Regional Clinical Faculty

Statement of Purpose

Regional Clinical Faculty (RCF) advises, supports, evaluates, and educates students. This is done through a variety of methodologies, including in person, over the phone, and in written documentation. The RCF also supports clinical preceptor faculty in keeping with the policies established by the program to insure an effective clinical experience for the students. The RCF provides leadership in establishing relationships within the nurse-midwifery/ nurse-practitioner community to further the goal of increased access to clinical sites for Frontier Nursing University (FNU), and to insure the larger goal of access to nurse-midwifery/nurse-practitioner care for an increasing number of families.

Major Tasks, Duties, and Responsibilities

General

• Ambassador for FNU

  • Represents FNU in the nurse-midwifery and/ or nurse practitioner community by attending appropriate local chapter meetings.

  • Helps to recruit students by participating in area conferences and professional meetings.

  • Cultivates relationships with existing and potential preceptor sites in the region.

• Attends faculty meetings and annual commencement.

• Maintains professional memberships including appropriate continuing education.

• Develops a scholarly agenda and participates in community service.

• Participates in standing or ad hoc committees as assigned.

• Prepares a yearly budget based on projected caseload.

• Participates in annual self-evaluation of performance.

• Participates in orientation and support of new RCFs.

• Maintains knowledge of and competency in FNU procedures, communication systems, and technologies.

• Provides students, preceptors, and interested nurses with regional gatherings and/or Case Presentation Days one to two times a year.

• Teaches on campus for assigned clinical bound sessions.

Student Involvement – Pre-admission

• Provides information to nurses who wish to apply to the program.

Student Involvement – Pre-clinical

• Provides students with program information through letters, Banyan Tree messages, or telephone contact.

• Contact with student upon entering FNU to discuss role of RCF and general plans for clinical practicum. This contact is initiated by the RCF after Frontier Bound.

• Review of plans for clinical practicum approximately six months prior to Clinical Bound.

• Approves clinical sites submission by student in the Clinical Plan database..

• Assignment of Clinical Bound date for students following completion of clinical site approval.

• Transition to Clinical Interview telephone contact with each student the term before Clinical Bound to discuss planned clinical sites, and overview of plans for clinical rotation.

Student Involvement – Clinical

• Advises student during clinical phase by communicating at least every other week by phone, video conferencing or email.

• Reviews and evaluates documentation, including MDATs, DDATs, Reflections, SOAP notes, continuity clients for the CNMs, clinical numbers (hours and patient encounters) at least twice monthly and reviews COI reflections as indicated.

• Maintains contact with student’s clinical preceptor at least monthly while student is in clinical.

• Does on-site evaluation of student, clinical site, and preceptor in order to participate in the student’s formative evaluation.

• Assigns clinical grades in coordination with Clinical Director.

• Participates in reviewing the student’s clinical case presentation and charting during the site visit.