Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing (ACON) 2025–2026 124 Religious Holiday Policy See the Religious Holidays Policy section in the NSU Student Handbook portion of this publication. Clinical hour requirements will not be excused and will follow ACON policy for missed clinical. Dress Code Students must maintain a neat and clean appearance befitting those attending professional school. Therefore, attire should convey a professional appearance whenever the student is on campus and in classes or laboratory or on an experiential rotation or program. The dress code is to be maintained at all times on any NSU campus and all areas involved in providing patient care. The dress code is applicable Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and for any clinical, laboratory, externship, or research experience that may fall outside of the aforementioned time frame. Those failing to comply with the dress code may be dismissed from the classroom, campus, and/or clinical setting. A written warning describing the infraction will be entered into the student’s file. The dress code is to be observed at all times, including during midterms, examination periods, and advisement. Students are assigned to various clinical facilities for clinical rotations as an ACON student. Compliance with individual dress codes as specified by policies of the clinical site is required. The following is professional attire from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.: • Professional business dress for nonclinical classes is preferred and includes shirts, slacks/skirts, blouses, dresses, appropriate shoes, and white clinical jackets. • Students must visibly wear NSU ID badges while on campus, at all clinicals, practicums, immersions, or any other ACON-affiliated experience. • The nursing clinical uniform consists of teal scrubs with the student’s name and NSU embroidered on the left side of the scrub top and white clinical jacket. • Tattoos: All tattoos must be covered at all times when the student is on campus, while in uniform, or at the clinical setting. Artificial eyelashes are not permitted. • Piercing: One piercing, only in the lobe of the ear with a small stud, is allowed. No dangling earrings are allowed. Spacers, ear disks, and/or ear gauges are not permitted. • Nails: Fingernails must be short, clean, and unpolished. Artificial nails are not allowed. • Hair: Hair must be neatly groomed and professional in appearance. This includes, but is not limited to, natural hair colors (e.g., pink hair, blue hair, etc., is not permitted). Hair must be tied back and off the collar while participating in clinical rotations and while in the simulation laboratory. • Facial hair should be closely trimmed. • White clinical jackets should be worn by all ACON students participating in classroom, clinical, laboratory, externship, or research experiences. • Students must wear scrubs or teal polo shirts and khaki bottoms to clinical experiences in psychiatric-mental health nursing and community health nursing.
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