Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences (PCHCS)—Department of Health Science 2023–2024 188 within the clinical year. This uniform will include a gray, short-sleeved T-shirt, either plain or with the medical sonography program or NSU logo on the front. No logo or writing should be on the back of the T-shirt. Pants must be navy blue, gym-type shorts with an elastic waistband and drawstrings, either plain or with the program or NSU logo on the pant leg. All students must be prepared and able to remove the T-shirt for thoracic, upper arm, and abdominal examination at any time during training in the ultrasound teaching lab. Therefore, females must wear a sports bra or similar under attire, beneath the T-shirt. Athletic shoes and socks must be worn at all times in the lab, except as dictated by the instructor for specific training purposes. This uniform is permitted to be worn only in the ultrasound teaching lab. Upon leaving a lab session, unless immediately leaving the NSU campus for the day, the program-specific white clinical jackets must be worn, and students should change back into normal professional attire or program-specific scrubs. An area of special emphasis is preparing our students for the dress code requirements and restrictions they will have to follow while at their clinical externships in year two of the program. Accordingly, while in lab, all students will follow these guidelines which are typical of clinical sites: • ID badges must be worn below the neck but above the waistline. • Hair must be pulled back and controlled, or up off of the collar. • Artificial nails, nail art, and acrylic nails or nail extensions may not be worn. • Nails must be trimmed to ¼” past the tip of the finger. Nail polish must not be chipped or cracked. • Any visible tattoos must be covered. • Body piercings are limited to two per ear, and any jewelry worn cannot extend below the earlobe. All other body piercings must be covered. • Phones or any other personal device(s) must be in silent mode in lab areas. • Talking, texting, or any other form of accessing such personal devices is only permitted while on break and not in lab areas, unless specifically approved by your instructors. • Students must wear their approved NSU ID badges in plain view while on campus and on clinical rotations at all times. • Students may not wear the following at any time either on campus or at a clinical externship location: shorts or cutoffs; miniskirts (higher than mid-thigh); jeans (all colors); see-through clothing or halter tops; sandals, flip-flops, or any other type of open-toed shoe; non-university or non-program logo T-shirts (as the outer shirt); jogging or exercise clothing; any type of head covering, including, but not limited to, hats, caps, scarves, shawls, or wraps of any kind, unless of a religious nature. Failure to comply with dress code policies is considered to be unprofessional behavior and may result in the student being referred to the CSP for unprofessional behavior. Students will be required to sign the Dress Code Policies Agreement Form upon matriculation into the program, attesting to their understanding of and their agreement to follow all the above dress code policies.
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