Documentation of patient encounters and clinical time (AGACNP, AGPCNP, & FNP students)

• Students must log ALL encounters with patients where the student has provided some element of care in a HIPPA compliant fashion in the web based tracking system (Typhon NPST). This includes if the participation level was any portion of the following: history, physical examination, development/implementation of the plan of care.
  • Documentation must be complete within the week the encounter occurred.
  • Students must include all the required documentation elements as identified in the Typhon NPST Student User Guide (PDF within HuskyCT).
  • Clinical practicum faculty will review these patient encounter documents on a weekly basis and either approve/not approve the entry. Not approved entries must be addressed by the student within one week of return by the faculty.

Documentation of clinical hours

• Students are responsible to log all clinical hours on the day they occur.
• Clinical hours are those hours spent in direct patient care (see glossary of terms). Lunch time, in-service/grand rounds or course related documentation are not counted as clinical time.
• Typhon NPST Reports on clinical hours are due to the clinical practicum faculty at mid & end of semester.