Our faculty orientation materials help ensure all faculty members who have students in the clinical sites at UK HealthCare have the information necessary to meet the orientation requirements.
This orientation must be completed before the first day of clinical service.
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Orientation handbooks and forms
Annually, all student and faculty members must review the following general orientation documents and forms. Note: In order to add a digital signature to a form, please download the form and open in Adobe Acrobat.
Student
2021-2022 Orientation Handbook for Student Nurses (PDF, 2.9 MB) 2021-2022 Student Forms (PDF, 1.6 MB) Faculty
2021-2022 Orientation Handbook for Nursing Faculty (PDF, 4.7 MB) 2021-2022 Faculty Forms (PDF, 1.8 MB) Co-Signing Tipsheet
Co-Signing Nursing Student Documentation (PDF, 528 KB)
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Screening protocol for students and learners
Employees are now being screened before entering Good Samaritan Hospital, Chandler Hospital and campus-based ambulatory practices.
Review the steps to take before entering UK HealthCare facilities:
Screening protocol for students and learners (PDF, 220 KB) Smart Return to Pre-COVID Operations—8-16-21 (PDF, 185 KB) Please see the COVID-19 website for the most up-to-date information.
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Electronic medical record (Epic) training for nursing faculty and students
Students
Each semester, students should review the EPIC nursing student training module located at https://learning.ukhc.org/. An email will be sent to the student school email that will give them further instructions on how to access the student training module. Please contact your clinical instructor with any questions or trouble accessing the student training module.
Clinical nursing faculty
Each semester, all clinical instructors returning to UKHC who previously attended a clinical instructor training class and have been active in the EPIC system within the past 6 months should review the instructor training module located at https://learning.ukhc.org/. Those clinical instructors who are new to UKHC as a clinical instructor or are a returning clinical instructor to UKHC that has not been active in the EPIC system within the past 6 months must attend classroom training. To schedule classroom training please contact the student placement coordinator at egsmit2@uky.edu.
Questions
If you have additional questions, please contact the student placement coordinator at 859-218-4903.