Clinical Experiences

St. Elizabeth College of Nursing provides each student the ability to complete over 600 clinical hours.

Each clinical experience is specifically tailored to meet the objectives of each course throughout the curriculum.

The majority of these hours, spread throughout each semester, include medical-surgical nursing. This experience occurs at the Wynn Hospital of Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS).

The Wynn Hospital campus of MVHS is utilized for the psychiatric nursing clinical component in the second semester.

The third semester includes the specialties of pediatric and obstetrical nursing. The Wynn Hospital campus of MVHS is the clinical site used for clinical experiences for obstetrics. Pediatric nursing experiences occur at Golisano Children's Hospital in Syracuse, NY.

Each student is required to make arrangements for transportation to and from each clinical site. Students are expected to pay for meals, transportation, and any housing requirements chosen (if needed) during clinical experiences.

Throughout the curriculum, in addition to the clinical units aforementioned, students are provided the opportunity to attend scheduled clinical experiences in the community to assist in meeting objectives of the curriculum. These sites include, but are not limited to outpatient clinics, long term care facilities, outpatient adult day care settings, and physician offices.

All students must comply with the conditions of the clinical host agency. These conditions may include federal background checks, health requirements, mandatory vaccines and confidentiality restrictions. Failure to comply, may result in a student's ability to participate in a clinical rotation and meet program requirements.