Health Education Department - Dismissal Policy

The Health Education Department reserves the right to dismiss a student from any health education program who presents problems in physical and/or emotional health which do not respond satisfactorily to appropriate treatment and/or counseling within a reasonable period of time. (See Health under Progression/Graduation in the JSCC Health Education Department Student Handbook.)

The Health Education Department reserves the right to dismiss a student from any health education program who demonstrates behavior which conflicts with the safety essential to health care practice.

A student may be dismissed from the health education program for academic or disciplinary reasons with or without being placed on probation prior to the dismissal. The Health Education Department reserves the right to decide the dismissal on a case-by-case basis depending on the events and the circumstances surrounding the reason of dismissal. The dismissal will be afforded due process. A dismissed student may follow the JSCC procedure for issuing a complaint as outlined in the JSCC Health Education Department Student Handbook under academic appeals.

Dismissal of a health education student may result from, but not be limited to, any of the following:

1. Breach of patient confidentiality or privacy (See clinical guidelines- general information in the JSCC Health Education Department Student Handbook).
2. Falsification of information in a patient’s records.
3. Violation of the conduct policies as defined under the academic standards in the JSCC General Catalog for students (conduct, definition of disruptive conduct, drug and alcohol policy, JSCC software copyright, compliance policy, cheating policy, parking regulations, etc.).
4. Willful destruction of school or hospital property.
5. Failure to meet specified probationary requirements. (See Probation Policy in the JSCC Health Education Department Student Handbook)
6. Intoxication or use of illegal drugs while in the clinical area or on school property.
7. A pattern of unsafe clinical behavior (i.e., performing procedures without supervision, administering medication via the wrong route, giving medication to the wrong patient, negligence, etc.). Unsafe behavior is defined as “any deliberate or negligent act of commission or omission regardless of whether actual injury to the patient is established.”
8. One incident of gross unprofessional conduct (i.e., hitting or cursing a patient, student, and/or health team member, etc.). (See clinical guidelines-professional responsibility in the JSCC Health Education Department Student Handbook.)
9. Any willful or intended act that endangers the health, safety, or wellbeing of another person.
10. Physical and/or emotional problems that do not respond to appropriate treatment and/or counseling within a reasonable period of time (see above statement concerning physical and/or emotional health).
11. Failure of medication calculation competency test as outlined in the course syllabus for NUR 111  and subsequent courses for ADN program and NUR 101  and subsequent courses for PN program.
12. Excessive absences from class, lab or clinical (see attendance policy in the JSCC Health Education Department Student Handbook and individual course syllabus.)
13. Violation of health agency policies during the clinical rotation/practicum experience in that agency. Each student will be informed of the policy regulations of the clinical agency at the beginning of the clinical rotation/practicum experience.
14. If a student is dishonest and has falsified any part(s) of his or her student records, the student may be suspended and involuntarily withdrawn from the program.
15. Failure to submit the complete admission/acceptance records by the specified date in the health education program. These records include:
    • A completed physical examination within one (1) year of program entry.
    • A current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)Provider level CPR certification
    • Current Immunization records (as recommended by the N.C. Department of Public Health) including Hepatitis B vaccines, varicella, annual influenza (flu), and annual tuberculin skin testing/screening, etc.
    • Other admission/readmission requirements as stated in the JSCC General Catalog and the JSCC Health Education Department Student Handbook for the individual health education programs (PN and ADN).