Policies and Guidelines

Student Injury During Clinical Practice Experience and Student Accident Insurance

Injury
A student who is injured in any way during clinical practice experiences (including needle stick injuries) should inform the clinical instructor and follow the facility's notification and treatment procedure.

In most cases, the student should be seen as soon as possible by the facility's Employee Health Services for assessment and potential treatment.

In the event of injury, an incident report is usually completed. It is important for the student to obtain a copy of the incident report as a personal health record and for follow-up care if required. Follow-up care may be obtained from the student's own physician or through UBC Student Health Services.

Student Accident Insurance
Students must have the BC Medical Plan or its equivalent from another province in place in order to provide themselves with basic medical care.

Student accident insurance is an additional required insurance that provides a measure of excess medical coverage for the benefit of UBC Nursing students performing course work in environments where the risk of injury is greater than in a classroom, e.g., laboratories, clinical practice. It provides a $50,000 maximum benefit for death or dismemberment and a $5,000 excess medical coverage, e.g., ambulance, prescription drugs. The plan does not provide 24-hour coverage. It applies only during the time that the student is actually doing clinical practice.

Approved July 2002, Faculty Caucus, UBC School of Nursing