CON Undergraduate Professional Performance: Difference between revisions

<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Nursing students must conduct themselves in a professional manner and demonstrate the highest concern for patients' welfare and respect for patient’s rights. In addition, they must adhere to the highest standards of intellectual integrity and honesty in their interactions with patients, colleagues, faculty and administrators. Students are expected to adhere to all standards of the UNMC, the CON, and the nursing profession, including the UNMC Code of Conduct, the Nebraska State Board of Nursing Statutes for Regulation and Licensure, the Statutes Relating to the Nebraska Uniform Credentialing Act, the Statutes Relating to the Nebraska Nurse Practice Act, and the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics.</p>

<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Accepting membership into the CON community as a student entails an obligation to promote the CON community’s welfare by assuming the rights and responsibilities listed below. Students, like all members of the academic community, have the responsibility to create and support an educational environment. Each member of the community should be treated with respect and dignity. Each has the right to learn. This right assumes students are here to learn and accept responsibility for their learning and imposes a duty not to infringe upon the rights of others. </p>

<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Each individual member of this community is responsible for his or her own actions and is expected to be professional and respect the rights of others at all times and in all places, whether in an academic, social, employment, or personal situation. For additional specific information, please reference the [[Code of Conduct|UNMC Code of Conduct]].</p>