Kellogg community college nursing student handbook

Procedure for Infractions of the Nursing Student Code of Conduct
The instructor will prepare a written description of the infraction and share this written description
with the student as soon as possible. The student will have the opportunity to respond in writing.
Depending on the severity of the infraction, the results may include a learning contract, clinical
course failure, or dismissal from the program.
Personal Injury in the Clinical Area
A student who experiences a personal injury must seek appropriate medical attention of his/her
choice. In a non-emergency situation, the student is not obligated to accept service from the
clinical facility in which the incident occurred. The student will be responsible for any costs
associated with her/his decision. The clinical facility has no specific liability for injury to a student
which might occur during the hours of scheduled clinical assignments as it relates to workmen’s
compensation laws.
An injured student must fill out an incident report at the clinical agency at the time of the incident.
The clinical agency forms are available through your clinical instructor. In addition, the injured
student must fill out an incident report at KCC within 24 hours of the incident. The KCC forms are
available from the security officer at the College. Incident reports relating to major disabling
injuries should be made on the student’s behalf by the instructor and/or witness to the event.
Students are encouraged to subscribe to the student health/hospitalization insurance policy
available through the KCC Student Services Office if they are not covered by another policy (i.e.,
employment, spouse’s, parents).
If there is an incident at a clinical facility involving a patient (client), after all appropriate patient
care has occurred, the student/instructor must complete the clinical facility incident report per
facility policy. The student/instructor must also complete the KCC Nursing Education Incident
Report and return the form within 24 hours of the incident to the KCC security office. The KCC
Nursing Education Incident Report form is available from the instructor or the KCC nursing office.
Program Changes (from full-time to part-time, part-time to full-time)
Students may only participate in or apply for one program at a time.
Students wanting to change to a different Nursing Program option once enrolled must submit this
request in writing to the Director of Nursing Education. Acceptance to the requested program is
dependent on several different factors, including available space.
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Program Progression
All Nursing Program admission requirements must be met and formal entry into the program must
be obtained, before a student will be allowed to enter into a nursing course. Students must
complete general education courses either prior to or in the semesters indicated in the course
sequence to progress in the subsequent nursing course work. All nursing course work and
general education courses must be completed with grades of “C” (2.0) or better to progress in the
subsequent nursing courses and to meet graduation requirements. Students earning less than a
“C” (2.0) in any nursing course will be required to repeat both the theory and clinical portions of
that course.
There are semesters in the Nursing Program when students will register for more than one
nursing course. If the student receives less than the “C” (2.0) grade, or clinical failure, in any
nursing course, he/she will not be allowed to continue on with any concurrent or subsequent
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