Nursing Student Handbook 2012-2013

110 College of Nursing Religious Holidays Absences for major religious and ethnic holidays may be rescheduled at the discretion of the administration. Students requesting schedule changes for major religious and ethnic holidays are required to obtain approval from their professor within two weeks of the start of the semester. BEHAVIORAL STANDARDS Dress Code Students must maintain a neat and clean appearance befitting students attending a professional program. Therefore, attire should convey a professional appearance whenever the student is on campus or at any off-campus educational site. The dress code is to be maintained at all times in the Administration Building, classrooms, laboratories, and all areas involved in providing patient care. Additionally, the dress code is in force Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. in the library and in other areas not mentioned above. Those failing to comply may be dismissed from the classroom and/or campus. A written warning describing the infraction will be entered into the student’s file. The following is professional attire from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.: • white clinical jackets at all times for students enrolled in all entry-level programs • shirts, tie, slacks, and regular shoes for men • professional business dress, which includes slacks, pants, or skirts with blouses, or dresses, and appropriate shoes for women • matching scrub sets and shoes No institutional scrubs may be worn by any College of Nursing student at any time while on campus. Institutional scrubs are those that have the identification symbols or lettering from the institution that owns or issues them. Those scrubs are marked in locations that are easy to identify as being part of the inventory of that institution. The following attire is never appropriate while the student is on campus: shorts or cutoffs, mini-skirts (higher than mid-thigh), see-through clothing or halter tops, flip-flops, jogging or exercise clothing, inappropriately mismatched garments, hats, or caps. Students must wear their approved NSU ID badges while on campus. Students will wear the prescribed uniform during designated clinicals and be neatly groomed. Scrub suits are worn when the student is in the hospital, nursing lab, or health care agency under the supervision of a professor. When on campus, students may wear professional business casual attire with their NSU lab coat or scrubs. The nursing uniform consists of teal scrubs with the student’s name and NSU embroidered on the left side of the scrub top and a white lab coat with the official NSU program patch. The scrubs are to be ordered and purchased through the NSU bookstore or the approved vendor. No other uniform is acceptable. Students must adhere to the Health Professions Division Dress Code outlined in this student handbook. Changes to this policy may be course specific and will be communicated by the instructor. Classroom Behavior Talking during lectures to those nearby is disturbing to others who desire to hear the lecture. The instructor may dismiss anyone from class who is involved in disruptive behaviors while in class or