I made the very difficult decision this morning to cancel all clinical courses, except for Trends (NUR2811L/2801L). I say “I,” even though we are a team here in the ASN and RN-BSN programs, because nobody among us wanted this to happen and I take full responsibility for this decision. There were many considerations and this was not entered into lightly. I never in a million years would have imagined that we would have to do this and if things get worse, it’s best to have this decision made and allow you to have some resolution to your lives, as much as that is possible.
The entire nursing program, ASN and RN-BSN, understand the serious impact this decision has on your life. All I can say to that is that this is an unbelievable and unprecedented situation. We can only trust that we are making good decisions and that this will be the best for everyone involved.
Because our classes are co-requisite classes, between theory and clinical, you may need to wait a day or two to drop your clinical course. Your Associate Deans are working with the Registrar’s office to get that limitation temporarily removed. The Drop/Add period is being extended, so that won’t be a problem.
Trends students: your faculty is doing everything possible to get you through your clinical hours. Please keep in touch with your clinical instructor. Our goal is absolutely to do everything we can to get you to graduation in May. We still have 7 weeks left in the session and your faculty is working hard on getting their theory courses up and running in a remote environment, so you will need to exercise patience and understanding.
RN-BSN students: your faculty, program director, and Associate Dean are working to find the appropriate experiences that allow you to complete your Capstone course.
Leave a message here if you have questions and I will answer to the best of my ability. I continue to pray for all of you and know we will persevere.
Hi Dean Turpel, does this mean it will delay the rest of our graduation dates?
Raquel, I can only anticipate that yes, it will delay graduation dates. However, there is absolutely no way to know for sure. Nobody wants that to happen, but we’ll have to wait and see. Right now the faculty and staff are working on getting up and running to keep theory courses going, so we’ll address what happens next over the next few weeks.
So what would this mean for process students that we would do GIGU in the fall semester? And when will be able to make up the labs?
All we know at the moment is what I’ve told you. Focus on process theory and do well. Right now there’s no way we can make decisions about the future.
Hello Dean Turpel,
I was told by the nursing office that I couldn’t enter GIGU until I successfully completed NUR1210L (I passed the course, not the lab). After your latest email I assumed that meant I would have to take NUR1210L over the summer, and then GIGU in the fall so I dropped all the courses. I went to register for NUR1210L during the summer session, and NUR1220/1220L during the fall but it says none of those classes are available. What should be my next of course of action? Thank you for your help, I look forward to hearing from you.
Stephanie, not today, because we are not in a position to handle these things today, but next week, I’ll have you talk to the Associate Dean for your campus about getting registered for next session.
Dean Turpel,
We know this decision was not made lightly. Thank you for your continued efforts in keeping us up-to-date as often as possible. And thank you for providing information on resources for those who may need it. I trust that you and the rest of the faculty will make the best decisions for us and our education and I look forward to finishing this stronger than before.
Thank you,
Nicole Oliva
What I’ve learned over the past week is that there aren’t right or wrong decisions in this situation. It was best to err on the side of caution. If this all miraculously goes away in the next couple of weeks, we’ll figure how to do a reset and add clinicals back in. I appreciate your patience and support.
Thank you for the update! Will we be refunded for the canceled course?
Be sure to review the Drop/Add policy in your student handbook (there’s a link on Broward.edu) regarding refunds for dropped classes.
Will we get reimbursed for the cancelled clinicals? Or will the money we paid be transferred to the semester in which we will unfortunately have to retake? We are all a bit on edge about that specifically because now we won’t graduate on time.
Natalie, of course you are all on edge and I don’t blame you. It’s unfortunate, but it is where we are. As I’ve told many today, you should start coming to terms with the fact that your graduation will likely be at a later date than you had anticipated. If there’s a way to catch everyone up safely, we will do that.
You should look at the Drop/Add policy in your student handbook so you know what to expect with respect to dropping canceled courses.
What does this mean for international students? We can’t just drop classes as we will be out of status.
Shenell, this is definitely a concern. Please get in touch with the Office for International Students
Would it be possible to do intake for hospitals remotely? Plug the information they give us into a computer. We’d be helping the hospitals, we’d be in the acute setting getting exposure to patients, and we could do our profile/care plans.
No, that’s not really an option right now. There are privacy concerns and we aren’t in a position to request information from hospitals.
A good possible solution would be to reschedule clinical hours for the first 8 weeks of Summer A. For those scheduled to take courses in Summer A (such as GiGu), can be postponed to the second 8 weeks in Summer B, which was previously left as a small break period.
This is barring that the situation is reasonable by May.
If you haven’t already considered this, then I am happy to bring this up.
Thank you.
Thank you, James. Yes, of course, we have considered and are considering all possibilities.
Thank u dean Turpel for considering all the options so we remain on track. I think I speak for all as it relates to how hard you go for us. We appreciate it.Keep safe and God bless !
Thank you Shenell! The whole nursing team is working for the students, I promise. We need to get you through this program and out to the workforce – the healthcare system needs you!