• Students who bring laptops to class are expected to use them for educational purposes. The sound should be turned off prior to the beginning of class. Playing games, checking email, accessing social media and other similar uses of laptops and/or smart phones is unacceptable as they are barriers to learning.
• Students may only access a patient's health information that pertains to nursing care. Students may not store protected identifiable patient data on personal digital devices nor copy paper or electronic patient health records.
• Students may not take photos at any clinical site, including photos of clients, preceptors, or fellow students.

Netiquette

"Netiquette" refers to Internet etiquette. This simply means the use of good manners in online communication such as e-mail, forums, blogs, and social networking sites to name a few. Netiquette is important to define because the cyberspace environment is stripped of gestures, facial expressions, voice tone, body language and other non-verbal communication cues. These cues allow for more informed interaction between the sender and receiver of a message in a traditional setting. A simple set of Netiquette rules below is offered to ensure a polite and safe online environment within the SON academic setting and beyond. Behavior or action that may be construed as a violation of Student Code of Conduct may result in being subject to immediate dismissal from the program/School of Nursing. Rules to follow include:

• Never share personal User ID or passwords to another individual (in person or online). When assisting students, KYSU IT Helpdesk can access login and password based on first and last names. IT staff will never ask for this information in emails.
• Typing in ALL CAPS Online is considered SHOUTING.
• Use normal capitalization, grammar, and spelling for professional communication. Avoid texting jargon or abbreviations without explanation - DYKWIM ("Do you know what I mean?").
• Remember tone of voice cannot be heard online. Sarcasm and humor are hard to convey. Be mindful of this. Use of emoticons is helpful - i.e. :) = happy face.
• Online dialogues, blogs, wikis, journals, and emails are for the internal academic use only. Do not forward or quote them to outside parties.
• Use the KYSU e-mail for all communications.