The Utah Nurse Assistant Registry requires students to participate in at least 16 hours of on-the-job practice of your Nurse Assistant skills in a long term facility. Clinical shifts are scheduled dAirplane-Taking-Offuring your class. Typically students will attend two days of clinicals either in the morning or the evening. The hours are 5:30am – 2:15pm and 1:30pm-10:15pm.

Attendance as scheduled is required. Do not be late. Think of clinicals like taking an airplane flight. If you arrive at the gate late, will the plane wait for you? No. We can’t either. If you arrive late, you will be sent home. PERIOD. And you will be required to pay a rescheduling fee and to make the entire day up at a later date. This may mean you won’t graduate with your class.

Students cannot choose the location or the time of their clinical. If there is a compelling reason why you cannot attend a particular time or date you may attempt to trade with another student or approach your instructor for assistance. It is possible we can schedule your rotation – this is difficult and the reason to do so must be important.

The day program attends clinicals on Wednesday and Thursday of the second week. This may change or vary depending on a number of factors. Students will be apprised of any changes as soon as possible, but these changes may occur with very little notice.

The weekend program attends clinicals on the second to last Sunday and the last Saturday. This may change or vary depending on a number of factors. Students will be apprised of any changes as soon as possible, but these changes may occur with very little notice.

The evening program attends clinicals on the last weekend of the class – and concludes on the following Monday. This may change or vary depending on a number of factors. Students will be apprised of any changes as soon as possible, but these changes may occur with very little notice.

Students who are assigned a clinical rotation who fail to show up or who arrive late (even one minute) will be sent home. Students who miss a clinical must pay a $50 rescheduling fee to reschedule a clinical, so take care to arrive ON TIME and attend each shift as scheduled.