Nursing Student Guide and Policies

3.1 Maintaining Student Work

All submitted materials (e.g., papers, assignments, examinations, etc.) are the property of the School of Nursing (SON)

Reviewed 6/12/2022

The purpose of success plans is to inform, provide corrective instruction, and correct detrimental knowledge, skills, or dispositions by UT Tyler School of Nursing students that are observed or reported in the classroom, simulation center, clinicals, or community. Success plans are initiated at the discretion of faculty and overseen by a committee of School of Nursing faculty and administrators and if needed, members from the Dean of Students office and Academic Affairs. 

Examples of unsatisfactory knowledge, skills, or dispositions may include but are not limited to tardiness, late assignments, absenteeism, violation of safety rules, incivility, leaving early, failure to meet student learning outcomes, being unresponsive to emails or other forms of communication (i.e., phone calls, texts, etc.) from UT Tyler representatives, unprofessional conduct, falsification of documentation, violation of school/program/university/clinical agency policies, and academic integrity violations. 

Process for Issuing a Student Success Plan Notice:

1. Before a Success Plan is initiated, the faculty shall contact the respective program director to request the Student Success Plan committee explore the evidence to initiate the Success Plan. 

2. Faculty complete the elements of the Success Plan that detail the concerns and submit to the committee for review. The faculty must include the specific attitude or behavior warranting the success plan with reference to the policy or standard violated if applicable and the logistical information of when these concerns happened. The Student Success Plan Committee reviews to ensure that these concerns are in alignment with normal expectations for students.
3. The remediation instruction and expected behavior and consequence section is drafted by the faculty with revisions made following input from the Student Success Plan Committee. Within the remediation plan are timelines and checkpoints to measure the progress of the nursing student in meeting the action steps in the Student Success Plan. The program director approves the final version of the Student Success Plan before it is discussed with the student. It is encouraged, not required, to contact a representative from the Dean of Students Office prior to presenting the Success Plan. 
4. The faculty member contacts the student regarding a meeting with the purpose being stated that there has been a Student Success Plan generated and arrange the meeting with the student with a mutually agreed upon meeting time and location. 
5. The faculty member meets with the student to present the knowledge, skill, and/or dispositions that are concerning, remediation steps, and consequences. During the meeting, the faculty member should engage in conversation with the student to ensure understanding of each part of the Student Success Plan. It is suggested that a member of the Student Success Plan committee be present in the meeting to serve as a witness.
6. Following the discussion of the plan, the student signs the Student Success Plan and it is uploaded in EAB-Navigate. 
7. The faculty and student shall meet according to the timetable noted in the plan to measure progress is being made for each area of concern. Faculty must document meetings and student progress. 
8. Success plans will be monitored throughout a student’s tenure in the SON. If there are continued concerns with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions expressed in the Student Success Plan, the Student Success Plan Committee should review all evidence associated with the Student Success Plan and recommend next action steps. The recommendation may result in failure of a course. If the actions suggest that a dismissal from the program is appropriate, the Director and Associate Dean should work with Academic Affairs and the Dean of Students on appropriate due progress for next steps for the nursing student.

NOTE: 

• Behaviors involving sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, scholastic dishonesty, or other concerning behaviors will be reported to the Office of Student Conduct and Intervention.
• Behaviors that result in administrators from of a clinical setting dismissing the student from the clinical location, then the Student Success Plan process may be accelerated to address the
  urgency/seriousness of the situation
• See success plan linked on SON policy webpage.

(Reviewed 8/24/2023)

3.3.1 Course, Faculty, Preceptor, and Facility Evaluations

At the end of each semester, it is the student’s right and responsibility to evaluate the course, the course faculty, clinical facility, and clinical faculty/preceptor. Course and faculty evaluations are conducted by the Office of University Assessment and may be accessed through myUTTyler. Facility and preceptor evaluations are under the purview of the clinical course faculty and facility.

3.3.2 Program Evaluation

To ensure quality programs, evaluation must occur during the instruction phase and following graduation. Follow-up evaluations of graduates are included in the School of Nursing (SON) program outcomes. Students are strongly encouraged to maintain a current email address with the SON to participate in the evaluation process and receive alumni benefits.

(Reviewed 11/3/2023)

Plagiarism in any form is not tolerated in the School of Nursing.
Plagiarism includes copying/buying or appropriating others' work and claiming it as your own. It also includes self-plagiarism*, defined as copying your work from previous assignments and claiming it as new, original work. This includes citing Artificial Intelligence (AI) appropriately.

Any plagiarism will result in a score of "0" on the assignment and may include a course failure and/or dismissal from the program. The incident may also be referred to The Office of Student Conduct and Intervention. 

*Some courses will specifically ask you to turn in multiple iterations of the same assignment. When this is part of the assignment, it is not considered self-plagiarism.

(Reviewed 11/3/2023)