Honor Code of Responsibility

The students, faculty, and administrators of Kentucky State University agree to accept the following responsibilities:

• Each member of the Kentucky State University School of Nursing community is responsible for maintaining a high level of civility, integrity, honesty, and trust within the community.
• Each student is responsible for presenting work of her/his own creation, and refraining from representing as her/his own work that which is not hers/his.
• Conduct in keeping with the policies outlined in this handbook and all other official School of Nursing publications is expected of each member of the Kentucky State University School of Nursing community.

The Honor Code of Responsibility is shared by the entire Kentucky State University School of Nursing community. It implies that each segment has obligations based upon its specific function within the School of Nursing.

Academic Integrity

Each student is expected to read, understand, and observe the policies outlined in the Kentucky State University School of Nursing Statement on Cheating, Plagiarism, and Forgery below. Each student is expected to read, understand, and observe the policies outlined in this handbook and all other policies that govern students enrolled at Kentucky State University in the School of Nursing. Each student is expected to assume guardianship for the Honors System.

Any student who violates the standards of the Honor System must accept the consequences of her/his behavior. Important to the integrity of this system is each student not only has to observe the Honor System, but also to try to ensure that others in the community also act honorably. Violations of the Honor System can lead to course failure up to expulsion from the Graduate Nursing Program.

Faculty/Administrative Responsibility

At the beginning of every semester, each instructor is expected to define and explain, clearly and carefully, standards of conduct as they relate to cheating, plagiarism, and forgery in her/his course.

The instructor is also responsible for:

• Clearly stating course and clinical objectives
• Timely identification of concerns by the faculty member with the student regarding her/his lack of successful achievement of course or clinical objectives
• Clear communication of the plan to remediate the identified concerns related to knowledge, skills, or behaviors that must be improved in order to achieve course or clinical objectives
• Clear communication of the outcomes required for successful completion of the course or clinical experience
• Final evaluation of the student's course or clinical experience in relation to the course and clinical objectives