• Written clinical assignments
• Essays or other written coursework
• Any other written work designated by the instructor as graded

Submitting AI-generated or AI-modified work as your own is considered a violation of the course's academic integrity expectations.

Why AI Is Restricted for Graded Work

Nursing students must demonstrate their own clinical judgment, critical thinking, assessment skills, nursing knowledge, communication, and ability to apply course concepts to patient care situations. These skills are essential for safe nursing practice and cannot be delegated to an AI tool.

Care plans and other written assignments are designed to assess the student's individual ability to:

• Identify patient problems and priorities
• Analyze assessment findings
• Develop appropriate nursing diagnoses
• Establish measurable goals and outcomes
• Select evidence-based nursing interventions
• Provide appropriate rationales
• Evaluate patient responses
• Demonstrate clinical judgment and nursing reasoning

Permitted Educational Use

AI may be used for general learning and studying when the activity is not being submitted for a grade. For example, students may use AI to:

• Explain a nursing concept in different words
• Generate practice questions for studying
• Create a study guide for personal use
• Review general concepts before an examination
• Help identify areas that require additional studying

Students are responsible for verifying information obtained from AI because AI-generated information may be inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading.

Important Reminder

If an assignment is being submitted for a grade, do not use AI to create or modify the work unless the instructor has specifically stated that AI use is permitted for that assignment.

When in doubt, ask the instructor before using AI.