Academic Divisions

The nursing faculty accepts the Rules and Regulations governing student conduct as set forth in the Sinclair Community College Student Handbook. The philosophy of the Nursing Program reflects a commitment to the belief that every human being has dignity and possesses intrinsic value. Further, it affirms that the purpose of the program is to prepare the student to be a caring person who assumes responsibility and accountability for his or her actions. Therefore, it is appropriate that, in addition to the prohibited actions and unacceptable behavior described in the Student Handbook, the faculty expects the following behaviors from students enrolled in the Nursing Program:

1. The student will interact with clients, peers, clinical personnel and teachers
so that neither they nor the student will be diminished personally.

2. The student will keep confidential all information concerning clients.

3. The student will be prepared for every clinical experience, since he or she is
legally accountable for the nursing care he or she provides.

4.      The student will promote an atmosphere in the classroom and clinical setting
          which facilitates learning by attending, being prompt, and actively
          participating.

5. In keeping with Chapter 5 of the Ohio Board of Nursing Rules, while providing
nursing care to patients as a student in the clinical area, the student will:

·       report and document nursing assessments or observations, the care
          provided by the student for the patient, and the patient’s response to that
          care;

· report, in an accurate and timely manner to the appropriate practitioner,
errors in or deviations from the prescribed regimen of care;

· refrain from falsifying any patient record or any other document prepared
or utilized in the course of, or in conjunction with, nursing practice;

· implement measures to promote a safe environment for each patient;

· delineate, establish, and maintain professional boundaries with each
patient.

In addition, at all times when a student is providing direct nursing
care to a patient the student will:

· provide privacy during examination or treatment and in the care of personal
or bodily needs;

· treat each patient with courtesy, respect, and full recognition of dignity and
individuality.

A student will not:

· engage in behavior that causes or may cause physical, verbal, mental,
or emotional abuse to a patient or may reasonably be interpreted as abuse;

· misappropriate a patient’s property;

·       engage in behavior to seek or obtain personal gain at the patient’s expense
          or behavior that may reasonably be interpreted as behavior to seek or
          obtain personal gain at the patient’s expense;

·       engage in inappropriate involvement in the patient’s personal relationships
          or behavior that may reasonably be interpreted as inappropriate
          involvement in the patient’s personal relationships.

(For the purpose of this paragraph, the patient is always presumed incapable of
giving free, full, or informed consent to the behaviors by the student set forth in this paragraph).

A student will not:

· engage in sexual conduct with a patient;

· engage in conduct in the course of practice that may reasonably be
interpreted as sexual;

· engage in any verbal behavior that is seductive or sexually demeaning to
a patient;

· engage in verbal behavior that could be reasonably interpreted as seductive
or sexually demeaning to a patient.

(For the purpose of this paragraph, the patient is always presumed incapable
of giving free, full, or informed consent to sexual activity with the student).

A student will not:

·    self-administer or otherwise take into the body any dangerous drug, as
        defined in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code, in any way not in accordance
        with a legal, valid prescription issued for the student;

· habitually indulge in the use of controlled substances, other habit-forming
drugs, alcohol, or other chemical substances that impair the ability to practice;

·     have impairment of the ability to practice according to acceptable and
        prevailing standards of safe nursing care because of habitual or excessive
        use of drugs, alcohol, or other chemical substances that impair the ability
        to practice;

· assault or cause harm to a patient or deprive a patient of the means to
summon assistance;

· obtain or attempt to obtain money or anything of value by intentional
misrepresentation or material deception in the course of practice;

· have been adjudicated by a probate court of being mentally ill or mentally
incompetent, unless restored to competency by the court;

·     aid and abet a person in that person’s practice of nursing without a license,
        practice as a dialysis technician without a certificate issued by the board, or
        administration of medications by a medication aide without a certificate
        issued by the board;

· prescribe any drug or device to perform or induce an abortion or otherwise
perform or induce an abortion;

· assist suicide as defined in section 3795.01 of the Revised Code.

·     Submit or cause to be submitted any false, misleading or deceptive
        statements, information, or document to the nursing program, its faculty or
        preceptors, or to the board.

Behaviors inconsistent with those described will be brought to the attention of the Administration in the form of written anecdotal reports. Misconduct will be handled in accordance with the procedures outlined in the College Student Conduct Policy.