Editing Herzing Issues: Clinical Placement (section)

=== HU-128: Week 3 of semester: the reporting student has no clinical placement for 96 required hours; Rachel Powell confirms team still onboarding clinical faculty with no timeframe; cannot approve virtual options; Dr. Prashad states she cannot provide accommodations for one student not provided to all; 27 virtual hours already in course for all students confirmed ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
! style="width:12em" | Severity
| Critical
! style="width:12em" | Status
| CONFIRMED
|-
! Issue type
| Week 3 No Clinical Placement / Accommodation Denied for One-Student Basis
! Date added
| 2026-05-17
|-
! Owner
| colspan="3" | Rachel Powell (Clinical Coordinator) / Dr. Raywattie Prashad (Program Chair) / Dr. Danielle Laban / Emilie Thompson
|}
'''Finding.''' Going into Week 3 of the May 2026 semester, the reporting student has no clinical placement secured for the 96 required clinical hours of the term. The escalation chain is fully documented. Christina Kennedy, transitioning out of her role ({{HU|HU-121}}), referred the reporting student to nationalprelclinical@herzing.edu. Rachel Powell responded that the team is still onboarding the clinical faculty for this clinical rotation, that unfortunately this does take time because the team is at the mercy of the clinical site and the faculty's schedule, and that unfortunately she does not have an exact timeframe and is not able to approve virtual options, which would need to come from the program chair. The reporting student then escalated to Dr. Prashad, who responded that she needs some additional information since she cannot provide for one student what is not provided to all other students, asked whether she was understanding correctly that the reporting student was reaching out because he had approved accommodations based on conditions reviewed by accommodations to do what is allowable by his state, asked that this be forwarded to her as the first step, stated that since the course already has 27 virtual hours for all students she would need to connect with several stakeholders about state requirements, and asked whether Rachel Powell is his clinical coordinator. The reporting student then escalated to disability services, Danielle Laban and Emilie Thompson. Dr. Prashad's statement that she cannot provide for one student what is not provided to all other students is legally significant: disability accommodations under the ADA and Section 504 are precisely designed to provide individualized modifications that may not be provided to all other students. Treating an accommodation request as a general equity problem fundamentally misunderstands disability law.

'''Evidence.''' Weekly Report, week ending May 17, 2026. Rachel Powell email: our team is still onboarding the clinical faculty for this clinical rotation, unfortunately this does take time, as we are at the mercy of the clinical site and the faculty's schedule. Rachel Powell: unfortunately, I do not have an exact timeframe, I am not able to approve virtual options, that would need to come from the program chair. Dr. Prashad email: I cannot provide for one student what is not provided to all other students, am I understanding correctly that you are reaching out because you have approved accommodations based on conditions reviewed by accommodations to do what is allowable by your state, since we already have 27 virtual hours for this course for all students I will need to connect with several stakeholders about state requirements, Rachel Powell, are you his clinical coordinator? Source Group: Weekly Report week ending May 17, 2026; Email chain: the reporting student to Rachel Powell, Dr. Prashad, Danielle Laban, Emilie Thompson, May 2026.

'''Reported statement.'''
<blockquote>Our team is still onboarding the clinical faculty for this clinical rotation. Unfortunately, this does take time, as we are at the mercy of the clinical site and the faculty's schedule. [Rachel Powell:] I do not have an exact timeframe. I am not able to approve virtual options. [Dr. Prashad:] I cannot provide for one student what is not provided to all other students. Since we already have 27 virtual hours for this course for all students, I will need to connect with several stakeholders about state requirements.</blockquote>

'''Standards.''' The Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. 12132) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 794): disability accommodations are by definition individualized modifications that may differ from what is provided to other students. Dr. Prashad's statement that she cannot provide something for one student not provided to all others directly contradicts the legal framework of disability accommodations. ACEN Standard 5 requires that clinical placements be secured before students are required to fulfill clinical hours. Week 3 without a placement means the reporting student cannot complete clinical hours that are accumulating as missed. 34 CFR 668.14 (administrative capability) requires institutions to coordinate clinical and academic schedules so requirements can be fulfilled. Rachel Powell's confirmation that the team is at the mercy of the clinical site and the faculty's schedule, with no exact timeframe, documents institutional incapacity to fulfill its clinical placement obligation. The 27 virtual hours statement by Dr. Prashad is also significant: it confirms virtual hours exist in the course structure, which intersects with the Alabama BON enforcement action ({{HU|HU-085}}) regarding virtual hour limits.

'''Impact.''' Week 3 with no clinical placement means the reporting student is accruing missed clinical hours with no timeline for resolution. The total requirement is 96 hours for the term; with no placement in Weeks 1 through 3, he faces a compressed or impossible catch-up schedule. Dr. Prashad's framing of his accommodation as something requiring connecting with several stakeholders about state requirements suggests a lengthy bureaucratic process rather than timely accommodation. Rachel Powell's inability to approve virtual options, requiring program chair authorization, adds another approval layer that further delays resolution. The escalation to Laban and Thompson, disability services, documents that standard faculty and clinical coordinator channels have been exhausted without resolution.

'''Notes.''' Rachel Powell is confirmed as the reporting student's clinical coordinator, based on Dr. Prashad's question, "Rachel Powell, are you his clinical coordinator?" and the email context. The 27 virtual hours figure from Dr. Prashad is important cross-reference data: if all students in NSG621 already have 27 virtual hours, and Alabama's BON is enforcing limits on virtual hours ({{HU|HU-085}}), this raises a question of whether the virtual hour component of NSG621 has been disclosed to all relevant state boards of nursing. Cross-reference: {{HU|HU-121}} (Kennedy transitioning, clinical faculty not assigned), {{HU|HU-123}} (preceptor meeting due without clinical site), {{HU|HU-125}} (accommodation blocked pending Prashad), {{HU|HU-085}} (Alabama BON virtual hour enforcement), {{HU|HU-071}} (Spring 2025 placement crisis).

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