Student Guide and Policies

This section addresses the policies on expectations related to professionalism in nursing students. Specific policies include:

• Professional Nursing
• Communication
• Shared Governance
• Dress Code

Professionalism Policies

This section addresses the policies related to admissions to nursing programs. Specific policies include:

• CastleBranch
• Substance Abuse/Drug Testing
• Immunizations and Documentation Requirements

Admission Policies

This section addresses the general nursing academics policies that apply to all students. Specific policies include:

• Maintaining student work
• Student success plans
• Evaluations by students
• Plagiarism

Academics: General Policies

This section addresses the academic policies for BSN students. Specific policies include:

• Declaratory orders
• First day of class attendance
• Medication administration exams
• Student test-taking
• Return to class or clinical after illness
• ATI
• RN-BSN licensure requirement
• Academic performance and dismissal
• Progression and retention
• Consideration for readmission
• 6-semester completion requirement
• Campus transfer
• Undergraduate student employment
• NCLEX-RN

Academics: BSN Policies

This section addresses the academic policies for MSN students. Specific policies include:

• Program transfer
• Graduate course equivalency
• Academic performance and dismissal
• Progression and retention
• consideration for readmission
• Paper and assignment regrading
• Extra credit

Academics: MSN Policies

This section addresses the academic policies for doctoral students. Specific policies include:

• Program model
• Admission to UT Tyler PhD and DNP programs
• Non-degree seeking students
• Advising for PhD students
• Advising for DNP students
• Graduate course equivalency
• Progression
• Graduation

Academics: Doctoral Policies

This section addresses the clinical expectations for nursing programs. Specific policies include:

• Undergraduate student clinical responsibilities
• Graduate clinical responsibilities
• Clinical sites
• Preceptors
• Prevention of healthcare-associated infections
• Bloodborne pathogens
• Caring for patients in airborne or droplet isolation
• First aid for percutaneous and mucocutaneous exposures
• Narcotic acquisition by students in clinical
• Unsafe clinical performance
• Calculation of clinical hours for BSN students
• Student scope of practice in skills in the clinical setting

Clinical Policies

This section includes the policies related to graduation from nursing programs. Specific policies include:

• Filing for graduation
• Nursing convocation (pinning ceremony)
• University commencement

Graduation Policies

This section includes the policy related to students seeking employer tuition reimbursement. In addition, it includes Undergraduate & Graduate affirmations of the following policies:

• Syllabus Statement
• Clinical Progression and Dismissal 
• Social Media / Networking
  • Confidentiality and Privacy
• Course Material Agreement
• Photo / Video / Audio / Chat Release Statement
• Undergraduate Only: Simulation Contract
• Undergraduate Only: Student Accountability 

Affirmation Forms & Employer Tuition Reimbursement

This section includes forms referenced within the School of Nursing policies and procedures. Specific forms include:

• Basic Life Support Temporary Waiver
• Immunizations Exemption Request Form
• Flu Vaccine Waiver
• Covid Vaccine Waiver
• Grade Appeal Form
• Incomplete Grade Form
• Student Success Plan
• Employer Tuition Reimbursement Form
• 9.5 Graduate Nursing Dismissal Petition for Readmission
• 9.6 Graduate Nursing Petition for Progression
• 9.7 Undergraduate Acceptance Affirmation Form
• 9.8 Graduate Admission Acceptance Affirmation