Student Responsibilities, Consent and Onboarding | Seneca Nanji Foundation School of Nursing | Seneca Students

Student Responsibilities, Consent and Clinical Agency Onboarding

All students in the Seneca Nanji Foundation School of Nursing are responsible for completing the onboarding and training requirements established by their assigned clinical placement agency before participating in clinical practicum.

Clinical agencies use the Health Sciences Placement Network (HSPnet) to access student information and coordinate placement-related onboarding activities. Once a placement is assigned, students must regularly monitor their Seneca email and HSPnet for instructions and communications from their clinical agency.

Consent and Communication

Students must review the Consent section in HSPnet and select “Yes” to authorize their assigned clinical agency to access their email address and telephone number for placement-related communications.

Providing consent allows clinical agencies to contact students directly regarding mandatory onboarding, orientation sessions, training modules and other placement requirements.

Clinical Agency Onboarding Requirements

Each clinical agency may have different onboarding requirements. These may include mandatory orientation sessions, online training modules, workplace policies, documentation and other activities required before students can participate in clinical practice.

Students are responsible for completing all onboarding requirements when initiated or communicated by their assigned clinical agency. This includes following instructions, meeting deadlines and retaining confirmation of completed activities when applicable.

For any mandatory virtual onboarding or orientation sessions, students must register and attend using their Seneca email address. Attendance recorded under a personal or alternate email address may not be captured by the clinical agency. In such cases, the student will be considered as not having completed the required session, regardless of attendance.

Onboarding Completion Deadline

All outstanding clinical agency onboarding requirements, including mandatory training and orientation sessions, must be completed by the end of Week 1 of the clinical practicum.

Students who fail to complete all required onboarding activities by this deadline will be removed from their clinical practicum and any associated co-requisite courses.

Students are responsible for monitoring their onboarding status and promptly addressing any outstanding requirements with their clinical agency.

Important Reminders

• Regularly monitor your Seneca email and HSPnet for placement-related communications.

• Complete all onboarding requirements as instructed by your assigned clinical agency.

• Use your Seneca email address for all mandatory onboarding and orientation sessions to ensure attendance is recorded.

• Complete all outstanding requirements by the end of Week 1 of clinical practicum.

• Direct placement-related questions to the School of Nursing's Clinical Practicum Office unless otherwise instructed.

Failure to complete clinical agency onboarding requirements will result in removal from clinical practicum and related co-requisite courses.