practicum setting. If the offense occurs while the student is in the practicum setting, the occurrence will be documented on the student's clinical evaluation tool as designated by the evaluation process. If this offense occurs during testing, the exam will be recovered and a zero will be recorded. Student(s) will not be allowed to retest or make up this exam. Some practicum settings have a zero-tolerance policy. This means students will not be allowed to return to the facility and face the possibility of being dismissed from the KSU SON. In other words, the first offense is the only offense.
A student's online presence and actions captured via social media images, posts, or comments can reflect that of the University, College, and SON. Social media networks promote connections with friends and family, as well as enhance professional connections with colleagues and opportunities for professional development. However, students are accountable and responsible for information posted on social media, even if personal, private, or within a private group page. Students must present a professional and positive image of the nursing profession, the SON, and themselves. Students have rights of freedom of speech, expression and association, including their right to use internet social networks. However, students must also respect the rights of patients, faculty members, and other students. Students are expected to monitor their own internet use and only post statements and images that appropriately represent to the public themselves, the SON, and the profession. Students must be respectful, responsible, and accountable.
Social media postings are in the public domain and accessible to reporters, parents, faculty members, law enforcement, predators, potential employers, and graduate school admissions officers, regardless of privacy settings. Postings are immediately searchable, discoverable and may be forwarded, copied and archived, even when deleted. Anonymous comments may be traced back to the user's IP address. Search engines may detect deleted and cached posts years after publication. Students have a responsibility to review and monitor internet sites where they have posted to prevent personal or professional damage to themselves, other students, the SON, and the profession of nursing.
Students must adhere to clinical agency policies and refrain from using agency computers and equipment for personal use, including access of personal email, websites, and social media pages. In a professional role as a