School of Nursing - The Chang School - Ryerson University

2. i) At any point during the academic term/year, the School of Nursing reserves the right to terminate a
student’s experience in a nursing practice setting, when patterns of behaviour place self, clients or
others at risk. This will result in the student receiving a fail grade (F) for the course. In this
circumstance, students shall have established rights of appeal; however, they cannot remain in the
course while the appeal is underway. The appeal will be conducted promptly in order to protect
student rights.
ii) The student may be withdrawn from the nursing program for reasons of professional unsuitability.
3. An Incomplete grade assigned to a nursing practice course must be cleared prior to the official start
date of the subsequent nursing practice course.
4. All nursing theory courses must be completed within 5 years of the prerequisite professional courses.
(For example, no more than 5 years can elapse between completion of Year 1 professional courses
and enrolment in Year 2 professional courses).
STUDENT CONFIDENTIAL FILES
Student academic progress files are kept in the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing. They must be
respected as a confidential file. Students may access their own file but MAY NOT remove any of the
contents.
ACADEMIC APPEALS
The details for appeals are outlined in the Ryerson University Calendar and at
www.ryerson.ca/senate/policies/pol134.pdf. The following modifications apply within the Daphne
Cockwell School of Nursing.
Specifically:
• Deadlines for the first level appeal of a nursing course will be within 10 working days of receipt of
written nursing final grade.
• Students who are appealing a failed nursing course grade will not be allowed to continue in a
subsequent nursing practice course until the appeal is grated (or the course is repeated). Every effort
will be made to expedite the appeal process in order to protect student rights.
• Medical documentation will be required when illness cited as a reason for difficulties.
• The Director receives the appeal and the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing Appeals Committee
adjudicates the appeal.
STUDENT CODE OF NON-ACADEMIC CONDUCT
Each Nursing Student will follow and adhere to the code of non-academic conduct of Ryerson while on
the Ryerson campus. See www.ryerson.ca/senate/policies/pol161.pdf
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